Building new pc

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Ive decided to upgrade from my old athlon 64,x800 AGP to a more modern day machine....

heres what ive been looking at if people could help with some advice:
-CoolerMaster Stacker 830 Evolution Black Aluminum

-Intel Core 2 Duo E6600, Socket 775, 2.4 GHz, 1066MHz FSB, Conroe Core, 4MB Cache, Retail

-EVGA 122-CK-NF68-A1 NF680i SLI, S775, PCI-E(x16), DDR2 533/667/800/1200, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX

-2GB (2x1GB) CorsairTwinX XMS2, DDR2 PC2-6400 (800), 240 Pins, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 4-4-4-12, EPP

-320MB BFG Technology 8800GTS OC2, PCI-E (x16), Mem 1700, GPU 580MHz, 96Streams, HDTV/2xDual Link DVI

Cheers
Dom
 
Hi and thanks,the computer we be used for gaming mostly,at present i have a XIOD LCD monitor which doesnt have a high res but will upgrade at a later date..possibly overclock but not vital if computer is running fast enough and dont as of yet have a budget...If there is little difference between cards then i will go for the OC1...

Dom
 
Thermaltake, you mentioned the Gigabyte mobo....to be honest ive never owned a gigabyte mobo in all my builds so cant say i know much about them....i want a modern board that will last and has lots of features which is why i was looking at the EVGA now they have bios flash sorted.....any advice?
 
so basically in general its better to purchase a P35 board than a 680i board....

Cost at the moment however isnt really the issue i just wanna build a powerful up to date pc....as mentioned my current rig is AGP still and though runs okay on BF2142 i do need to update...
 
k well budget is probably around £900 mark....eventually i,ll need everything but at the moment was just working on modernising...
also whats a good case to get? i currently have a xaser3 but was looking at the stacker 830 evo...ive got 2 old WD sata 120 gigs which i never used on my old machine which is currently still serial lol...

Its been ages since i even thought about upgrading so just really trying to find out whats good on the market.

cheers.
 
cheers for all the advice....ive been looking at the GTX cards and personally i cant see there being much difference in overall performance at a standard resolution so probably go for 8800 GTS 640Mb which gives me some money towards a new LCD monitor as i need to update my current monitor too as its a 4 year old XIOD 17" i cant even find a driver for it so running on plug n play settings!!!

any recommendations for a good size monitor with high res?

as said its been some time since i last upgraded lol...
 
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