Check the spec please and suggest a mobo

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Would you be kind enough to have a peek at this propsed rig. I'm going for a full new system but I'm trying to get it for as little as possible, around the £500-£600 mark.

Below is what I reckon to be a reasonable system minus the motherboard (as I have no clue), so if you could suggest a decent one I'd be grateful. Any other tweaks to the spec would be well received as long as you explain why, otherwise I'll never understand.

Thanks for looking...

Intel Pentium 4 805 Dual Core "LGA775 Smithfield" 2.66GHz (533FSB) £72.95
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) £14.95
Asus TA-210 Series Midi Tower (Black) - 360W PSU £32.00
BFG 3DFuzion GeForce 7600 GT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £99.95
GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX21GB5300DC) £54.95
Hyundai ImageQuest B71A 17" LCD Monitor - Black £119.95
Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 120GB ST3120813AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM £37.95
Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop Comfort ver3.0 - OEM £29.95

Subtotal £462.65
VAT £80.97
Total £543.62
 
It's to be used for the usual surfing/downloads etc plus photoshopping, web design & work stuff (excel etc). Plus a healthy dose of gameplay, COD2 & HL2 being current favourites.

I'm also looking for it to last for a good few years to come wthout the need for upgrade of major components.

Max budget £600
 
Hauling this thred back on topic, can anyone suggest a mobo to go with the setup in the OP? I'd quite like to stick with the 805 as it's quite inexpensive and I've read that it's highly overclockable.
 
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