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Advice on which system to get

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dogbyte_13

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well my socket 754 finally died so i need a new system and i am thinking about going mini, already have keyboard mouse and monitor, any input would be great. i ditched the idea of the shuttle, also what kind of overclockability am i looking at with this setup too?

final specs

ASUS P5K-VM LGA 775 Intel G33 uATX Intel Motherboard - Retai
Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Conroe 2.13GHz 4M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor - Retail

G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQ - Retail


Corsair 520 Watt - Retail

EVGA 640-P2-N821-AR GeForce 8800GTS 640MB 320-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card - Retail

Seagate SV35 7200.2 ST3320620SV 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

Thermaltake VF1000BNS Black Aluminum Front Panel/ SECC Chassis MicroATX Desktop Computer Case - Retail

LITE-ON Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache E-IDE/ATAPI DVD Burner with LightScribe Technology - OEM

CPU Cooling?? any reccomendations? Zalman? Thermaltake? what would fit niceley into this case
 
If you want to OC, get the ASUS board. 975x chipsets arn't known for their overclocking, especially when used with 2gb of memory.

I'd also suggest some less expensive memory. Unless you found a crazy deal on the Titanium, as it's really overpriced every time I've seen it. I mean you can get 2gb kits of other memory for under $100 and it's not really better.
 
Shuttles are wack IMO...or at least I know I wouldn't ever have one as my main rig, they're just too limited.

On the RAM, get some Crucial Ballistix instead, Crucial is Micron's retail company and they make really good RAM chips.

And get the Lanbox with the handle, or get the Lanbox Lite. The Lanbox w/o the handle looks ugly IMO.

That PSU sounds like it might be crap. Go get a Corsair 520HX or Antec NeoHE 500. Much better quality brands, and you don't need anywhere near 700 watts for that setup.

And get a SATA burner, it'll take up less room than those IDE cables, which gives you more airflow.
 
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