Hi,

This is my first attempt at building a PC so please let me know what you think. I have already posted on the building & upgrading forum but guess this is now the more appropriate place to get my spec reviewed.

I understand that this may not be the highest spec computer but what I am hoping is that it will provide me with a significant improvement from my current PC (see my other post) and will also give me the scope to upgrade/replace some parts again in a year or two.

My priority for this system is photo/video editing, followed by music and then gaming.

MOBO: Asrock 775I945GZ, (£37.00)
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=443857

CPU: Intel Pentium D 820 Socket775 , Smithfield Core, 2x2.8 GHz , 2MB Cache, (£71.66)
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=228970

RAM: 1Gb Corsair Value Select, DDR2 PC4200 (533), 240 Pin, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 4-4-4-12 (£69.90)
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=121514

CPU Fan: Akasa AK-955 P4 Prescott/Conroe, S775 up to 3.6GHz/Extreme, 38.5 dB(A) Max Copper Core 3400rpm (£7.04)
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=246320

Hard Drive: 160 Gb Maxtor 6G160EO DiamondMax Plus 17, SATA300, 7200 rpm, 8MB Cache, 9.0 ms, NCQ (£37.58)
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=428743

Case: AKASA Zen case - White Silent cool Midi-ATX Computing case w/2 silent 12cm fan & front I/O ports (£32.30)
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=446041

PSU: 500W Xclio X12S4P2 SLI Goodpower 12cm Fan Dual 12v EPS SATA PCI-E with Anti-Vibration 24x7 Use Ready (£34.02)
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=375883

Graphics: 256MB MSI 7300GT Mem 666MHz, GPU 350MHz, 8 Pipes, D-Sub/DVI/S-Video PCI-E (x16) Passive Cooling (£54.63)
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=442873

The cost for the above is about £350. I am planning on using my current DVD re-writer (NEC DVD_RW ND-3520A) and floppy drive…and if spare connections allow I might also look at using my current 80Gb Maxtor HD (6Y080P0).

One other thing I’ve got in mind to buy is a TV/video capture card. I’d like to be able to record digital TV and also connect it to my SKY box. What do you think to a LeadTek WinFast DTV-2000H? Are there any other better alternatives at the same price?
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=378684

I think I might have fallen at the first hurdle!!!???

Just looking through things again I realise that the motherboard I have chosen in a uATX and my case is ATX. Will the smaller motherbaord be compatible??

Yeah that'll be fine. uATX boards will fit in ATX cases, just not the other way round.

Smirnoff

see my thread in "new builds"