Hi guys,
Have decided to take the plunge and upgrade my rig sooner rather than waiting for new hardware, with a view to possibly selling the gfx card i get further on in the year to upgrade it to a 9800 or ati offering for next gen power.
I already have a case, however its coolermaster pretorian and i kinda like the look of that 900gamer case on most of the specs here as looks like will run cool and help me get a decent overclock. Want to clock the system on air if possible as much as can be safely done.
Am keeping speakers/mouse/keyboard from old rig, looking to buy everything else. Would like to upgrade from my 19" L90D+ tft to a new widescreen model 22-24", the OcUK value 24" seems to have a good following in the monitor section.
Am also under impression that onboard sound is a bunch of tripe and that should get a seperate card, have audigy 2 in this machine currently, not sure whats cards are decent though.
System is used mostly for gaming, competative FPS games mainly, though i also enjoy a bit of wow and some rts. Ideally want to spend no more than a grand but the spec i came up with was quite a bit overbudget but i cannot see any way to cut costs, however i have no idea what brands are good, what memory is good etc. Here is what i came up with, any input or help more than welcome
Have decided to take the plunge and upgrade my rig sooner rather than waiting for new hardware, with a view to possibly selling the gfx card i get further on in the year to upgrade it to a 9800 or ati offering for next gen power.
I already have a case, however its coolermaster pretorian and i kinda like the look of that 900gamer case on most of the specs here as looks like will run cool and help me get a decent overclock. Want to clock the system on air if possible as much as can be safely done.
Am keeping speakers/mouse/keyboard from old rig, looking to buy everything else. Would like to upgrade from my 19" L90D+ tft to a new widescreen model 22-24", the OcUK value 24" seems to have a good following in the monitor section.
Am also under impression that onboard sound is a bunch of tripe and that should get a seperate card, have audigy 2 in this machine currently, not sure whats cards are decent though.
System is used mostly for gaming, competative FPS games mainly, though i also enjoy a bit of wow and some rts. Ideally want to spend no more than a grand but the spec i came up with was quite a bit overbudget but i cannot see any way to cut costs, however i have no idea what brands are good, what memory is good etc. Here is what i came up with, any input or help more than welcome

