All Shuttle Bods Please Advise Me

[bigjonnyauk]

HI ALL

well i have decided to take the plunge and go for a shuttle

i have 95 per cent decided on the sn45g

but i have a few worries concerns etc etc

i really want this for the looks i suppose as well as performance
as i have a nice silver tft ,mini silver keyboard and mouse (wireless) and silver creative i-trigue speakers

then a big pig ugly looking tower at the end of desk lol

now this is my current spec and below my intended spec

will i notice much difference in performance and can you recommend anything else

budget is 500 quid

current system
msi kt3 ultra 2 mobo
xp 1700 processer
512 mg generic ram
liteon cd writer
sony dvd rom
leadtek winfast a350 gf5900 gfx card) flashed to 5950

my bro has offered to give me 300 for this set up have 200 of my own so budget is say 500 pounds.

My intended system


Shopping Cart (Prices in British Pounds) DESCRIPTION QUANTITY PRICE COST REMOVE
Shuttle Spacewalker XPC SN45G nForce2 Ultra 400 Aluminium Barebones System (FS-020-SH)
£129.00 £129.00
Crucial 512MB DDR PC2700 CAS 2.5 (MY-013-CR)
£57.50 £57.50
AMD Athlon "Barton" XP2500+ 333FSB (Socket A) CPU - OEM (CP-039-AM)
£54.50 £54.50
LiteOn LTC-48161H 48x/48x/24x/16x CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive - Retail
£35.80 £35.80
Sapphire ATI Radeon 9600 Pro 128MB DDR TV-Out/DVI - Retail (GX-020-SP)
£99.95 £99.95
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus9 80GB 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-014-MD)
£46.50 £46.50
Subtotal £423.25
VAT £74.08
Total £497.33



so just in on budget,but i play a few games and woudnt mind playing a few of the newer games coming coming out would this card be ok

also any advice on quieter components ie h/d fan anything like that


cheers

[Bindibadgi]

You can get 512meg PC3200 Geil value from MD for £44 iirc

uh why do you need a Radeon 9600 when you have a 5950?

[bigjonnyauk]

cuz it is the leadtek winfast one which is completley encased in a sali cooler with 2 jumbo fans on it there is no way it will fit in a shuttle


here take a look lol i know it says 5900 but uses the same software as 5950 and is only one of a handful of card that can be upgraded via bios to give 5950 speeds and settings which i have done


http://www.leadtek.com/3d_graphic/wi..._tdh_lx_1.html