£1200 To Spend.

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Sh3rlock

Sh3rlock

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Hey, ive got £1200 to spend on a new pc. Now i know the basics and i know how to peice a machine together but i dont know whats the best bits to buy, ive fallen behind so much !

So can someone put together a good machine, i want to play games like quake wars and crysis when they come out !

Thanks in advance.
 
Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
£205.61 inc VAT

Asus P5N32-E SLi nForce 680 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
£164.49 inc VAT

Team Xtreem 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXDD2048M800HC4DC)
£205.61 inc VAT

Gainward BLISS GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
£370.11 inc VAT

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
£66.96 inc VAT

Samsung SH-W183 18x18 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM
£23.49 inc VAT

Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black
£54.04 inc VAT

Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK)
£103.39 inc VAT

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66G-00660)
£64.61 inc VAT

£1204.37 Inc VAT, maybe buy Vista Premium if you can stretch the extra few quid.
 
I would have gone with practically what hai reccomends. Though the case is entirely up to you as everyone has different tastes.

The DVDRWseems a little pricey though - changing to this below could free up a bit of cash to get Vista Premium for example.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-062-LO

If you are set on playing Crysis particulary then it would be best waiting until it is actually in shops because as far as I know it won't be out til late this year or later and this system will be fairly out of date.
 
Ste99 said:
I would have gone with practically what hai reccomends. Though the case is entirely up to you as everyone has different tastes.
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It is down to tast but you must bear the length of the 8800GTX in mind when making your selection. They don't fit in all cases.
 
Right well im about to buy, and this is what my basket looks like .. Ne changes ?

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 S775, 2.40Ghz, 1066Mhz FSB, Conroe Core, 4M Cache Retail

Abit AW9D Intel 975X (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

Corsair® 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C4 TwinX (2x1GB)

BFG Tech 640MB 8800GTS PCI-E(x16), Mem 1600MHz, GPU 500MHz 96 Stream Process 2xDual Link DVI-I/HDTV

LG GSA-H22NBAL Black x18 DVD±RW / RAM Dual Layer DVD-Writer OEM

250GB Western Digital WD2500JB ATA-100 (7200rpm,8MB,8.5ms) - PATA

620W Corsair HX Series Modular PSU, ATX, EPS 12V, whisper quiet, 5 year warranty

Lian-Li PC-50 Silver Aluminium Midi-Tower case No PSU

Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk
 
I'd go with a SATA hard drive instead of a PATA one, as it should be slightly faster.
And personally I'd go with Samsung as they're very quiet - but that's just personal preference.
 
When they were first around there were a lot of issues with getting the right drivers etc, but the whole thing is a lot better these days and they are just as easy to setup now and certainly worth the extra speed and are they cheaper also compared to pata?
 
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