Need help buying a new pc

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I was meant to buy a pc about 8 months ago, but it seems a lot of prices have dropped and a lot of new hardware is around, so i was wondering if you guys could help and fill me in on what to buy.

What I wanted to buy was:
q6600,
x2 geforce 8800gts then went for a 9800 gx2 because of the dual screen issues.
2 tb of hdd (just turned £100 on offer here)
8gb of ddr2 ram and
an intel x38 mobo, think it was the asus maximum formula.


So what would you guys recommend now. after these few months, budget is around a grand, give or take couple hundred quid including keyboard, mouse, cables and the Samsung SM-223BW 22" monitor.
The other parts like case, watercooling and stuff, is seperate and got someone already for me.
Im having it watercooled also and gonna have about 4tb's of hdd.

So lets say 1.3grand for now, but cheaper would be better.
I run a lot of programs like photoshop, zbrush, dreamweaver, and play a lot of movies and endless games lol.



Thanks guys
 
The 223BW is out of stock so the 226BW is there as a placeholder. The rest should make up a pretty decent system and allow for overclocking, not including the case or cooling as requested. With the money remaining in the budget you could go for the GTX 280 but it does include 8gb of decent Ram and 2tb of hard drive space already.

Pioneer DVR-215DBK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£16.44) £13.99
(£16.44)
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 LGA775 'Yorkfield' 2.83GHz 12MB-cache (1333FSB) Processor - Retail £184.99
(£217.36) £184.99
(£217.36)
Logitech G5 Gaming-Grade Laser Mouse (910-000094) £25.99
(£30.54) £25.99
(£30.54)
Asus P5Q-E Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £84.99
(£99.86) £84.99
(£99.86)
OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel Platinum Series DDR2 (OCZ2P10664GK) £54.99
(£64.61) £109.98
(£129.22)
Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD10EACS) £77.99
(£91.64) £155.98
(£183.28)
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Samsung SM-226BW 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Glossy Black £154.99
(£182.11) £154.99
(£182.11)
Cherry Black CyMotion Expert (USB/PS2) Keyboard - Black £11.99
(£14.09) £11.99
(£14.09)
HIS ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £149.99
(£176.24) £149.99
(£176.24)
Sub Total : £952.88
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 is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £168.67
Total : £1,132.50
 
Good spec there, cant really fault it. Knowing me, I would sink the spare cash into a 24" monitor however :)
 
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