Hi everyone, new to the forums but not new to OcUK, my previous gaming rig was put together around 4 years or more now, got most the parts from here and was a beast of a PC at the time, still runs okay now, but im ready for a new upgrade 
Budget: Okay my budget on this rig is going to be around £1700 or so max including VAT, hopefully i can stay around there.
Purpose: I'm a gamer,so the aim of this rig will be to be a good gaming machine that will last me a while , and will be able to be upgradable in months to come etc if i need to as well. I will be using it for any other general everyday use too, multimedia stuff as well,but mainly gaming.
I'm aiming to try get the PC Sli ready too, although this brings me onto another point.. I was intending on getting 2 BFG GeForce 8800 GT OC's, and running them i'n SLi, but i was reading around a bit on various forums and many people advised not to go Sli and just get one better card, saving money, and also IF i wanted to go Sli i can just buy a 2nd card (which would then be cheaper) and add it in. I got told Sli is only good if your running on a TFT over 24 inch or so , at full res , or multi screen etc? is this true? and i would only get a little FPS increase if i did use it now?
I have a 17inch TFT at the moment, and there is no point keeping that with the new parts i will be getting, so i am going to get this TFT now for the upgrade:
Samsung SM-206BW 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Glossy Black £149.99 (£176.24)
I heard it does well in gaming too, (while reading CustomPC mag).So with this in mind, and should i go for 1 good 8800 card or 2 GT's in Sli??
Components in mind so far (trying to make the rig Sli ready still):
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Asus Striker Extreme nForce 680 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £159.99 (£187.99)
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6700 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.66GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £284.99 (£334.86)
(don't think the extreme is worth the extra money is it?)
OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 800MHz SLI-Ready Edition Low Latency Dual Channel DDR2 (OCZ2N800SR4GK) £109.99 (£129.24)
OCZ GameXStream 1010w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply £124.99 (£146.86)
Gigabyte 3D Aurora 570 Black No PSU £86.99 (£102.21)
(around £790 in total for that, the GFX card option will take up a lot more, + HDD,speakers maybe too)
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Thats what i have so far, i am still unsure on what HDD i want to get, and the question still remains about which Graphics Card to get, 2 in Sli or one good 8800 model and if i wanted Sli in a few months or so then i can do so?
Also i am going to be most possibly getting Vista Home Premium 32-bit for this system..
Any help / discussions would be really helpfull, you all seem really nice people on these boards so i'm looking forward to your input
I'm aiming to buy the parts in around 2 weeks or so hopefully, once i get a build together and play around with what i want and best to get with the money. Hope the post wasn't too long, but want to really try get as good as specs as i can for this upgrade. Thanks in advance
Budget: Okay my budget on this rig is going to be around £1700 or so max including VAT, hopefully i can stay around there.
Purpose: I'm a gamer,so the aim of this rig will be to be a good gaming machine that will last me a while , and will be able to be upgradable in months to come etc if i need to as well. I will be using it for any other general everyday use too, multimedia stuff as well,but mainly gaming.
I'm aiming to try get the PC Sli ready too, although this brings me onto another point.. I was intending on getting 2 BFG GeForce 8800 GT OC's, and running them i'n SLi, but i was reading around a bit on various forums and many people advised not to go Sli and just get one better card, saving money, and also IF i wanted to go Sli i can just buy a 2nd card (which would then be cheaper) and add it in. I got told Sli is only good if your running on a TFT over 24 inch or so , at full res , or multi screen etc? is this true? and i would only get a little FPS increase if i did use it now?
I have a 17inch TFT at the moment, and there is no point keeping that with the new parts i will be getting, so i am going to get this TFT now for the upgrade:
Samsung SM-206BW 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Glossy Black £149.99 (£176.24)
I heard it does well in gaming too, (while reading CustomPC mag).So with this in mind, and should i go for 1 good 8800 card or 2 GT's in Sli??
Components in mind so far (trying to make the rig Sli ready still):
------------------
Asus Striker Extreme nForce 680 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £159.99 (£187.99)
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6700 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.66GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £284.99 (£334.86)
(don't think the extreme is worth the extra money is it?)
OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 800MHz SLI-Ready Edition Low Latency Dual Channel DDR2 (OCZ2N800SR4GK) £109.99 (£129.24)
OCZ GameXStream 1010w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply £124.99 (£146.86)
Gigabyte 3D Aurora 570 Black No PSU £86.99 (£102.21)
(around £790 in total for that, the GFX card option will take up a lot more, + HDD,speakers maybe too)
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Thats what i have so far, i am still unsure on what HDD i want to get, and the question still remains about which Graphics Card to get, 2 in Sli or one good 8800 model and if i wanted Sli in a few months or so then i can do so?
Also i am going to be most possibly getting Vista Home Premium 32-bit for this system..
Any help / discussions would be really helpfull, you all seem really nice people on these boards so i'm looking forward to your input
I'm aiming to buy the parts in around 2 weeks or so hopefully, once i get a build together and play around with what i want and best to get with the money. Hope the post wasn't too long, but want to really try get as good as specs as i can for this upgrade. Thanks in advance
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