just ordered

just ordered my upgrades

Q9550
ASUS P5Q-E (deal with cpu form Scan)
4GB (2x 2GB) Corsair Dominator DDR2 with fan
Samsung F1 320gb

any thoughts / issues?

Yeah, one thought - nice PC :)

How does that fit alongside the one listed in your profile, out of interest? Presumably you aren't getting rid of the other machine?

the cpu & motherboard & ram will be going elsewhere :)

my new system will be

Q9550
ASUS P5Q-E
4gb Corsair Dominator DDR2
Samsung F1 320gb
Samsung 200gb hdd
ATI 4870 512mb
LG bluray/hd dvd drive
dvdrw

Windows 7 x64 rc1 & XP

Nice build how much did that blu ray drive cost you?

it was £60ish in Jan 09

Samsung F1 320gb

Are these the best drives to get these days? For OS mainly.

AAKS or AAVS are faster i believe, also the samsung F2 is aparently fast for a 5400 drive.

i always thought the F1 samsungs were supposed to be very fast? if not which drive, specifically, would suit being used as an os one.

Someone's bound to say you'd've got better value from an AMD system, so it might as well be me ;)

Seriously though, it looks like a decent set of components. What cpu / mobo / ram did you replace, out of interest (since you've already updated your system to reflect the new stuff.. ;) )