Did I forget anything?

[sbir]

This is a newbie build for vista gaming. I have fine tuned the build with input from very helpful folks on this forum. Now that I am ready to order I want to make sure I am not forgetting anything. The goal is to have easy assembly and lots of room to grow and tinker with overclocking. Thank you in advance for any feedback.

Samsung LCD 22" 2MS 226BW R
CASE LIANLI PC-A70B
DVD/RW SAMSUNG SH-S202N
MB GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L P35+ICH9
CPU Q6600 2.40G
Vista 64 Ultimate
PSU CORSAIR CMPSU-620HX ATX12V v2.2 and EPS12V 2.91 620W Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139002
VGA EVGA 512-P3-N841-A3 8800GTS 512
MEM 2GX2 PATRIOT PVS24G6400LLK R (ddr2 800 4-4-4-12)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220293
HD Seagate 500g 7200.11
Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme CPU Cooler
Thermalright AM2 adapter
Scythe S-Flex 120mm Fan - High Speed (SFF21F)
THERMAL COMPOUND Artic Cool MX-2

 

[Maziar]

Looks awesome mate
What are the timings of those RAMs btw? if they are 4-4-4-x or lower then keep them

also u sure want VISTA ?

 

[sbir]

The ram is ddr2 800 4-4-4-12. For Vista, No I am sure I don't want Vista but I feel like I have been hiding from it too long already

 

[Maziar]

4-4-4-12 is very good
so u are set go for it and enjoy

 

[sbir]

Thank you, now I just have to not break anything putting it all together

 

[Guest]

All looks good, but I am curious about one thing. Do you need the Thermalright AM2 adapter when you are mounting the Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme CPU Cooler on an Intel 775 mainboard?

An yes - go for Vista. The change is coming and is inevitable, you may as well be ahead of the curve...

 

[Shadow703793]

Looks good. OCing? If so..

Check out P35-DS3L OCing HOW TOfor overclocking help. It is P35-DS3L specific and lists every thing you need for OCing.

 

[sbir]

Best I can tell its needed for the P35DS3L. I have checked the ThermalRight site and a few others sites and all seem to suggest it but I am not 100% sure. I am planning on OCing. Thank you very much for the link.

 

[Guest]

I should have read that list better - looks like the SAMSUNG SH-S202N is an IDE drive from the reviews?
I would recommend a SATA drive instead, lots of users are reporting a problem where the onboard IDE controller forces attached devices to use PIO mode not DMA; drastically reducing the speed at which they run (I had the same problem getting an IDE HDD to work on a GA-G33M-D2SR)