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Originally Posted by grim reaper
It looks $178 over budget. The RAM you have specified is also standard DDR, it wont work and you will need DDR2. There's no point in getting anything fancy if you don't want to overclock. As long as its DDR667 it wont be limiting performance. Unlike with the A64 architecture theses C2D chips don't benefit from low latency RAM. P180 is a nice case so no problems there.
Raptor X is also a little excessive, they're very nice but a WD AAKS drive will give you the same sustained transfer rate (higher seek time) and loads more storage for 50% less. I personally have a 150gb Raptor but they're very expensive for little gain. Don't bother with the X version as the MTBF is 50% less and it's more expensive for a silly cosmetic add on.
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Yup looks like a good selection. I have the P180 case in silver, it's nice but it is noisy with the provided 120mm fans. I have four 120mm case fans and it's pretty noisy.
The front cover is a feeble and easily gets knocked off. It came pretty warped too.
Also, I wasn't a massive fan of where the PSU has to go, makes it complicated to install PSU withs on the top or bottom.
Other than that its a nice case. Would recommend it
