New parts for my computer

[Eliminat0r]

Lo all, these are the new parts I should be getting for my PC I was hoping you guys could look over them and see if they're all good/compatible or if something needs changing, cheers.

(PC is used for mainly gaming)

500W AKASA Ultra quiet Active PFC ATX 2.2 PSU with Black 12cm Fan £55.05

2Gb (2X1Gb) Corsair Value Select, DDR2 PC4200 (533), 240 Pin, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 4-4-4-12 £136.79

Intel Core 2 Duo E6400, Socket 775, 2.13 GHz, 1066MHz FSB, Allendale Core, 2MB Cache, Retail £144.35

160 Gb Western Digital WD1600JS Caviar SE, SATA300, 7200 rpm, 8MB Cache, 8.9 ms £37.59

256MB Gainward 7950GT Bliss GS PCI-E (x16) Mem 1500MHz GPU 580MHz 24Pipes Dual DVI/S-Video SLI £183.05

Asrock ConroeXFire-eSATA2 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £58.74

Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black £57.56

 

[Eliminat0r]

Bump

 

[Featherstone]

Looks good to me. I dont really know anything about that motherboard but maybe someone else does. I would also be worried about your power supply if you plan on upgrading in the future, especially when considering quad core and DX10 Card.

 

[Eliminat0r]

I will upgrade at one point but not any time soon

So I think the PSU should be okay.

 

[WizardOZ]

You may want to considr the following:

1) PS - 500 W may not be enough, especially if you upgrade video card in future. Ultra PS have had good reviews.

2) Case. Lian-Li are very nice, but you may want to take a close look at the Thermaltake Armour Jr, MId-ATX tower with BTX upgtrade kit available. Not Alumiuim, but extremely nice case. No PS. Also less expensive than Lian-Li.

3) hard drive is good, but given the very low price differential (at least where I live) between a 160 and 250 GB drive, you may want to seriously consider getting the larger drive, especially if you are not planning to set up a RAID array. Even if the price difference is say 30 pounds, the extra space is worth it. Even a 300+ GB drive is worth the price differential in terms of system longevity.