mobo, gfx, cpu, ram.

[Neoni]

for about 500-600?

what is there, whats a good combination for gaming?

Just all gaming, the rest i already have.

 

[semi-pro waster]

At the lower end of the budget something like this would do, if you wanted to spend more then any one of either quad-core, 4gb Ram or a 2900XT is within your grasp.

OcUK GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £149.99
(£176.24) £149.99
(£176.24)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.66GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £106.99
(£125.71) £106.99
(£125.71)
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT12864AA663) £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) £26.99
(£31.71) £26.99
(£31.71)
Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
Sub Total : £413.95
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 : £74.01
Total : £496.91

 

[Neoni]

At the lower end of the budget something like this would do, if you wanted to spend more then any one of either quad-core, 4gb Ram or a 2900XT is within your grasp.

OcUK GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £149.99
(£176.24) £149.99
(£176.24)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.66GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £106.99
(£125.71) £106.99
(£125.71)
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT12864AA663) £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) £26.99
(£31.71) £26.99
(£31.71)
Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
Sub Total : £413.95
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 : £74.01
Total : £496.91

would it run really well for gaming?

as i dont wanna be upgrading again, its mainly for css, etc.

 

[semi-pro waster]

What size of monitor do you have? I'm not a CSS player but from what I know it isn't the most demanding game in the world anyway.

 

[Neoni]

20" Dell 2007WFP.

also what would you go for if you could get the full 600 pound budget?

 

[semi-pro waster]

If I was going to blow the full budget then this is pretty much what I'd be looking at, however bear in mind that it is a) probably overkill and b) a limitation of 32bit OSes not to see a full 4gb of Ram (you'll get about 3.5gb).

OcUK 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-5300C5 667MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Vista Approved Kit £99.99
(£117.49) £99.99
(£117.49)
OcUK ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT SILENT Heatpipe 512MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £199.99
(£234.99) £199.99
(£234.99)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.66GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £106.99
(£125.71) £106.99
(£125.71)
Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) £26.99
(£31.71) £26.99
(£31.71)
Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
Sub Total : £503.95
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 : £89.76
Total : £602.66

 

[Megahurtz400]

Either of those will run CSS on UB3R-HAXX-HIGH at a copious amount of FPS