New build (going from agp to pci-e) for £500 max

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Seems this week will be a good week to do the transfer from agp to pci-e as i like the look of the AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego and Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT on this weeks only deal, but i need help in finding a new heatsink/fan (as the cpu is OEM), PSU, memory and motherboard to go with them and decided to ask here :)
PS. i thought about going conroe but can't make a build that has the things i need for my budget.
Also i currently have a amd 2500 at 9800pro 1gb of ram and it has lasted me these 2 years and hope the build you spec me can last around the same time with vista and future games etc...
 
I'd really suggest upping your budget a tad, this system will be faster and offers more options in the future. If the budget really is that important you can get the 400w Blue Storm for around £15 less which will still be slightly over budget but not much.

CP-135-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM (CP-135-IN)
£114.95 £114.95
MB-003-AK Asrock ConroeXFire-eSATA2 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-003-AK)
£51.95 £51.95
MY-012-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR2 LA PC2-5400 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit (F2-5400PHU2-2GBLA) (MY-012-GS)
£99.95 £99.95
GX-044-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-CO)
£129.95 £129.95
CA-005-SK FSP Sparkle AX500-A Blue Storm 500W ATX2.0 PSU (CA-005-SK)
£49.95 £49.95
Subtotal £446.75
VAT £78.19
Total £524.94
 
True, but there isn't much left in 939, and when you can get a good conroe rig for just over £500 inc it's definatly the wiser choice. Also, upgrading in the future will be a LOT easier (keep ram and GPU at least, mobo if staying intel etc.)
 
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