Gaming pc help

[Mason64]

i havent got a lot of cash but i have 500 quid to spend on a pc with ocuk any ideas on whats the best pc i can get? not a monster gaming pc but a ok pc to run most games i got £500 quid and just need the base unit i also have OEM XP Home coa not used so just need the hardware.

i have a dvd rw and a standard case & hdd.

so just mo.bo ram cpu gfx card PSU

Thank you

p.s sorry if i am not allowed 2 do this here.

 

[Kearney_1988]

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail
(£152.74)
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
(£64.61)
Point of View GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
(£152.74)
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK)
(£70.49)
OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK)
(£31.71)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775)
(£17.61)

Sub Total : £416.94
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 is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £74.53


Total : £500.42


42p over but oh well, will work well and give you a rather good gaming pc especially if you overclock the CPU. If you do any encoding etc i suggest changing the cpu to a Q6600 but if its just for gaming you cant go wrong with the e8400

 

[Mason64]

nice one mate will have a look at that hardware and get that ordered asap!"

 

[reflux]

Kearney_1988's recommendations seconded. That's a good list of parts and they'll make a very decent machine.