Opinions on this build

[Cowan7]

Hey, this is the first PC i've built from scratch, any advice on things I should change, as well as whether this stuff is all actually compatible would be very much appreciated;

(i've linked to all the components incase I didn't list any of the crucial info properly)

Case
Antec P180 EU PC Case Performance One Series
Price - £73

Monitor
Samsung 19"SM940B Digital Height Adjust LCD TFT Sliver
Price - £209

PSU
Corsair Memory 520 Watt, ATX, EPS12V, PS/2, Modular Power Supply
Price - £65

Motherboard
Asus P5N32
Price - £132

Processor
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Socket 775 2.4GHz
Price - £170

RAM
Corsair Memory TWIN2X2048-6400C4 2x1GB 240-Pin DIMM XMS2-6400 CL4
Price - £150

Graphics Card
256MB Sapphire Radeon X1950Pro
Price - £148

Hard Drive
Western Digital Caviar 250GB S300 16mb 7200rpm
x2
Price - £82

DVD Drive
Sony 18x DVD+/-RW 12X RAM blk drive
Price - £15

Floppy Drive
Sony 1.44MB Internal 3.5" Black
Price - £5

Keyboard
Logitech Cordless Desktop EX110 Black
Price - £15

Mouse
Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer 3.0
Price - £20

Speakers
Logitech X-230 2.1
Price - £26

Total Price - £1110

It's mainly going to be a gaming PC, and hopefully it'll be able to run most current games on high settings.

 

[melarcky]

You should be good for a year... Also if you want you could get DRR2 533 memory if you were on a budget and it would work fine with the CPU ... and use the extra cash to get a x1950xt ( if you can find one cheap enough ) just a thought. otherwise its a great PC

 

[col-p-todd]

Good specs.

- Take a look at the samsung 931C it the best 19 ince monitor on the market, if it's not much more the the 940 go for this one.

- you'll love the corsair psu

- take a look at the sapphire X1950XT it's not that much more then the X1950pro and out performs the 7950GT. i,m getting this this fryday when I get paid.

- I would recommend getting a Logitech G15 mouse there great for gaming. if that is not within the budget atleast get a G3

the rest of the specs look good. if you want to play most of the newest games at high res. I would recommend getting the X1950XT to get that extra performance

 

[Cowan7]

Cheers guys, i'll look into the reccomendations. The budget isn't a real issue.

 

[melarcky]

Well if the budget isn't an issue you could check out the GF8800GTS its dx10 and its much better then anything else out there (besides that GF8800GTX)

 

[Cowan7]

Good specs.

- Take a look at the samsung 931C it the best 19 ince monitor on the market, if it's not much more the the 940 go for this one.

-Take a look at the sapphire X1950XT it's not that much more then the X1950pro and out performs the 7950GT. i,m getting this this fryday when I get paid.

I was looking for the 931C there, I can find it on the US Samsung website, but the UK site seems to use completely different model numbers, any chance you know the model number for the UK?

Also, is this the right x1950xt? (I think 'budget isn't an issue' was totally the wrong phrase to use, I just meant I wouldn't mind spending the odd £20 , the leap up to the other reccomended cards is a bit too much for me)

 

[melarcky]

Yes that is the card. And if you need an extra few pounds you can lower your ram.... other wise the 1950xt is a great card.