Decision Time: Please help on desktop components

[DeonH]

Hi there.

Based on the help of the gurus here, I have assembled myself a desktop PC. Here are the specs. Some items are not currently in stock. Can you please recommend replacement components of equal performance?

The items in red are out of stock.

CH-CE310S : CH-CE310S Coolermaster RC-310-SKN1 , Elite 310 , black with Silver highlight , with thermal master 350w psu : tools free ; 2 x front usb + audio in/out - 4x 5.25 , 1x 3.5 , 6x 3.5 hidden - 1x120mm fan support upto 3 - atx - 1 year warranty - no power cord [S-23] - [ R 507.89 excl - R 579 incl VAT ][ QTY : 1 ] - In Stock

MB-AP7P55M : MB-AP7P55M ASUS P7P55-M ; LGA1156 mb ; 8+2 phase power design ; intel P55 , 4x dual channel DDR3 2200(o.c) , 6 x s-ata2 with raid 0/1//0+1/5/10 , 1x parallel ata133 , on-board VT1708S 7.1 audio + gigabit lan + ieee1394a ; 1x pci , 2 x pci-e(1x) , 1 x pci-e 2.0- with EPU + express gate + Turbo key , with com/serial port - 1 x PS2 only for kb - micro-atx [S-23] - [ R 1285.09 excl - R 1465 incl VAT ][ QTY : 1 ] - In Stock

CP-i11i5Q750 : CP-i11i5Q750 Intel lga1156 i5 750 - Quad core , 2.66ghz box cpu , 3.2ghz turbo boost , VT-x , built-in dual channel DDR3-1333 memory controler , 45nm - 4x64k L1 + 1mb(4 x 256kb) L2 cache + 8mb L3 cache [S-23] - [ R 1885.96 excl - R 2150 incl VAT ][ QTY : 1 ] - In Stock

HD-S1000S32 : HD-S1000S32 seagate barracuda 7200.12 st31000528as , 1TB/1000gb, s-ata2 , 7200rpm, 32mb cache, 8.5ms - 3 years warrenty [S-23] - [ R 792.11 excl - R 903 incl VAT ][ QTY : 1 ] - In Stock

ME-2048MB1333-D3 : ME-2048MB1333-D3 Transcend/ADATA ® DDR3 Series - 2048MB Module - DDR3-1333- 6-Layer PCB, CAS Latency：7, JEDEC, 1.5V, OCD &ODT - Low Latency [S-4] - [ R 432.46 excl - R 493 incl VAT ][ QTY : 2 ] - No Stock

DW-A24SL : DW-A24SL Asus DRW-24B1LT , 24x , Sata , Lightscribe , black , with E-Green ( energy green engine ) , E-hammer ( delete data permanently for security ) , AVRS , OTS - super-multi : DL dvd+R , dvd±r/rw + dvd-ram + cd+/-rw ; 2mb - retail pack [S-23] - [ R 392.98 excl - R 448 incl VAT ][ QTY : 1 ] - No Stock

CAMSOMRW620 BLK : CAMSOMRW620 BLK Sony Internal 8 In 1 Memory Card Reader / Writer 3.5 - Black [S-12] - [ R 56.14 excl - R 64 incl VAT ][ QTY : 1 ] - In Stock

LEADTEK PX9400GT-512D2FLPI : LEADTEK PX9400GT-512D2FLPI Leadtek NVIDIA® GeForce 9400GT, 512MB 128Bit DDR2, CUDA, PCI-E 2.0, D-Sub, DVI, HDMI DX10/OpenGL 2.1, Non-SLI, Low Profile, Vista [S-1] - [ R 399.12 excl - R 455 incl VAT ][ QTY : 1 ] - No Stock

WIN7-DHPR64 : WIN7-DHPR64 Microsoft® Windows 7 Home Premium Edition - DSP DVD Software - 64Bit License [S-2] - [ R 912.28 excl - R 1040 incl VAT ][ QTY : 1 ] - In Stock

I will really appreciate your help and advise.

Regards,
Deon

 

[TheBadMadMan]

Get a case without a psu and buy a separate brand name psu and get atleast a 9600GT. Btw,what are you going to use the pc for?

 

[Re83L]

That DVD-writer is overkill, get a normal R200 one.
Change the 9400GT to something like the Sapphire Radeon 4670 512MB Silent edition.

Maybe get the Case without the 350w PSU, and buy the Vantec ion2 460w.

 

[DeonH]

I'm not a gamer. I use is mainly for a little video editing, Photoshop and Dreamweaver, and the normal document use; Word, excell, powerpoint and so on.
My frustration with my current machine, ±3 years old, is that it takes for ages with some video rendering and bigger Photoshop projects.

Deon

 

[PostmanPot]

Go for the cheapest DDR3 RAM you can find.

A suitable LG or Samsung DVD-RW (non Lightscribe is about R260).

Have a look at the ATI HD4550, rapes the 9400GT at a similar price.