£500 Gaming spec

jimmy1999

jimmy1999

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I already have:

Antec Solo case
Xilence XP480-12R Power 480W
optical drive

I have been looking through the threads and have come up with this but i have never built a pc so could do with some help checking it over.

OcUK Value IP35 Pro Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
(£70.49)
Asus GeForce EN8800 GT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
(£193.86)
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel Kit
(£52.86)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.66GHz (1333FSB)
(£115.14)
Samsung SpinPoint T 400GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD403LJ)
(£55.21)
Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775)
(£32.89)
Sub Total : £442.94
Total : £530.97

I dont really no what to look for with a mobo is this one ok? I am currently on xp so would it be worth while getting 4gig ram? Would i see a large difference with a quad cpu?

I will be mainly using this for gaming and am planning on overclocking a bit and have a suitable heatsink.

Any help with improvements i could make would be great
 
Western Digital Caviar SE16 400GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD4000AAKS)
£44.99 (£52.86)

Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
£53.99 (£63.44)

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC)
£29.99 (£35.24)

Point of View GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (8717344966320)
£189.99 (£223.24)

Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.66GHz (1333FSB) - Retail
£97.99 (£115.14)

Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775)
£27.99 (£32.89)

Sub Total : £444.94
Shipping : £8.95
VAT : £79.43
Total : £533.32

£3 extra but a lot better value for money IMO, has the new GTS which has GTX performance for less. If you want it strictly below £500 the GT is still more than fast enough.

That OCUK value mobo is supposed to be really good but nobody knows yet as it's on pre order.

2gb is good enough for almost everything in XP, so if you don't have extra to spend just stay with 2gb.
 
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get the e2180 and overclock to 3ghz or more if you want dual core.

quad not really worth it unless you are a hordcore encoder or you play a lot of games that you know that runs smoother on a quadcore based pc.

xp 32 bit will only see up to 4gb of ram including ram on your graphics card and other hardware. a 64 bit OS is needed to see all the ram
 
the e2180 has a smaller cache then the e6750, however the difference it makes is debatible.

if you are happy with xp, then why change, as for 4GB of ram, it isnt really needed for games today but it is nice to know you have it in my opinion.
 
Could you suggest a suitable mobo for this system which could be upgraded to 4gig and quad core as i really dont no what to look for or is the one chosen ok?
 
the MB you have chosen should support quad core cpus as nearly if not all p35 chipset based MBs do, it should also support around 8GB of ram as well as most ATX MBs do, however you could webnote the shop to comfirm this.
 
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