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Morning all, been getting that itch last few months and i cant put it off much longer, its upgrade time :D

So, thats where you lot come in, ive been out of the component market for a while, so not sure on current choices.

Ive already got the monitor, case, kb/mouse, hard drives and dvd drives so its just the internal bits, mobo/ram/cpu/psu/gfx

Since i only upgrade every few years (3ish normally) i would like to future proof it as much as possible, budget is around 1000, less is best.

Ive been looking at the overclocked SB bundles, the 4.6Ghz ones, now either the msi or asus, unless the gigabyte bundle is worth the extra? bearing in mind once i get the bundle i wont be overclocking it myself, thus buying the overclocked bundle.

the graphics, no ideas on this one, the brand new nvidia/ati are a bit out of my price range, but is it better to get two slightly cheaper cards and sli/crossfire them for better performance, if so which would be the best ones?

and then to wrap it up, a nice and tasty psu to run the system above

go go ocuk, spec me my dream (within my budget) rig
 
No need to spend more than £800. Cost will allow you to upgrade in 12 months, which is far better than waiting 3 years with a current top spec (which isn't cost effective).

XFX ATI Radeon 6950 XXX 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £179.99
(£149.99) £179.99
(£149.99)
Intel Core i5-2500 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £169.99
(£141.66) £169.99
(£141.66)
MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £90.00
(£75.00) £90.00
(£75.00)
Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXUK) £69.98
(£58.32) £69.98
(£58.32)
Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Triple Channel (CMX6GX3M3A1600C9) £53.99
(£44.99) £53.99
(£44.99)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
Sub Total : £503.28
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £102.66
Total : £615.94
 
Yes, add the 'K' version. Must have clicked on the wrong button.

XFX ATI Radeon 6950 XXX 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £179.99
(£149.99) £179.99
(£149.99)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE Shogun 2 Game £173.99
(£144.99) £173.99
(£144.99)
MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £90.00
(£75.00) £90.00
(£75.00)
Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXUK) £69.98
(£58.32) £69.98
(£58.32)
Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Triple Channel (CMX6GX3M3A1600C9) £53.99
(£44.99) £53.99
(£44.99)
Sub Total : £473.29
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £96.66
Total : £579.95
 
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