Check my build, please!

[b1gapl]

Great choice. You can fit 9 x 120mm fans in that case, I believe.

 

[Peter.Cort]

+1 on case, great choice.

and you can also do some mods if you're feeling a bit squirrely

b1 - IM SO MAD I CANT USE THE FANTASTIC STUFF YOU SENT ME!!!! AHHHHH stupid cpu didn't show up, even thoug i paid for 2nd day air from nj and it shipped late thursday....

 

[dude112]

Did you forget the CPU cooler or are you going with the stock cooler?
Thermalright Ultra Extreme 120 (need to buy fan seperate) or Xigmatek HDT-S1283 are the recommended ones (couldn't find cpu coolers on ebuyer...).

Modular PSU have the benefit of being able to take out the cables you don't need which lead to less clutter and better airflow. If you find those benefits worth it...
Corsair HX Series 520W Modular PSU - ATX12V v2.2 APFC - Ebuyer

 

[tbsk8er04]

EDITED

Hi guys, im building a new PC. It will mainly be used for net browsing, music, DVD, video. Won't really be used for extreme gaming, but i will be using Vista and i want it to run very nice and smoothly.

Budget is £850

Here is what i have so far...

CPU - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (2.4GHz 1066MHz) - £155
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 Stepping (2.4GHz 1066MHz) Socket 775 L2 8MB Cache (2x4MB (4MB per core pair) Retail Boxed Processor - Ebuyer

Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3 iP35 Socket 775 Motherboard - £70
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3 iP35 Socket 775 8 channel audio ATX Motherboard - Ebuyer

Graphics Card - EVGA 8800GT 512MB GDDR3 256bit PCI-E Graphics Card - £155
EVGA 8800GT 512MB GDDR3 256bit Dual DVI PCI-E Graphics Card with Crysis Game bundle - Ebuyer

RAM - Crucial 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 Ballistix Memory - £45
Crucial 2GB kit (2x1GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 Ballistix Memory Non-ECC Unbuffered CL4 Lifetime Warranty - Ebuyer

HDD - Seagate ST3500320AS 500GB SATAII 7200RPM 32MG Cache - £65
Seagate ST3500320AS 500GB Hard Drive SATA II 7200rpm *32MB Cache* - OEM - Ebuyer

CD/DVD Drive - Plextor PX-810SA - £50
Plextor PX-810SA/T3 18X SATA DVDRW/DL/Ram Internal Beige - OEM - Ebuyer

Case - Coolermaster Stacker 831 - £80
Coolermaster Stacker 831 Special Edition with Silver Mesh - No PSU - Ebuyer

Monitor - Samsung SM2032BW 20" TFT Monitor Widescreen 1680x1050 3000:1 - £170
Samsung SM2032BW 20"TFT Monitor Widescreen 1680x1050 3000:1 300cd/m2 2ms VGA/DVI-D Glossy Black 3 Years Warrany - Ebuyer

Mouse & Keyboard - Logitech Corless Desktop EX 110 - £17
Logitech Cordless Desktop EX 110 - USB/PS2 - Ebuyer

Total so far - £810

BUDGET - £850(ish)

I still need to choose a PSU, but im a little unsure as to which one to go with.

I would very much appreciate if anyone could look over what i have selected so far and make sure that they are good choices, and also if anyone could recommend a suited PSU, i would be very grateful.

Thanks

Alex

Seems like that's pretty huge of a build for just browsing, but other than that it should fill all of your needs, especially the quad core.

 

[Nyllus]

Ok, have updated with the PSU.
Thanks for the help everyone.

If anyone has anything else to add however, please do so!


*edit*

Did you forget the CPU cooler or are you going with the stock cooler?

I assumed it would be fine to go with the stock cooler?

I may be overclocking in the future, but not any time soon. So would the stock cooler on the CPU suffice?

 

[b1gapl]

I assumed it would be fine to go with the stock cooler?

I may be overclocking in the future, but not any time soon. So would the stock cooler on the CPU suffice?

Yes, stock cooler is fine, if you're not overclocking.

 

[Nyllus]

Cool thanks.

Also, if im going to be running Vista Home Premium 64bit would you guys recommend 4GB RAM instead of 2GB?
Not playing any hi definition games, but I will be running faily demanding programs like Cubase SX, and i want it to run very smoothly.

Thanks in advance.

 

[b1gapl]

One of the main reasons going 64bit, is if you're going to use more than 3GBs of RAM, so you might as well.

 

[Nyllus]

Thanks b1gapl.

How is this RAM?
Corsair 4GB Kit (2x2GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 XMS2 Memory Non-ECC Unbuffered CL5(5-5-5-18) Heat Spreader Lifetime Warranty - Ebuyer

Also, i should probably go with 2x2GB rather than 4x1GB, yes?

 

[b1gapl]

Those will do fine.

2 x 2GB is a better option, since it leaves 2 more slots opened for future upgrades, should you ever need more than 4GB.