Spec: Been away from Hardware scene for a while :(

[Kagemusha]

I'm looking for a spec for between £700-£800 as a birthday present for my girlfriend, it has to include everything (OS included) other than a mouse/keyboard/monitor whilst being as quiet as possible.
Mainly used for gaming and photoshop, its been over 3 years since I built and overclocked my own machine, I've lost track of hardware configs and compatability issues since then, I really would apreiciate some help on this one. I am looking through the rigs on the forums and swapping bits and bobs but just wanted a benchmark to work from.

TYIA
Kagemusha

 

[Will_3rd]

BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £157.99
(£185.64) £157.99
(£185.64)
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Antec P180 Advanced Super Midi Tower Case - No PSU (Black) Antec P180 Advanced Super Midi Tower Case - No PSU (Black) £68.99
(£81.06) £68.99
(£81.06)
Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler £27.99
(£32.89) £27.99
(£32.89)
Samsung SH-183LBEBN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM Samsung SH-183LBEBN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£21.14) £17.99
(£21.14)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788) Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788) £63.99
(£75.19) £63.99
(£75.19)
Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB 5000AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB 5000AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £67.99
(£79.89) £67.99
(£79.89)
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT12864AA804) Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT12864AA804) £91.99
(£108.09) £91.99
(£108.09)
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3P (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3P (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £74.99
(£88.11) £74.99
(£88.11)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6320 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail Intel Core 2 Duo E6320 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £94.99
(£111.61) £94.99
(£111.61)
Sub Total : £726.90
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £14.95
Vat : £129.82
Total : £871.67

 

[steve258]

Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case
£54.99
(£64.61)

Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK)
£59.99
(£70.49)

Noctua NH-U12F (Socket LGA775/754/939/940/AM2) Heatsink
£30.99
(£36.41)

Samsung SH-W183 18x18 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM
£17.99
(£21.14)

Western Digital Caviar SE16 400GB 4000KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
£46.99
(£55.21)

OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-6400 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK)
£87.99
(£103.39)

Gigabyte GA_965P_S3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
£59.99
(£70.49)

Intel Core 2 Duo E6320 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
£94.99
(£111.61)

OcUK GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
£144.99
(£170.36)

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788)
£63.99
(£75.19)

Sub Total : £662.90
Shipping : £12.95
Vat : £118.27
Total : £794.12

Can also change the case to one your GF may like.

 

[hp7909]

Here you go...



Would have gone Vista, but since you said gaming, stick with XP

 

[Kagemusha]

Okay heres what I've come up with


Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (£82.24)

Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case (£64.61)

Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK) (£99.86)

Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB 3200AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (£55.21)

Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler (£32.89)

OcUK GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (£170.36)

LiteON DH-20A1P-45C 20x DVD±RW x12 Ram Dual Layer DVD-Writer (Black) - OEM (£17.61)

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (£152.74)

OcUK 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (£68.14)

Sub Total : £632.91
Total : £758.89 inc TAX & Del

Gone with a bigger PSU incase of overclocking & maybe another optical/HD at a later date, also gonna re-use existing XP OS (was gonna go Vista).
Anyone see any probs with the above?

Cheers!

 

[HangTime]

Anyone see any probs with the above?

You can get a 400gig 16meg cache HD for the same price.

Might also want to consider getting a Soundblaster X-Fi Extreme Gamer (£47) as this will almost certainly be better than onboard sound for gaming and music.

 

[hp7909]

{snip}Anyone see any probs with the above?{snip}

That PSU is OTT considering its been shown to run a system with 2 8800 GTX's (SLi) & several HDs. The 520W version will work fine with that spec.

Rest looks ok