Hi,
I'm planning on upgrading my PC soon - the spec I'm planning on is as follows:
Arctic Cooling Accelero AC-S1 (7950/1950) £12.19 £14.32
Antec Solo Quiet Mini Tower ATX Case without PSU - Piano Black/Silver £46.69 £54.86
Abit IP-35E, iP35 Express, S 775, PCI-E (x16), DDR2 667/800, SATA II, ATX £51.89 £60.97
2GB (2x1GB) Corsair TwinX XMS2, DDR2 PC2-6400 (800), 240 Pins, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 4-4-4-12 £34.98 £41.10
Intel Core 2 Quad-Core Q6600 G0 SLACR, 95W, S775, 2.40 GHz, 1066MHz FSB, 8MB Cache, Retail £137.95 £162.09
I will be grabbing the PSU and Graphics Card (an X1900XT), as well as HDD and DVD drives from my old computer. The Accelero S1 is for the graphics card because it has a loud and nasty stock cooler on it at the moment. I'm buying a new case because the old one's horrible!
This comes to about £350 altogether. Any comments or suggestions? I particularly want the computer to be quiet - is the stock CPU fan decently quiet? (the motherboard is passive, right?) I'm not planning on overclocking. Is my choice of Motherboard sensible, or are there big features I'm missing out on with the IP35-E? Are there any really significant differences between it and the IP35 vanilla or pro? Anything else important I've forgotten?
Many thanks in advance for your help!
Matt