Help Needed New System Required

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Hi Peeps

Need to replace my old system which was a Dual Zeon 2.4Ghz which is dead,

I need the following:

Motherboard
Cpu
memory
Graphics Card
Operating Sys - Pre XP Pro 64

My budget is about £600 all in.

As i have not upgraded my system in a while i need ya help, i mainly play C&C 3 and Adobe Photoshop CS3 Image manipulation.

Please Help

Daz
 
I must admit im not a lover of Vista to be honest.

I was looking at the following:

BFG GeForce 8800 GT OC2 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail

** Overclocked Bundle ** Abit IP35 Pro Motherboard / Intel Q6600 Quad Core @ 3.3Ghz / 2GB (2x1GB) OCZ PC-8500 RAM / Tuniq Tower CPU Cooler

Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition SP2c - OEM (ZAT-00124)

Totals £550.98

I have a brand new Jeantech 500 watt psu would that be sufficiant ?

Thanks for the input
 
The Psu says it Intel Core 2 Duo ready....

what cpu cooler would you recommend ?

this is the spec so far

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 2.40GHz Guaranteed to run at 3.00GHZ (1333FSB) - Retail
Abit IP35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
BFG GeForce 8800 GT OC 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 PC2-6400C5 TwinX (2x2GB)
Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition SP2c - OEM (ZAT-00124)

total 496.97
 
Rite this is how its looking

Noctua NH-U12P CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/LGA775)
Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 PC2-6400C5 TwinX (2x2GB)
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 2.40GHz Guaranteed to run at 3.00GHZ (1333FSB) - Retail
BFG GeForce 8800 GT OC 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
Abit IP35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

And Finally lol

Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition SP2c - OEM (ZAT-00124)

Sub Total : £458.94
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 : £81.88
Total : £549.77

Any recomendations on motherboards..

Thanks mate
 
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