Spec me a system with £700
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I'm aiming to build a system around the same budget as you... this is what i've come up with so far... You'll need to add in windows home edition if you don't have that.
CP-137-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6400 "LGA775 Allendale" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - OEM (CP-137-IN)
£139.95 £139.95
MB-061-GI Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-061-GI)
£89.95 £89.95
MY-057-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC6400 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX21GB6400UDC) (MY-057-GL)
£59.95 £59.95
GX-044-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-CO)
£126.95 £126.95
HD-046-WD Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 2500KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-046-WD)
£46.55 £46.55
CD-041-PO Pioneer DVR-111BK 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) OEM (CD-041-PO)
£22.95 £22.95
HS-017-AR Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) (HS-017-AR)
£14.95 £14.95
CA-040-AN Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN)
Subtotal £567.20
VAT £99.26
Total £666.46
Should be a good performer and have quite a bit of overclocking potential.
Steve.
CP-137-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6400 "LGA775 Allendale" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - OEM (CP-137-IN)
£139.95 £139.95
MB-061-GI Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-061-GI)
£89.95 £89.95
MY-057-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC6400 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX21GB6400UDC) (MY-057-GL)
£59.95 £59.95
GX-044-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-CO)
£126.95 £126.95
HD-046-WD Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 2500KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-046-WD)
£46.55 £46.55
CD-041-PO Pioneer DVR-111BK 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) OEM (CD-041-PO)
£22.95 £22.95
HS-017-AR Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) (HS-017-AR)
£14.95 £14.95
CA-040-AN Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN)
Subtotal £567.20
VAT £99.26
Total £666.46
Should be a good performer and have quite a bit of overclocking potential.
Steve.
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the above is good,
i would consider 2gb of g-skill 6400hz though and a scythe ninja if you can
2gb will be good for games plus design work. plus its a better clocking ram.
heat sink will be better than stock and also keeps ya temps under control
6400 are good clocking chips, i got an oem from ocuk and its running at 3.35ghz at the moment. Nice and fast
otherwise a good spec.
i would consider 2gb of g-skill 6400hz though and a scythe ninja if you can
2gb will be good for games plus design work. plus its a better clocking ram.
heat sink will be better than stock and also keeps ya temps under control
6400 are good clocking chips, i got an oem from ocuk and its running at 3.35ghz at the moment. Nice and fast
otherwise a good spec.
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Yeah, i thought people would suggest 2gb of ram. It is a good idea, but personally i can't justify paying double the money for slightly faster loading times. I'll be on quite a tight budget when i order my rig 
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ita not just faster loading times mate,
it will be a faster windows "experiance" as a whole.
But ti's a good spec
it will be a faster windows "experiance" as a whole.
But ti's a good spec
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you shouldn't get G.skillz and a DS3 motherboard but i do think you should be looking to get 2 gig of Geil or Crosair ram. I suspect Vista will need it to run well and play games on.