just ordered

[Boon72]

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?

[jim]

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?

[Boon72]

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

[Moped]

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

[Boon72]

it was £60ish in Jan 09

[webman]

Samsung F1 320gb

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

[Blaineoliver]

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

[webman]

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.

[scaryjim]

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.. )