Spec me for £700 - £800 (very max) - everything

[t31os]

At the risk of seeming stubborn, I would still go for what I suggested, plus an OEM copy of Vista Home Premuim.

Skimp on anything other than maybe downgrading the CPU (to an E6300) and you'll see a dramatic loss in performance tbh. Those parts really do make a superb mid-range machine.

You're telling me a e6400 is better then the e6300, and of course you're right, but its nothing short of wasted money as i can pretty much guarantee that the e6300 will clock to the e6400 speeds, and some more to, though this is board limited. I hav'nt seen anything to suggest an e6400 will definately clock better then an e6300 either.

Compared to his old rig it'll seem fast with either CPU at stock or overclocked.

 

[masslac]

You're telling me a e6400 is better then the e6300, and of course you're right, but its nothing short of wasted money as i can pretty much guarantee that the e6300 will clock to the e6400 speeds, and some more to, though this is board limited. I hav'nt seen anything to suggest an e6400 will definately clock better then an e6300 either.

Compared to his old rig it'll seem fast with either CPU at stock or overclocked.

I did actually say that buying an E6300 rather than an E6400 is not really an issue.

 

[VTR]

If your willing to go £100 over budget -

Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-6400 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK)
Connect3D ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
Akasa AK-ZEN-01-BK Zen Black Case - No PSU
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB ST3250620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
NEC AD5170 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Beige) - OEM
Belinea 1925S1W 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black/Silver
Logitech Deluxe Keyboard (Black) - OEM
Logitech S96 PS/2 Optical Wheel Mouse Black - OEM
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788)

£910.48 inc VAT

Practically garunteed to get you to 2.8Ghz and with that gfx card you'll be able to pretty much run every game at max details at the TFT's native res.