Need some help with new system

[Sasquatch]

Hi Guys, could do with some major help here about buying a new system. Ive placed an order with my local shop (www.scan.co.uk) but before i finalize i would like to hear what you guys think and to see if you can improve the system in any way. Origionaly i was going to go with an AMD 64bit FX-51 but after doing a bit of research ive just changed my mind to a P4 3.2 Extreme. A couple of things i should just note first before i tell you what ive orderd.

1. Money isnt THAT much of an issue here as im going with finance.
2. I want to be able to overclock straight from the off.
3. I'm not that experienced so try and keep in as simple terms as possible for me pls :p:

OK, here's my preliminary order,

Coolermaster WaveMaster Black TAC-T01EK Aluminum Case (w/o PSU)

Corsair Hydrocool200 (Water cooler)

Sony DWU-14ABK UK Black ±DVD +RW(x4) +R(x4) -R(x4) -RW(x2) CDR(x24) CDRW (x16) CDRead x32 DVD x8 OEM

Sony CRX 300B Black Combo 48x24x48x16 CD-R/RW DVD OEM

3.2GHz EXTREME (PG-800FSB) OEM Intel Pentium® 4 CPU 2M Cache

1.44Mb Black SONY Floppy Disk Drive

Asus 256M ATI A9800XT-VTD Tv/DVI ViVo + Half Life 2 Bundle

(3X) 160Gb Western Digital WD1600JDFDB Fluid Bearing Serial ATA (ATA-150) (7200rpm, 8MB Cache)

Microsoft Black Optical Value Pack - Black Multimedia Keyboard & Intelli Mouse (S82-00004)

(2X) Corsair TwinX 1024 MB 4000 CAS 3 ( 2 x 512MB PC4000 184 pin MATCHED PAIR CAS 3)

20" NEC 2080UX+ Black TFT Monitor **Gamers Choice 16ms Responce**

Gigabyte GA-8KNXP i875P P4 DDDR Canterwood

520W HiperPower PSU Quiet Triple Fan (Active Fan Control) Active PFC

Creative Labs Audigy 2 Platinum Pro ZS 7.1

Creative Labs Gigaworks 7.1Ch S750 THX Speaker System

Also Ill give you the specs of my current system and hopefully you could tell me how much of a gain in performance i will recieve.

P4 2.6
Radeon 9700 Pro
MSI MS6742 Mobo
Audigy 2
1Gb PC2700 DDR
(Sorry cant be much more specific with current specs)

Thanks for your feedback, need to finalize order this week so all help will be appriciated. :cool: :cool: :cool:

[Nazu]

If the money isn`t issue and you want to overclock a lot forget watercooling and buy a prometeia and change that power supply to a antec 550 w truepower.

[Tweaked!]

Welcome to Xtreme, the both of ya :)

First off, I would recommend a better mobo. Giga hasn't had that good of a track record with overclocking. They're a decent stable board for regular users, but that's about all. Consider a Asus or a Abit.

And as far as the watercooling goes, You'd be better off piecing together your own setup with components like Swiftech or dangerden.

And like mentioned earlier, find a more stable PSU. Over the pond there, I believe SuperFlower is the same brand as TTGI over here. Those are some good performing PSUs for the money.

[jamaljaco]

The Corsair is a fair water cooler it does it job and is well built. The only way you might be better off building your own is to save a few bucks. I used one for several months, No leaks no breaks no prob. Out of the box ready in about 20 mins.

[gaddster]

The Tagan 480w that Scan sell rocks..I've got one and really rate it. Nice stable volts on all rails. Nice review/compare here (http://www.hardwarezoom.com/viewcontent.jsp?ReviewID=186&PageNo=1)