Good Or Bad?

[Yon]

I recently decided to build a new computer. So I used the site http://www.overclockers.co.uk to compile a list of the hardware that I thought would be adequate, and seeing as I'm not exactly the best at computers, I thought I'd ask some people who are. So here's my list, and btw, I haven't bought this yet so all suggestions and improvements are welcome.

Intel Pentium 4 "Northwood" 3.2GHz (800FSB) with HT Technology - Retail (CP-030-IN)
Price: £157.00 (£184.47 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Asus P4C800-E Deluxe "Canterwood" (Socket 478) Motherboard (MB-029-AS)
Price: £110.50 (£129.84 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Corsair 512MB DDR XMS4000PT CAS3 (MY-031-CS)
Price: £85.00 (£99.88 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Sapphire ATI Radeon 9800 Pro Ultimate 128MB DDR TV-Out/DVI - Retail (GX-038-SP)
Price: £159.95 (£187.94 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 160GB ATA-133 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-012-MD)
Price: £54.95 (£64.57 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Antec PlusView 1000AMG Metallic Gray File Server Case - No PSU (CA-002-AT)
Price: £45.00 (£52.88 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Samsung SM352-B 52x/32x/16x CD-RW/DVD Combo (Black) - OEM (CD-006-SA)
Price: £27.00 (£31.73 Including VAT at 17.5%)

ThermalRight SP-94 (Socket 478) Cooler (HS-011-TR)
Price: £32.00 (£37.60 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Vantec SF8025L Stealth 80mm fan - Retail (FG-003-VT)
Price: £7.50 (£8.81 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Vantec Spectrum Fan Card (FG-004-VA)
Price: £9.25 (£10.87 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Antec TrueBlue 480W PSU
Price: £68.50 (£80.49 Including VAT at 17.5%)

YS-Tech FD9325 92mm Fan - 3 pin (FG-009-YS)
Price: £5.50 (£6.46 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) (AC-000-AC)
Price: £5.75 (£6.76 Including VAT at 17.5%)

 

[slvrstang]

whats the total in american dollars

 

[Yon]

I don't know, I'm not american

 

[slvrstang]

What is the total in pounds?

 

[Yon]

£902.30

 

[slvrstang]

~1,600$

seems a little pricey

but that tax looks like it hurts 17.5%

 

[Yon]

Thats English tax for ya

 

[Yon]

Price doesn't matter, is it all compatible?

 

[Yon]

So... No more tips apart from it's expensive?

 

[slvrstang]

I don't personally have much experience with high performance intel cpu's as the only intel computers i have are the 2.4 i have listed in my sig and a 600mhz PIII which needless to say both suck.

But i'm sure the 3.0 is powerful.