Making new computer, £600, first time

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I'm hoping to use it for gaming but I don't really know where to start.

I saw Raikiri posted this a bit further down the page

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Gigabyte GA_965P_S3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £74.99
(£88.11) £74.99
(£88.11)
Antec NSK4400 Mini Tower Case - 380W SmartPower PSU £46.99
(£55.21) £46.99
(£55.21)
Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM £93.99
(£110.44) £93.99
(£110.44)
Sapphire ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £114.99
(£135.11) £114.99
(£135.11)
Samsung SH-W183 18x18 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
(£23.49) £19.99
(£23.49)
Samsung SpinPoint P HD160JJ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM £36.49
(£42.88) £36.49
(£42.88)
Corsair 1GB DDR2 Value Select PC5300 Dual Channel Kit (2x512MB) (VS1GBKIT667D2) ( £72.99
(£85.76) £72.99
(£85.76)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) £13.99
(£16.44) £13.99
(£16.44)
Sub Total : £474.42
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.95
Vat : £84.94
Total : £570.31
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But I could get £30 more in... would it be worth spending it on extra RAM?
- The person that requested it specifically asked for that graphics card, is that the best I could get?
- Would I be better off getting a slightly weaker one with 2gb of RAM?
- What's the quality of the RAM listed?
- I have BF2 and people tell me lots of RAM makes a lot of difference... what do you think?
 
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Thanks for the fast reply.

I forgot to mention, I don't really want the cheapest cheapest fan thing because my current computer overheats all the time and sparks and everything... That's one thing I'm hoping to avoid this time. How good is the fan here? Would it be worth spending a little more?
 
Thanks again.

One last thing, someone I know bought a 7900...GT I think and it broke within 2 days, and apparently that was quite common. I think that was back in July, do they still have that problem or not really?
 
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