hi all, i'm a bit of a noob to all of this, i've always bought pre-made computers from pc world before now! i've got a budget of £500 to build a descent spec pc (without monitor). I'll be using it mainly for running Softimage XSI which is a graphics application for modelling and animation and was after some opinions of the spec i have put together. The list below is at £456 so far. thanks
-Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 SLACR, Kentsfield Core, Socket 775, 2.40 GHz 1066MHz 8MB Cache,
-650W EZCool Silent SLi pPFC Power Supply PCI-E + SATA AMD & P4 Ready 12cm Silent Fan ATX12v Ready
-4GB (2x2GB) Super Talent Twin DDR2 PC2-6400 (800MHz), 240 Pins, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 5-5-5-15
-160 GB Hitachi 0Y30006 Deskstar TK160, SATA II, 7200 rpm, 8MB Cache, 8.5 ms, NCQ
-Abit IP-35P, iP35, Socket 775, PCI-E (x16), DDR2 1066/ 800 MHz, SATA II, ATX
-NorthQ NQ-2200BLK (Black) Midi Tower Case (w/o PSU)
-LG GH-20NS15 20xDVD±R, 12xDVD±DL, DVD+RW x8/-RW x6, DVD-RAM x12, SATA, Black, OEM,
-512MB Leadtek 9800 GTX, PCI-E 2.0, Mem 2200MHz, GDDR3, GPU 675MHz, 128 Cores, 2x DL DVI-I/HDTV