New PC - Help please :)

RobRoy

RobRoy

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Hi all,

Tomorrow i am going to go into the overclockers store and buy components for a new PC. My budget is £850 but lower would be better. I was looking to get a quad core system with 4 gig of RAM (will vista home professional run with this or XP home?) and hopefully 2 nvidia cards so i can run SLI.

All i have at the moment is monitor / keyboard / mouse and speakers.

Could anyone suggest components to buy? Any help would be appreciated.
 
Well below budget so you can upgrade to a larger hard drive or different PSU and case easily. I'd agree with ash_scotland88 that SLi is probably a waste of time here.

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-01939) £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Samsung SH-S203D 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
(£17.61) £14.99
(£17.61)
Asus P5K Pro Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £72.99
(£85.76) £72.99
(£85.76)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3250410AS) £29.99
(£35.24) £29.99
(£35.24)
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - OEM £121.99
(£143.34) £121.99
(£143.34)
OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 800MHz SLI-Ready Edition Low Latency Dual Channel DDR2 (OCZ2N800SR4GK) £54.99
(£64.61) £54.99
(£64.61)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775) £14.99
(£17.61) £14.99
(£17.61)
Gainward BLISS GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (4718462008996) £129.99
(£152.74) £129.99
(£152.74)
Antec Sonata III Piano Black Quiet Case - EarthWatts 500W PSU £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Sub Total : £559.91
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 : £99.90
Total : £670.76
 
Thanks guys

would it be worth upgrading the gfx to a 9800gtx or an 8800gtx? Also im sure ive read somewhere that the 32 bit operating systems wont recognise 4gig of ram.. Is this true?
 
Theres no real point upgrading the graphics unless you upgrade your monitor (as stated above). You need a 64 bit operating system to take full advantage of 4GB of ram, otherwise you'll only be able to see about 3GB.
 
I havent picked this up yet..the only thing that is putting me off getting it is the motherboard. Id like to have the option to go SLI if i upgrade my monitor in the future. Could anyone recommend a decent one for me please?

cheers
 
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