good components to buy/system to make?

The Scop

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Looking at the components on overclockers I put together a set of components to make a quite cheap system for gaming, with the possibility of upgrades and overclocking in the future. Here's the stuff (all prices include VAT) :

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (66I-01939)
£69.31

Corsair TX 650W ATX2.2 SLi Compliant PSU
£64.61

Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST3500320AS)
£49.34

GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Black Dragon EVO ONE DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GE24GB800C4DC)
£71.66

Samsung SH-S223F/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM
£17.61

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775)
£17.61

Asus M2N-SLi Deluxe (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
£64.61

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ 3.00GHz (Socket AM2) - OEM
£71.66

Akasa AK174CB-4BLB 120mm Blue LED Fan (mounts into side panel of Antec 900 in slot already there)
£9.39

XFX GeForce 8800 GT Alpha Dog 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (PV-T88P-YDF4)
£99.86

+shipping £12.95

=£617.86

Any advice greatly appreciated.

Cheers

The Scop.
 
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Everything looks good tbh, except for the following.

You'll need a HDD. Go for one of the Samsung F! drives - which ever best fits your budget.

Change the 8800 GT for one of the ATI 4850's

And look at getting an C2D
 
redeye_uk said:
Everything looks good tbh, except for the following.

You'll need a HDD. Go for one of the Samsung F! drives - which ever best fits your budget.

Change the 8800 GT for one of the ATI 4850's

And look at getting an C2D
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Cheers for the advice i made changes to the basket, how does this look?

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (66I-01939) £58.99
(£69.31) £58.99

Corsair TX 650W ATX2.2 SLi Compliant PSU £54.99
(£64.61) £54.99

GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Black Dragon EVO ONE DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GE24GB800C4DC) £60.99
(£71.66) £60.99

Samsung SH-S223F/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
(£17.61) £14.99

Samsung SpinPoint F1 750GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD753LJ) £52.99
(£62.26) £52.99

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £93.99
(£110.44) £93.99

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775) £14.99
(£17.61) £14.99

Asus M2N-SLi Deluxe (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £54.99
(£64.61) £54.99

Akasa AK174CB-4BLB 120mm Blue LED Fan £7.99
(£9.39) £7.99

Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case £56.99
(£66.96) £56.99

Gainward ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £94.99
(£111.61) £94.99

Total with VAT + Shipping = £681.31
 
C2D E7200 - 82.24 inc vat

Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard - 58.74 inc vat

Samsung SpinPoint F1 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502IJ) - 46.99 inc vat

GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Black Dragon EVO ONE DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GE24GB800C4DC)
£71.66

Gainward ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail - 111.61 inc vat

Samsung SH-S223F/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM
£17.61

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775)
£17.61

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (66I-01939)
£69.31

Corsair TX 650W ATX2.2 SLi Compliant PSU
£64.61

Akasa AK174CB-4BLB 120mm Blue LED Fan (mounts into side panel of Antec 900 in slot already there)
£9.39


Sub Total : £467.90
Shipping : £9.95
VAT : £83.62

Total : £561.47


Depending on your budget, maybe go for an X38 mobo instead
 
redeye_uk said:
Whats your budget?
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£800ish max, but if i can build a rig at like £500 an the upgrade it later in life then great. I wanna play latest games like COD4, STALKER (Shadow of Chernobyl + (Clear Sky when its out)), etc. So preferably whatever i get i'd like to have 4gb ram and other than that fraid i'm not an expert on components.
 
Asus P5E Intel X38 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
£109.99 (£129.24)

Samsung SpinPoint F1 750GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD753LJ)
£52.99 (£62.26)

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (66I-01939)
£58.99 (£69.31)

Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case
£56.99 (£66.96)

Gainward ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail
£144.99 (£170.36)

GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Black Dragon EVO ONE DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GE24GB800C4DC)
£60.99 (£71.66)

Corsair TX 650W ATX2.2 SLi Compliant PSU
£54.99 (£64.61)

Samsung SH-S223F/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM
£14.99 (£17.61)

Akasa AK174CB-4BLB 120mm Blue LED Fan
£7.99 (£9.39)

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775) Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775)
£14.99 (£17.61)

Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 2.66GHz (1333FSB) - Retail
£89.99 (£105.74)



Sub Total : £667.89
Shipping : £12.95
VAT : £119.15

Total : £799.99
 
That'll play any game you throw at it, and prob most new games over the next year or two.

Because you have the x38 Mobo you can always add a second 4870 if the need arises
 
i'd go with most of redeye's spec, drop the geil evo memory to the standard black dragon, up the processor to the 8400 and maybe swap the drive to the 640gb version.
 
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