£500 Spec?

[Zaf]

Hi Guys,

I've got £500 to spend on a new system. Always had AMD in the past so would like a change to Intel (Q6660) and wanting to Overclock. I play a few games so want it to handle COD:4, Crysis, UT3 etc I dont need a Harddrive, Keyboard+Mouse, Speakers, Optical drive or Monitor.

Cheers
Zaf,

 

[J.D]

I just fitted that into the budget so I doubt you can raise the graphics card but that would only be necessary if you have a big screen resolution?.

I went for the slightly dearer (by about £10) BFG GT as it boasts lifetime warranty.

Edit: Forgot the cooler and slightly over budget. You could drop to the Point Of View GT with 3year warranty for a little cheaper (£12).

 

[Zaf]

Cheers mate

What do you reckon to this?

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £129.99
(£152.74) £129.99
(£152.74)
Asus P5K Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) £29.99
(£35.24) £29.99
(£35.24)
Point of View GeForce 8800 GT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £139.99
(£164.49) £139.99
(£164.49)
Antec Sonata III Piano Black Quiet Case - EarthWatts 500W PSU £61.99
(£72.84) £61.99
(£72.84)

Total : £495.79

 

[melbourne720]

Looks good. Don't really know the case particularly, but if you're not bother about that then it should be fine.

You should get a Tuniq Tower (assuming it fits in the case) to cool that quad.