New PC Build - Medium Specification

[Curiosityx]

Greetings, im looking to update my aging system running an AMD Barton3200+ to the following.

Im not looking for something that will likely be cable of cold fusion but be able to play games such as Far Cry 2, Supreme Commander etc and have a reasonable shelf life of 3 years without breaking the bank.

Any suggestions would be welcome.

BFG GeForce GTX 260 OC2 MAXCORE 896MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (BFGKGTX260MC8960OCE)
Asus M3N-HT Deluxe Mempipe nForce 780a SLi (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXUK)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 7850+ Black Edition 2.80GHz (Socket AM2+) - Retail
OCZ Gold Edition 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Series (OCZ2G8004GK)
Zalman CNPS9500-AM2 CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2) Zalman CNPS9500-AM2 CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2)
Western Digital Caviar Blue 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (WD1600AAJS)

Regards

 

[markiejt]

might want to look at x3 720?

 

[Curiosityx]

might want to look at x3 720?

Would that be compatible with the motherboard and memory above?

 

[markiejt]

what sort of budget you looking at? is it just for games?

 

[markiejt]

also if going amd route my be best to get 4870?

 

[Curiosityx]

what sort of budget you looking at? is it just for games?

No more than £700 to be honest, yes i would like to play games but im not overly concerned about very high resolutions, were probably talking about 1280 x 1024 on my 19" Viewsonic at medium quality rather than the whole hog.

Regards

 

[cmndr_andi]

With a £700 budget you can get a rather nice system. This setup is a bit under budget and should play all the games you have listed at high settings on 1280x1024.

That CPU is fast at stock, but if you are interested in overclocking it will go up to 3.6-3.7 with that cooler/mobo and some luck.