This is my first attempt at building a computer - I know very little about it and would really appreciate your thoughts on the parts I've chosen.
Gigabyte GA-EP43C-DS3 Intel P43 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775)
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4870 1024MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express)
OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
Pioneer DVR-216DBK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter
OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Modular Power Supply
Including Windows Vista (64-bit) this all adds up to £700, or $1000.
A couple of things I'm not sure about are the motherboard and the RAM - are they appropriate to get the most out of the cpu / gpu? I'll be wanting to overclock the processor in the future.
If there are any other changes you think I could make to really improve the system I'd be glad to hear them.
Thanks in advance for any advice!
Gigabyte GA-EP43C-DS3 Intel P43 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775)
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4870 1024MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express)
OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
Pioneer DVR-216DBK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter
OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Modular Power Supply
Including Windows Vista (64-bit) this all adds up to £700, or $1000.
A couple of things I'm not sure about are the motherboard and the RAM - are they appropriate to get the most out of the cpu / gpu? I'll be wanting to overclock the processor in the future.
If there are any other changes you think I could make to really improve the system I'd be glad to hear them.
Thanks in advance for any advice!