New CPU, Mobo, RAM, GFX + Monitor

[dss]

Preferably quad core, 4gb ram, 22" screen (syncmaster223 when instock).
I will overclock a bit, i will use it for general use, a bit of gaming and media (HD). Hoping to spend around £500

 

[semi-pro waster]

Consider the Asus monitor simply as a placeholder as it is around the right price but this is about the minimum you should be spending if you want quad core, overclockability and 4gb Ram. You could get dual core, an E7200 for instance and overclock for around the budget though.

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - OEM £105.99
(£124.54) £105.99
(£124.54)
Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 PC2-6400C5 TwinX (2x2GB) £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
OcUK GeForce 8800 GT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £89.99
(£105.74) £89.99
(£105.74)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775) £14.99
(£17.61) £14.99
(£17.61)
OcUK Value IP35 Pro Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Asus VW222S 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £144.99
(£170.36) £144.99
(£170.36)
Sub Total : £475.94
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £85.03
Total : £570.92

 

[Guardsmon]

^ won't get much better value than that. Check your PSU can handle what you're trying to run on it if its a proper old thing.

 

[closeratio]

Yeah you're not gonna get much better than semi-pro's spec, unless like he said you get a cheaper dual core which unless you intend on doing a lot of video encoding with programs optimised for quad cores, you probably won't see much of a difference between the two (dual core and quad core, I mean).