The dreaming has finally stopped as my new PC's components all arrived this morning from the back of the City Link van . Here is a full list of the components:

  • Mirosoft Windows XP Professional (32 Bit)
  • Antec Nine Hundred - Gaming Case with 200mm Top Fan - No PSU
  • OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2
  • Asus Maximus Formula Intel X38 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
  • BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
  • Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
  • Creative Soundblaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer - Fatal1ty Professional Series
  • Samsung SH-S203NBEBN 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM (x2)
  • Antec Neopower 650W Modular PSU - Blue LED 12CM Fan
  • Samsung SpinPoint T 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD501LJ) (x2)
  • Hauppauge WinTV Nova-T 500 Dual digital DVB-T PCI TV Tuner card
  • Zalman CNPS 9700 LED Socket 754, 940, 775, 939 & AM2 CPU cooler
  • Sunbeam 12 Inch Dual Blue Cathodes
  • Logitech G15 Keyboard 2007 Version
  • Belkin Serial ATA 2.0 7-pin Cable - Blue 18" (x2)
  • Akasa Serial ATA 45cm DAYGLO Blue Data Cable (x2)
  • Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)
  • Akasa AK-TK-01 Cable Tidy Kit
  • Cable Ties UV Blue Pack of 10 (x2)
  • ArctiClean Thermal Material Remover and Surface Purifier - 60ml Kit
I already have decent 5.1 surround sound Creative speakers, a Logitech G5 (v2), a Samsung SyncMaster 913N (to be upgraded next year) and a Medusa 5.1 surround sound headset so none of that had to be ordered.

All of this set me back about £1,300 and was ordered from a mixture of Ebuyer, Overclockers and Kustom PCs. NB, I have been saving up for this PC for at least 1 and a half years so this was definitely not a spur of the moment-type purchase.

Here are some pictures of the components above:



*Please note, the cat was not included *

Anyway, I will be building this some time over the next few days and this will be a very welcome change from my ageing P4 3GHz with 1GB RAM and an Nvidia 6800GS. Also, as the people on TS will already know, the new G15 is 100% awesome for people who don't have a massive amount of space for their keyboard (which the old G15 required). I am planning to overclock the Q6600 from 2.4GHz to 3.0GHz which should be fairly easy because it is a G0 stepping version.