New PC

[upquark]

Hey every one im thinking of building a new PC how does this look. I appreciate your help




ITEM BRAND/MODEL SUPPLIER PRICE / FRT

Case:Thermaltake SHARK______________________________________________________170.00__________________

PSU:Abtec truepowerII 550W _________________________________________________ 93.00________________________

Mobo: asus p5w dh deluxe____________________________________________________270.00___________________

CPU: core 2 duo E6600_______________________________________________________309.00_________________

HDD: Seagate Barracuda 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive ___79.00__________________________________________________________________________

RAM: Corsair CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 675_________239.00_______________________________________________138.00_________________________

Pri Optical: LiteOn___________________________________________________________40.00________

Sec Optical: no___________________________________________________________________

Sound Card: no__________________________________________________________________

Video Card: GeForce 7950GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 OC 259.00 __________________________________________________290.00_______________

FDD: ________________________________________________________________________

Keyboard: Microsoft Curve ____________________________________________________14.00________________

Mouse: Logitech mx518_________________________________________________________34.00______________

Modem: no______________________________________________________________________

Lan: no_________________________________________________________________________

Monitor: CHIMEI 221D _________________________________________________________300.00____________

Speakers: no_____________________________________________________________________

OS: __________________________________________________________________________

Extras: _______________________________________________________________________



Sub Total $ ________________

Freight $ __________________

Total $___________________

[flanzig1]

The PSU, I assume is ANTEC (typo?)
Good looking list of parts.
The Lite-on DVD if that is the OEM, go for the retail for the software.
OS: XP Home

[786ARS]

lookin good.
are you oclocking, if not downgrade to value select.
Also, if you wait a while you might be able to get a discount on the 8800GTS, for g DX10 gaming, provided you are getting vista.

[newbuilder14]

If you wanted to overclock I'd actually get the DDR2 800 memory. Drop the P5W DH and get the P5B Deluxe - better overclocking, newer chipset, and you aren't going to get an ATI card anyway so why bother?

Might be able to invest in a better keyboard if you're gaming, like the Saitek Eclipse II.

[freakitchen]

Would have to advise against the Thermaltake shark - whilst it's by no means a bad case, for that kinda price I expect something flawless, and the Shark isn't that.

The construction is just fine - but the designer seemingly failed to take into account the fact that when the front door is closed, the front of the case is completely starved of air. A lot of cases work around this problem by using vents on the front door - not so with the Shark, which I can't understand!

Also, that front fan quickly clogs up with dust (it has a fan filter), and getting to the filter has to be the biggest pain I've ever experienced - six clips to remove the entire front bezel, which also involves taking out the optical drives. Getting the bezel back on is just as fun, without trapping all the wires that run to the front of the case.

If you're willing to drop big bucks on a case, I'd look at a high end Lian-li, or simply another Thermaltake case!

FK

[786ARS]

many a good thing i have heard about the kandalf, granted you will get a hernia carrying it around. but very roomy.

[upquark]

Thanks guys

[whubbard]

I have the Kandalf, it would probably shink a ship, but I love the case! Good Airflow, looks nice!
Haven't had any problems with it yet. The only thing I didn't like way the tool-less add-on card slots, it didn't hold the cards at all so i took it out, and there are not problems now.