Out of touch, can anyone spec me......
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This should give you the basis of a pretty decent system with a fair bit of potential for overclocking. 
EVGA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (512-P2-E801-AR) £149.99
(£176.24) £149.99
(£176.24)
Intel Core 2 Duo E2180 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.00GHz (800FSB) - Retail £46.99
(£55.21) £46.99
(£55.21)
Abit IP35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) £31.99
(£37.59) £63.98
(£75.18)
Sub Total : £330.95
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £59.48
Total : £399.38
EVGA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (512-P2-E801-AR) £149.99
(£176.24) £149.99
(£176.24)
Intel Core 2 Duo E2180 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.00GHz (800FSB) - Retail £46.99
(£55.21) £46.99
(£55.21)
Abit IP35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) £31.99
(£37.59) £63.98
(£75.18)
Sub Total : £330.95
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £59.48
Total : £399.38
Cheers man, that's pretty much identical to what I was (slowly!) getting at but I was trying to squeeze in a quad core by going with an IP35 E o), but then remembered I've had one of them before and it did very strange things!
Are the quad core processors making much of a dent in terms of gameplay yet or is Core 2 Duo still the best option on a budget?
o), but then remembered I've had one of them before and it did very strange things!Are the quad core processors making much of a dent in terms of gameplay yet or is Core 2 Duo still the best option on a budget?
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If you are on a tight budget then Core2Duo is still the way to go, once you get over £100 on a processor then quad core and overclocking makes sense but with a limited budget it isn't worth it. As far as I am aware there aren't that many games that will make good use of a quad yet so I'd go Core2Duo and overclock.
Nice to know that I haven't completely lost touch then, Ive been scouting around and haven't seen much reason to get a quad other then me physically wanting to, but I'm surprising myself and staying remarkably sensible! 
I'll have a peruse of the Overcloking section, been a while since I last messed with an Intel board properly (4.2 GHz P4 under a Mach II about 2-3 years ago
) so no doubt will be lost in the myriad of options on the new boards for a bit!
Thanks again mate.
Andy
I'll have a peruse of the Overcloking section, been a while since I last messed with an Intel board properly (4.2 GHz P4 under a Mach II about 2-3 years ago
) so no doubt will be lost in the myriad of options on the new boards for a bit!Thanks again mate.
Andy
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