Best new build for £600

[c61ll]

Building my friend a PC he has £600 to spend can i do any better than this?
(He does not want to overclock)

And will all this work fine together?

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 LGA775 'Yorkfield' 2.83GHz 12MB-cache (1333FSB) Processor - Retail + World In Conflict PC Game £171.99

Asus GeForce GTX 260 896MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card (Includes Terminator Salvation PC Game) £119.99
(£104.34) £119.99

Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3P Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £93.99

OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Modular Power Supply £57.99

Western Digital Caviar Blue 640GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD6400AAKS) £49.44

Coolermaster Elite 334 Nvidia Edition Case - Black/Green (No PSU) £46.99

Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel (KHX8500D2K2/4G) £37.98

Pioneer DVR-216DBK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99

Sub Total : £518.58
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £79.36
Total : £608.44

 

[Macky]

Looks fantastic. I paid the same amount nearly for my current rig which only includes, a E8400 and a 4850. This was last November though.

 

[RJC]

Looks good

 

[c61ll]

the other option is going the amd route, which has am3 and ddr3 memory:

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 945 3.0GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail
(£145.21) £166.99

Asus GeForce GTX 260 896MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card (Includes Terminator Salvation PC Game)
(£104.34) £119.99

Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard
(£91.30) £105.00

OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Silent SLI Ready Modular Power Supply
(£50.43) £57.99

Western Digital Caviar Blue 640GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM(WD6400AAKS)
(£42.99) £49.44

OCZ Platinum AM3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C7 1333MHz Dual Channel (OCZ3P1333LVAM4GK
(£41.73) £47.99

Coolermaster Elite 330 Midi Tower Case - Black (No PSU)
(£30.43) £34.99

Pioneer DVR-216DBK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM
(£15.64) £17.99

Sub Total : £522.07
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £80.07
Total : £613.89

 

[kieves1]

Which did u go 4 ??