best budget spec?

[AMDRulz]

looking to replace an ancient PC (im talking 2500+ barton 1gb RAM AGP Geforce 6600gt G/C) what will give me the best bang for my buck in terms of noticeable difference. im talking a machine base unit rebuild of around £500 does not need to include case/psu. but everything else yes.

what i need it to play is the latest battlefield, and some high performance games like the new exp for F.E.A.R.

what can people recommend?

 

[vincent1989]

HIS ATI Radeon X1950 Pro ICEQ 3 TURBO SILENT Heatpipe 256MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (RX1950P-256ICEQT) £139.99
(£164.49)
Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM £97.99
(£115.14)
Abit AB9 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
£71.99
(£84.59)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB5300DC)
£129.99
(£152.74)
Sub Total : £439.96
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 : £78.56
Total : £527.47

edit: oops, forgot the cooler

Scythe Infinity Heatpipe CPU Cooler (Socket 478, 775, AM2, 754, 939, 940) £32.99
(£38.76)

£566.23(i think) assumes shipping to UK mainland, mon-fri

best i could think of for performance/upgrade ability/price, the motherboard is a good overclocker, and so is the CPU, RAM should be alight for overclocking aswell

 

[Big.Wayne]

im talking a machine base unit rebuild of around £500 does not need to include case/psu.

What PSU you got then? (and what case?).

I have re-used older (quality) PSU's in the past but I am starting to think that a fresh build deserves a fresh PSU. . .