What am i missing?

[Barron]

Looking at my options currently about a new PC. Got a few quotes for systems but looking at also building one myself. The spec is below. Am i missing anything (fans etc) also what pieces would you change? and reasons for the change?

thanks


Product Name Qty Price

Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (0A33437) (£41.11)

Western Digital VelociRaptor 300GB 10000RPM SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD3000GLFS) (£187.99)

Coolermaster RC-1100 Cosmos S "Sport" Silent Full Tower Case (£179.76)

HIS ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 2048MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail (£375.99)

Tagan PipeRock TG900-BZ 900w Modular BZ Series PSU (£133.94)

LG GGC-H20L Blu-Ray Reader & HD-DVD ROM Serial ATA Drive - OEM (£65.79)

EVGA nForce 780i SLI FTW nForce 780i (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (132-CK-NF78-A1) (£199.74)

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 2.40GHz Guaranteed to run at 3.00GHZ (1333FSB) - Retail (£124.54)

OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel Platinum Series DDR2 (OCZ2P10664GK) (£61.09)

Noctua NH-U12P CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/LGA775) (£42.29)

Arctic Ceramique Thermal Compound (2.5g) (£2.34)

 

[Chrisjk]

A program for the blu ray drive, as i dont think media player etc supports that format.

 

[Pettsi]

Operating System?

 

[Barron]

Operating System?

i have already legally purchased Vista 64bit Ultimate

 

[Pettsi]

Operating System?

i have already legally purchased Vista 64bit Ultimate

Top job! :rasp:

 

[rctempire]

For an extra £40 you could change that to a Samsung 1 TB
http://www.dabs.com/productview.asp...&SearchKey=All&SearchMode=All&NavigationKey=0

 

[wozzaa]

The motherboard is somewhat pointless. Paying money for an Nvidia chipset for SLI and then going with an ATI card. Paying a premium for something you are not going to use really.

Would look at an intel x48 chipset based system myself.