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Are you locked in and committed to that Zalman power supply? Have you already bought it?

What vendor are you using for your components? Can you provide a link?

You may be able to do better than the Zalman, depending on your vendor and your budget.

I'm just wondering what lead you to that particular power supply, which I believe is made by Enhance.

If you are using Aria in the UK as a source, here is an excellent PSU from their stock:

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Here is a review of it:

EVGA Supernova G2 550W Review

10 year warranty

The Good:

excellent voltage stability
beyond excellent ripple control
fully modular
affordable
lots of included goodies

The Bad:

nothing

The Mediocre:

nothing

+1 for going EVGA, not sure of your use of the PC but I`d bump up the watts a bit more, if possible.

Not having at least a dvd drive in a pc is like not having a steering wheel on a car, a good Blu Ray player is under $60

My new LG Blu Ray drive works phenominal, although I really don`t even need it.

LG Black 12X BD-ROM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM SATA Internal Blu-ray Disc Drive Model UH12NS30 - Blu-Ray Drives - Newegg.com

EVGA Supernova GS 550W Review

Above is a review of the EVGA 550 GS; pretty good; not as high as the other EVGA, but I'd take it over the Zalman.

But the better EVGA 550 G2 is only 2 pounds more expensive than the EVGA 550 GS---67 versus 65.

Post a current list of your parts if possible.

Any of them, including the Zalman, should be compatible with your case.

The base components of RAM, motherboard, and CPU look fine to me.

When I poke your link, it shows only those 3 components, not the video card, power supply, or case.

You need to buy a CPU cooler.

Don't know how many other components you need or your budget, but it looks OK. I don't know anything about gaming video cards, so can't comment on that.

Dimerz said:

My CPU should come with a cooler, seen alot of people get the cooler but alot of people also not got the cooler so ill see when i get it here.

The K series processors do NOT include a cooler.

The 6600 has a cooler. The 6600K does not.

The 6700 has a cooler. The 6700K does not.

Got it?

The K series boxes are smaller because they do not contain a cooler.

Dimerz said:

Nowhere does it say that i have a K series.

You could have fooled me. Must be my imagination.