La critique *Yawn?*

Another you say? Here it is, thoughts, criticism, abuse, all here please!

I already have a Corsair 620W HX PSU and Antec P182.

LN19954 Asus Maximus Formula SE V2 iX38, S 775, PCI-E (x16), DDR2 1066/1200/667/800, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX £164.62

LN20707 Intel Core 2 Quad-Core Q6600 G0 SLACR, 95W, S775, 2.40 GHz, 1066MHz FSB, 8MB Cache, OEM £155.56

LN20714 512MB BFG Technology 8800GT OC2, PCI-E 2.0 (x16), 1950 MHz, GDDR3, GPU 675 MHz, 2 x Dual Link DVI-I £192.98

LN20203 Thermalright Ultima-90 92/120 mm tower heat sink for Intel/AMD CPU (bare sink) £23.49

LN17337 120mm Scythe S-FLEX SFF21E Silent Fan 1200 RPM £12.33

LN19302 4GB (2x2GB) Corsair TwinX XMS2, DDR2 PC2-6400 (800), 240 Pins, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 5-5-5-18 £114.73


TOTAL £664.77

RAM's a bit expensive...

Otherwise looks fine. You dont need the 620w HX get the 520w.

4Gb G.Skill DDR2 PC2-6400 PQ CL5 Series 800MHz Dual Channel kit

slightly tighter timings

4GB G.Skill DDR2 PC2-6400 PK Series (4-4-4-12) Dual Channel kit
tighter still

Much as I hate dabs
dabs.com - OCZ Technology 2x2GB 240DIMM PC2-6400 Gold (OCZ2G8004GK)

Personally i'd go 4x1gb because it's so cheap
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC)

Surely a fellow Staffordshire guy can see I put I already have the 620w! Cheers for the ram recommendations aswell! Would prefer 2x2gb as then I can go 8gb (always nice to keep options open)

oops so you did. Very tired as i've been travelling from stafford all day lol

Also get the 1600RPM S-Flex. It's still as nearasdamnit silent and will keep the CPU cooler. Plus you can always adjust fans down, never up...

Been out of the loop for a month or so but wouldn't a P35 board be just as good and cheaper?

depends how frequent you want to upgrade really.

X38 has 1600mhz fsb support and pcie 2.0. so if you want a new cpu in a year or so then its not a bad way to go. But if you want to do another big upgrade a few years down the line the P35 is a lot more cost effective.

I'm buying X38 for the reasons Mike has stated, I probably won't upgrade anything but the graphics card but I like to keep my options open, and then I have PCI-E 2.0 which will be good for future GPU's