PC Build Question

SG2008

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I'm building a new PC I have managed to get hold of the following parts.

Asus P5N32-E PLUS SLi nForce
4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400 CL6 800MHz DDR2
4XSeagate Barracuda 7200.11 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache (for RAID5)

Almost made my mind up to purchase the following..

Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 "LGA775 Conroe" 3.00GHz (1333FSB) £152.74
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU £88.11
Lian-Li PC-A70B Aluminium Tower Case - Black £117.49

My main question I got is which graphics card I should get. I'm obviously intending to some gaming, but also would like a good all-rounder and future-proof if there is such a thing. Was originally intending to get the 8800 GTX .. but I'm wondering now is it worth stretching to a newer generation card specifically the GeForce GTX 260 line ? looking spend around £175.

Any suggestion(s) would be most welcome thanks!!!
 
I would change the CPU to the 8XXX series: Clicky
Overclock to 3.0ghz, if your not interested in overclocking then look at the 8500 processor.

GPU the ATI 4850 seems to be getting good reviews for the price.
 
If you want to future proof the GFX card purchse, then you need to allocate as much of your budget to it as possible and buy the most recent card released.

With this in mind, the 8800GTX should be off the list, as it's already 2 generations behind the current production cards from nVidia.

I'm in the market for a new GFX card myself, and I can't decide between the 280 and the 4870. The nVidia card appears to me to win on performance / driver reliabilty, but the ATI on purchase price.

I'd buy the best you can afford (either chipset) if you want to 'future proof' your build.
 
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