£1000 budget - build me a system

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My current PC that I bought for £1250 here on overclockers is really getting on my nerves! Too many errors/problems/things causing me to re-install windows or contantly hit the reboot button. It no longer seems as amazing as it did summer 2008!

So I have 2 questions. Firstly, if I was to ebay my current PC, how much do you think it is worth?

- Antec 900 gaming case
- 850w PSu - can't remember the brand.
- Intel Core 2 Duo - E8400 @ 3.00GHz
- 2GB DDR2 RAM
- XFX ATI 5770
- Standard syncmaster dvd rw drive
- Creative xi-fi xtreme music sound card
- 500GB Western digital HD
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Second question/request -

Please build me a system for around about £1000. Not really tight on the budget, although I only really spent £1250 last time because the GeForce 9800GX2 I bought with it was around ~£400 - £500 at the time!

I'm looking for an insanely fast system as I'll be a 3rd year university web design & digital media student. I often have plenty programs like browsers, itunes, photoshop, FTP programs open so want to be free from crashes etc.

I'm also a bit of a gamer, love a brand new game like call of duty to fully test out my graphics card, although I dont really want to spend over £200 alone on one like last time!

I also watch plenty films and blu-rays on my PC :)

I already have a full HD monitor and the samsung blu-ray player, and those badass 5.1 £250 speakers from logitech. Would like windows 7 home premium as XP just seems slow and virus prone now.

Thanks,
Mike
 
firstly, price checks are not allowed outside the members market..

secondly, heres a 1K pc with Win7

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Asus GeForce GTX 480 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Far Cry 2 £207.98
(£173.32) £207.98
(£173.32)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £163.19
(£135.99) £163.19
(£135.99)
Asus P8P67 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £124.99
(£104.16) £124.99
(£104.16)
Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1) £95.99
(£79.99) £95.99
(£79.99)
Antec TruePower New Modular 650W Power Supply £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99
(£74.99)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £81.98
(£68.32) £81.98
(£68.32)
GeIL 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP38GB1600C9DC) £79.99
(£66.66) £79.99
(£66.66)
Coolermaster CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £58.99
(£49.16) £58.99
(£49.16)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM 1yr Warranty (ST31000518AS) £37.99
(£31.66) £37.99
(£31.66)
Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3) £35.99
(£29.99) £35.99
(£29.99)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.98
(£11.65) £13.98
(£11.65)
Sub Total : £825.89
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.25
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £167.43
Total : £1,004.57
 
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stulid said:
firstly, price checks are not allowed outside the members market..

secondly, heres a 1K pc with Win7

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Asus GeForce GTX 480 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Far Cry 2 £207.98
(£173.32) £207.98
(£173.32)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £163.19
(£135.99) £163.19
(£135.99)
Asus P8P67 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £124.99
(£104.16) £124.99
(£104.16)
Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1) £95.99
(£79.99) £95.99
(£79.99)
Antec TruePower New Modular 650W Power Supply £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99
(£74.99)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £81.98
(£68.32) £81.98
(£68.32)
GeIL 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP38GB1600C9DC) £79.99
(£66.66) £79.99
(£66.66)
Coolermaster CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £58.99
(£49.16) £58.99
(£49.16)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM 1yr Warranty (ST31000518AS) £37.99
(£31.66) £37.99
(£31.66)
Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3) £35.99
(£29.99) £35.99
(£29.99)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.98
(£11.65) £13.98
(£11.65)
Sub Total : £825.89
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.25
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £167.43
Total : £1,004.57
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This is a nice system
 
lucky the case is good then.

and some people have commented that the noise is fine, while others have said its noisy.
 
no he mentioned he loved to test out games which the GTX480 will do:D

and what ever the OP first priority is the GTX480 will do it faster than a GTX560
 
Lets just say I spend the days web designing/programming/working and the evenings gaming!

Probably don't game as much as I used to, but I do own Crysis, every PC title of call of duty, mafia II and battlefield bad company 2. So I do hit the FPS games quite heavily :p
 
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