New Build for first timer

Hi,

I am in Qatar (no the Transformers film was not filmed here ... no mountains in Qatar!). I am looking to build a system for intensive applications and gaming!

As this is my first build I have done research and think (gulp) I have put together an ok system but would be very interested in ideas and suggestions. I will also continue to trawl the other posts as I have no doubt there is tonnes of good info in there as well! Dollars are not a huge driver of purchase. Monitor etc etc I will look afetr seperately.

I will be this stuff out of the US and shipping it to me.

Spec is below ... cheers

Scott

Component
Case
Antec P182SE
PSU
CORSAIR CMPSU-620HX ATX12V v2.2 and EPS12V 2.91 620W Power Supply 100 - 240 V UL, CUL, CE, CB, FCC Class. B, TUV, CCC, C-tick - Retail (Comment: will this then work in the UK or Australia which runs on 240v?)
Motherboard
ASUS P5K PREMIUM/WIFI-AP LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
Processor
Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 or
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor
Cooling
water cooler (too hard?)?
Thermalright Ultra-120 CPU Cooler
Memory
G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Memory - Retail
Storage
Seagate Barracuda 7200 750 gb
Drives
LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black - OEM
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
Graphics
PNY Geoforce 8800GTS 640mb (can I go dual?)
Sound
Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty

Kewl,

Thanks for that. I will check power reqts. What about cooling. DO I need water, or is the case good enough as well as a normal fan/hsink?

WOuld a sli board be better?

Is there anywhere were I have gone over/under/stupid?

Scott

Yes the Corsair will work at 240V.
http://www.performance-pcs.com/cat [...] s_id=20607
It can handle Q6600+one 8800 GTX.

Get the Q6600 if those applications are really that intensive.

Fatality is overpriced and full of unnecessary features, I'd get ExtremeMusic instead.
P182SE is overpriced, I'd get the P182 standard.
750 GB disk is overpriced, get 2x500 GB disks, even then you save $50 or $100.
Use the savings to upgrade to 8800 GTX.

SLI - don't bother, not with GTS cards anyway. I'd just get one GTX.
Buy eVGA or BFG, better reputation and warranties than PNY. Nice factory overclocks too on some models.

I'm assuming you will have air conditioning in the room with the PC, in which case I wouldn't bother with water cooling. What's the typical temperature in August in Qatar at noon, 40 Celsius?

If you don't need Wi-Fi or FireWire get a GA-P35-DS3R motherboard.

You'll need some fans, at least one for the Ultra 120. I'd recommend Noctua, it's very quiet.

If u want both ddr2 and ddr3 , get ASUS P5KC or GIGABYTE P35C DS3R