some advice please :)

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hello hello hello.
i would like to get a good gaming machine up and running by the end of next month and i need some advice on the parts.
this is my first proper build so im quite new to the high end components
my budget is £700, i dont really want to spend more than that cous i would have to wait longer and save up the money :P

so..here we go

BFG GeForce 9800 GTX+ OC 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (BFGR98512GTXPOCE) £139.99
(£160.99)

DFI Lan Party DK P45-T2RS Plus Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £109.99
(£126.49)

Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 2.80GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £91.99
(£105.79)

OCZ ModXStream Pro 700w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Modular Power Supply £66.99
(£77.04)

Coolermaster Dominator 690 Nvidia Case - Black/Green (No PSU) £64.99
(£74.74)

Crucial Ballistix Tracer RED 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT25664AR80A) £44.99
(£51.74)

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3250410AS) £33.99
(£39.09)

Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/LGA775) £29.99
(£34.49)

Samsung SH-S223F/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£16.09)

Zalman ZM-F3 120mm Silent Case Fan - 3 Pin £5.99
(£6.89) X3 £17.97 (£20.67)

Sub Total : £614.88
Shipping : £12.99
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £94.18
Total : £722.05

im sure i can manage the £22.05 :P

one thing i want to make sure is ok is the size of the GTX+ i know its a big card and i want to make sure it will fit in there ok

i may put another GTX+ in there in the future and another 4GB of RAM at some point if i get a bigger moniter or if i need a lil extra preformance.

i will be overclocking the cpu to about 3.50Ghz

what do you all think then?

Cheers
Rich
 
I would change 9800 to 4850, PSU to Corsair 650 and don't get that memory as i heard people saying that stop working after a while, get Corsair XMS2 4gb 6400
 
ok i have changed them and put this gfx card in

Gainward ATI Radeon HD 4850 "Golden Sample" 1024MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GW-HD4850-1024)

i was under the impression that the GTX+ was a better card and thats why i went for it in the first place
 
It hurts me to see the 9800GTX+ at £160, I remember seeing it here for under £140 and that was at least 6 months back. Stagflation sucks..
 
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