New Gaming Rig

[Oobie]

ok heres the deal, i have £650 to spend, i want a gaming rig, that'll last about 5yrs, and will not be overclocked at this present moment, and will run @ 1280x1024 (max res of monitior). i don't need keyboard, mouse or speakers, and i'm quite happy about on-board sound as i mainly use my headphones, but can i get quotes on the best possible rig's u guys can muster, 1 with OS and optical drive and 1 without OS and optical drive. thnx guys


can this be a prediction for the 22nd as i will want to order 1st thing monday morning.


Oobie

 

[Alex UK]

This is the spec without OS and optical drive...

Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU
(£64.61) £54.99

Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black
(£58.74) £49.99

EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
(£193.86) £164.99

Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 2500KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
(£43.46) £36.99

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775)
(£17.61) £14.99

Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Dual Channel Kit
(£58.74) £49.99

Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
(£93.99) £79.99

Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.33GHz (1333FSB) - Retail
(£117.49) £99.99

Sub Total : £551.92
Shipping : £10.95
VAT : £98.50
Total : £661.37

 

[MattJones2k6]

If your going for the old core 2 duo i hear the prices are coming down on the 22nd

 

[Devlish]

Is there any point in getting the freezer if youre not oc'ing?

 

[ChrisD.]

Won't last you 5 years. You'd need a massive budget for that, and even then it will be struggling like a mad think to keep up.

 

[Oobie]

Won't last you 5 years. You'd need a massive budget for that, and even then it will be struggling like a mad think to keep up.

well the current pc i am running is 5 yrs old now

it's AMD athlon xp 2100+
1gb RAM
ASUS mobo
Radeon 9600PRO 256


so i think i can make a c2d last 5 yrs

 

[Oobie]

will that work? it's the same spec as above but with better CPU and GFX

 

[Alex UK]

will that work? it's the same spec as above but with better CPU and GFX

That will be just fine. Perfect.

 

[Oobie]

will i need a floppy drive?

 

[mattyrigby00]

will i need a floppy drive?

if you are using xp, maybe, if you are using vista, no. (you might need it to install sata drivers, but vista allows you to do it off a memory stick/cd). if your old pc has 1 dont bother buying a new 1 just use the one off your old pc IF u need it

 

[Oobie]

i'll be using XP but i am giving my old pc to my brother who is moving to kent on saturday lol

edit:

will my system bottleneck with a 90GB IDE HDD running along side the 250 SATA?