£500 to spend if needed

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Due to my current PC woe's the Mrs has said 'spend £500 on new bits if you need to'. :eek::D

Spec me people: CPU, Mobo, Ram and PSU (Intel and AMD). For info I have an Nvidia 8800gtx.
 
What have you currently got? and can you re-use any of it like case/psu?
What do you generally do on it?
How much hdd space do you need?
any special requirements like silent running or overclocking?
 
Asus Maximus Formula Intel X38 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Asus Maximus Formula Intel X38 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £129.99
(£152.74) £129.99
(£152.74)
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - OEM Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - OEM £119.99
(£140.99) £119.99
(£140.99)
OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK) OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK) £46.99
(£55.21) £46.99
(£55.21)
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK) Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK) £74.99
(£88.11) £74.99
(£88.11)
Sub Total : £371.96
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £66.66
Total : £447.57

or you could go with a e8xx and 8500+ ram. But it all depends what your using it for.
 
New User said:
Nice, thanks.

Is it worth picking up the Maximus Extreme for the extra £30 in case DDR3 prices take a tumble at some point?
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No as ddr2 doesn't work in ddr3 slots. So if you got that board you would have to buy ddr3 ram. There are some boards with both ddr2 and ddr3 slots. But I don't think it's worth it.
 
Cheers Acid,

The last time i had anything to do with Intel was upgrading my SX-33 to a DX2-66 so thanks for answering my dim questions :)

Thanks

New User
 
No need for DDR3 yet maybe not even until late next year :)

Maybe you can get the Corsair HX 520 instead. Very capable PSU if running a single GFX card rig ;) Money saved can go towards a better cooler than stock (maybe this).
 
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