new person to forums and computer building

[iainabernethy]

hello i have been looking at building my own pc in comparisson to buying one. i have looked at intel and amd and think the extra 100 pounds is worth while for intel core duo. Here is my current spec, any advice or changes will be happily taken on board. The PC is going to be used for gaming, music and college use.
all from www.scan.co.uk and the 1st lettes/numbers are the quicklink in search



CPU LN15048 Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 S775, 2.13Ghz, 1066Mhz FSB, Allendale Core, 2M Cache Retail £158.61

Mobo LN15672 ASUS P5NSLI NF570 SLI, S775, PCI-E (x16), DDR2 533/667, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX £73.12

Gfx LN12975 512MB Sapphire Radeon X1900 XT PCI-E (x16) Mem 1450 MHz, GPU 625 MHz, 48 Pipes VIVO £217.36

Memory LN12200 2Gb (2X1Gb) Corsair TwinX XMS2, DDR2 PC5400 (667), 240 Pin, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 4-4-4-12 £152.21

HD LN11544 250 Gb Western Digital WD2500JS Caviar SE, SATA300, 7200 rpm, 8MB Cache, 8.9 ms £52.59 (though availible for 10 less on ebuyer)

PSU LN15144 530W HiperPower Type-R Modular Black PSU Quiet Dbl Fan aPFC ATXv2.2 20/24 Pin £53.87

Wireless LN8364 Buffalo 125Mbps WLI2-PCI-G54S-3 PCI Adapter Card 125Mbps* Wireless PCI Adapter Card £23.72

Dvd LN15486 Sony AW-G170AB2 Black 18x DVD±RW x12 Ram Dual Layer DVD-Writer OEM £21.09

need a case (preferably cheap and black), always happy to use anothe recommended site.
taking my old sound card and firewire card out this pc. Anything iv forgotton please say as for any mistakes or bad errors / compatability

Thanks for any help

 

[crazylegs]

Looks like a great system you gonna build yourself there, but my money would go on a ASUS P5W DH Deluxe SKT 775 dual-core Core2Duo Conroe ready Crossfire 8 channel audio ATX

I have read a lot of comparisons on mobo's for the new Core2 Duo chips and this board gets top billing, it's more expensive but this board is the business and as a foundation for your other components is a competent and sound choice, start with the best board your money can buy you and you won't go far wrong....

The next thing i would change would be the Core2duo 6400 chip and spend that little bit more for the stonking Core2 duo e6600, this baby has some rave reviews and will overclock to the magic 3ghz mark on air, For gaming and crunching this chip is awesome....

The rest looks fine to me as it's all down to personal preference anyway..

Enjoy the build...

 

[iainabernethy]

thanks il try stretch my budget as i orginally wanted to keep under 700 now its 750 (780 with case hehe) il go investigate for sure though xxx