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Hi,

First off am new so HEY, forums were recommended to me =)

OK so am a student and building a PC coz i need a better spec now. i got about 600 to spend.
am leaning towards Quad core.
and a nivida 8000 series Card (no SLI)
help with this would be great as to were and what else to put in this bad boy...

... i will be buying the parts very soon.
 
Welcome to the forums, this is a bit over budget but the parts you want make it somewhat unavoidable. :)

OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) £41.99
(£49.34) £41.99
(£49.34)
OcUK GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £151.99
(£178.59) £151.99
(£178.59)
Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £159.99
(£187.99) £159.99
(£187.99)
Antec Sonata III Piano Black Quiet Case - EarthWatts 500W PSU £67.99
(£79.89) £67.99
(£79.89)
Samsung SH-S203BEBN 20x20 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£19.96) £16.99
(£19.96)
Hitachi Deskstar 7K160 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A32728) £26.99
(£31.71) £26.99
(£31.71)
Sub Total : £535.93
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 : £95.70
Total : £642.58
 
You guys are quick ;)

It does not inc. Monitor , OS (thats free from uni), or Keyboard/Mouse.

so everything else...

Cheers
 
Yeah it is possable next year am doing games design/technology so really i should get a Quad core.. plus saves me upgrading few years down the line...
 
Gonna have to knock the MoBo up a bit... gonna get an Asus. al proberly get sum parts second hand... and i myt get the 135w Quad core.
 
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