[dmdougie]

Hi, Im about to upgrade my PC and have just about settled on the following specs, would appreciate it if someone could have a look at to make sure it all fits together:

Antec 900 - gaming case - £72.84

MSI 8600 GTS 512MB 675MHz - £138.64

Asus P5KC,iP35,S 775,PCI-E (x16),DDR2/DDR3 1066/1333/667/800,SATA II<SATA RAID<ATX - £78.60

Arctic cooling freezer pro 7 - £16.70

Zalman ZM-F3 - £4.57

Pioneer DVR-112DBK 18x DVD±R, 10x DVD±DL, DVD+RW x8/-RW x6, IDE, Black, OEM - £17.38

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound for CPU - £4.50

E6850 s775, 1333MHz - £162.99

1GB CorsairXMS2, DDR2 PC2-6400 (800), 240 Pins, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 5-5-5-12 - £28.95

Samsung T166 Hdd 500GB - £61.09

Estimated total cost= £586.26

Does that sound like a reasonable amount to pay for these items? Are they all compatable?

Thanks for any help
-Doug

[alex]

Hi Doug

Yup, all compatible.

Decent prices as well. I've seen the case and the cpu a couple of quid cheaper but if your list is all from the same vendor then stick with what you've got as you'll only pay (if they charge) one lot of carriage charges.

If going XP 1gb of ram will suffice but get 2gb if going for Vista.

[dmdougie]

Hey thanks for the conifrmation on all the parts. I already have a gig of RAM so was thinking this would just bring me up to 2 GB. I'll still be running XP for the time being I think, not too sure I like the look of vista...new things scare me!

I have another querstion with regards to my current master drive. Its been pretty full for awhile now and I need to switch it to a slave drive. I know all the system files are on it so do I need to copy all those files to my current slave drive before changing them over?

Thanks
-Doug