Bouncing Around w/ New Parts

[NotQuiteAPCGuru]

I've been doing research for three months, and I've decided to go with the following parts.

Here's what I've got so far:

ThermalTake Tai-Chi Case
CoolerMaster 650W PSU
2x Western Digital SE16 WD5000KS HDD's

Here's what I am considering buying:

Asus P5B Deluxe Mainboard
E6600 CPU
Crucial Technology Ballistix BL2KIT12864AA804 2GB kit DDR2-800 PC2-6400 (Altered thanks to Roguestar)
X1950XT Video Card (seemed like the best bang for my buck)

The price tag ends around $1000USD

Here's what I am interested in doing.

I would like it to be quiet. That's why I went with the 5000KS HDD's. They're supposed to be fast compared to the other HDD's of similar capacity (500GB) and they're supposed to be quiet. Apparently these drives are really good for eliminating the 7200 RPM skreech.

I would like to overclock a bit and tinker around with overclocking. The chassis is liquid cooled and I don't really think it would be a problem OCing this.

I am not interested in slapping two video cards into the case to run SLI or Xfire. Couldn't care less about it. By the time I'm ready to upgrade again there will be another card that does better than Xfire or SLI and I'll just buy that card.

So based on those criteria, how far off base am I? Any advice is helpful, but please throw in a quick comment about why you think along those lines.

 

[Roguestar]

Someone posted recently in the thread I think you read (Core 2 Duo/DDR2 memory guide) that the Buffalo Firestix are no longer using Micron D9 chips, you may want to pick one of the other recommended sets in that thread. You look like you've done some good research. I can't speak for the PSU because I don't know much about PSU brands or whatever, so hopefully someone else will chime in about that. Interesting choice with the case that liquid cools but perhaps you should search the cases/cooling subforum to see if anyone has had any experiences with it, good or bad. I have a Western Digital SE16 250KS and I can barely hear it though to be honest my graphics card is a bit of a leafblower 😉.

 

[NotQuiteAPCGuru]

Yeah, the case is enormous. Even without the radiator or liquid cooling components the case is as good as an open air rack test mount. Believe me, I did a LOT of research. I never buy new cases. I've used the same Antec beast for I don't know how long, and I'm still attached to it. 🙂

The post you were referring to? was that Yoxxy's? I was all over that thing. I'm going to have to start looking up information on D9 RAM now, because this is the 18th time I've heard of it.

I <3 Crucial and Micron! 🙂 NEVER EVER had a problem with their RAM.