£600 upgrade help needed

[Vegetarian]

I am looking for a new build. Been a bit out of the scean re latest tech. Last PC was AMD A64 3500@ 2.5ghz... my mum wants to buy this PC off me for £500 which also has a 19" monitor.

I am taking these out of old PC and replacing them with cheapest versions as mum wont need them.

74gig raptor + 2x 250gig HDs
Tascam external Soundcard
ATI 800XL Video Card
Also have Vista


I am looking for new case+PSU, CPU, DVD, MOBO, RAM etc

Im hoping for 2core (even 4) 22" TFT - 2 gigs fast ram for overclocking (4 even beter).

I have £600

 

[semi-pro waster]

This is a little bit over budget but does include quad core (dual core would fit in budget fine).

Akasa AK-ZEN-01-WH Zen White Case - No PSU £25.99
(£30.54) £25.99
(£30.54)
Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
OcUK 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C5 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Kit £51.99
(£61.09) £51.99
(£61.09)
Belinea 2230S1W Pro 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black/Silver £169.99
(£199.74) £169.99
(£199.74)
NEC AD7170S Serial ATA 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Silver) - OEM £17.99
(£21.14) £17.99
(£21.14)
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £54.99
(£64.61) £54.99
(£64.61)
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £149.99
(£176.24) £149.99
(£176.24)
Sub Total : £540.93
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £96.93
Total : £650.81

 

[mp260767]

any particular reason you want a 22" inch screen over a 19/20" ?

 

[Vegetarian]

any particular reason you want a 22" inch screen over a 19/20" ?

If Ive spent loads of money on a PC why not have more to see of it

 

[mp260767]

If Ive spent loads of money on a PC why not have more to see of it

point is you have an 800xl so unless you plan to get a high end card wouldnt you be better running it on a 19 with a better res and quality ?

 

[Barry1337]

point is you have an 800xl so unless you plan to get a high end card wouldnt you be better running it on a 19 with a better res and quality ?

Good point if your going for an 22 you would be better putting money and invest in a better graphics card

 

[ins0mn1ac]

Good point if your going for an 22 you would be better putting money and invest in a better graphics card

What he said, 22" WS is 1680x1050 native, your card would struggle with newish games at that res, well that card would probably struggle anyway.

(thats if your gaming )

 

[Vegetarian]

I plan to upgrade graphics card later - Im not really playing lots of games at this time - most of my stuff is music programmes and work at the moment.

 

[mp260767]

I plan to upgrade graphics card later - Im not really playing lots of games at this time - most of my stuff is music programmes and work at the moment.

fair enough.