600 quid build, ordering tomorrow. Anything I might have missed?

kev_like

I'll be ordering this tomorrow, just want to make sure there isn't anything I've missed/overlooked.

(I'll be using the cd drive from my old comp for putting on the OS, after that I won't be using a disk drive, so i've left that out)

Already have my mouse/monitor/speakers ect.

let me know what you think, cheers.

deconduo

A few small things

-You can get a 6870 for only €10 more, well worth it:
http://www3.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=41505&agid=1004

-Thats a green hard drive, you don't really want to get one of those. Get the 7200rpm one instead. Its smaller but much faster:
http://www3.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=28152&agid=689

-Cheaper RAM thats just as good:
http://www3.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=44315&agid=1192

Is your old drive a CD or a DVD drive? If you want to install windows 7 you need a DVD drive or else a 4GB USB key. Also that motherboard only takes SATA drives so make sure its not IDE.

kev_like

deconduo wrote: »

A few small things

-You can get a 6870 for only €10 more, well worth it:
http://www3.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=41505&agid=1004

-Thats a green hard drive, you don't really want to get one of those. Get the 7200rpm one instead. Its smaller but much faster:
http://www3.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=28152&agid=689

-Cheaper RAM thats just as good:
http://www3.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=44315&agid=1192

Is your old drive a CD or a DVD drive? If you want to install windows 7 you need a DVD drive or else a 4GB USB key. Also that motherboard only takes SATA drives so make sure its not IDE.

Cheers for the heads up on the 6870, didn't see it was that little extra

I'm fairly sure that It's a DVD drive as it was a dell prebuilt, i'll check it out though