Building new pc at end of the month

[WobblerJW]

Building a new pc which i plan to keep for at least 18 month to 2 years and thought of this build

i was looking for a good GFX and atm 8 GB of system memory
main activity i use this machine for is gaming and folding on the side
anything i can do to improve it or does it look ok
budget £1000 (can go +-£100)
don't need monitor or case

wobbler

 

[Mr. May]

wait as the next gen ati cards are going to be relised soon

 

[stulid]

you dont need a sound card, the onboard HD audio is very good.

if you fold, then a Nvidia card is superior http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2010/08/05/what-is-the-best-graphics-card-for-folding/1

if you picked something like a GTX470, it will also be a better gaming pc too with better minimum frame rates to keep game play smooth, http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/164?vs=160

then just drop the motherboard to a non crossfire one(870 or 880G chipset) to offset the price difference between the two graphics cards.

 

[WobblerJW]

after a little revision i dropped the sound card and changed to a 470
SSD drive is for OS use

all comments welcome even if it is to **** it
not up to speed with the new stuff as the last time i upgraded was 3 years ago and thats a amd 4600+ Dual Core :<

 

[stulid]

save a bundle of cash with this motherboard- http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-408-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1782

the one you selected is a crossfire chipset motherboard, which with an Nvidia card is unnecessary.

 

[Nelson Santos]

There is also the option to go i7, but that would mean dropping to 6 gb ram.

 

[WobblerJW]

ahh goes to show how i have not been keeping up with the trends lol

thanks for the comments and help so far though

 

[Jony27]

the i7 would probably end up about the same price to the amd you speced