Review system build

[rjw_24]

Hoping to get some professional opinions on this build before I spend the $$$'s. Any help is very appreciated. thanks everyone.

Case $114.99 - Antec Performance I P180 ATX Mid Tower


MOBO $186.99 - ASUS P5B Deluxe Socket T (LGA 775) Intel P965 Express ATX Intel


CPU $220.00 - Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Conroe 2.13GHz LGA 775 Processor
Misc - $5.99 ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler
$29.99 Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound


GPU $253.99 - eVGA 512-P2-N573-AR Geforce 7900GTO 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16


PSU $139.99 - SeaSonic M12 SS-500HM ATX12V/ EPS12V 500W Power Supply


RAM $129.99 - GeIL 1GB (2 x 512MB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)


HDD $74.99 - Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3250824AS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s


Optical $105.99 - PLEXTOR 16X DVD±R DVD Burner, AUTOSTRATEGY, PoweRec, 10X DVD+R DL

 

[mad-dog]

Get rid of the Geil memory, that RAM is nothing trouble and very unstable.
Look to Kingston, Corsair, Crucial or OCZ for your RAM........
I would upgrade the PSU also to around 600W, tis better to have too much than not enough.

 

[WR2]

Its really unusual to see an optical drive costing more than a HD. Any particular reason you picked that Plextor over the more usual $35 DVD+RW?

Artic Silver 5 not required with that HSF. The Freezer Pro 7 comes with its own thermal compound already applied.

Maybe a less expensive case, the $35 optical drive and no AS5 will let you bump the RAM up to 2GB? That would be a better option IMO.

 

[rjw_24]

OK so thanks for the input. I decided to change ram and optical and forego the thermal paste, didn't know it was included with HSF.

RAM $132.00 - CORSAIR XMS2 1GB (2 x 512MB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)


Optical $48.99 - SONY 16X DVD±R, 5X DVD-RAM DVD Burner E-IDE/ATAPI


Also another question. If I wanted to go with SLI on this rig in the future would 500W psu cut it?