Spec Me Gaming Machine, £1000 budget, Intel?

[djhipflask]

Gaming Machine
Going to be running Vista (when released)

Want Motherboard, Memory, CPU, Graphics. Possibly sound (depending upon quality of onboard)

CPU - Looking at Intel, unless anyone can tell me AMD is better

At least 2Gb RAM

Roughly £1000 budget

Any recommendations?

Oh and Merry Xmas

 

[xirokx]

Gainward BLISS GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £389.99
(£458.24) £389.99
(£458.24)
Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - OEM £177.99
(£209.14) £177.99
(£209.14)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB5300DC) £129.99
(£152.74) £129.99
(£152.74)
DFI Infinity 975X (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £89.99
(£105.74) £89.99
(£105.74)
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music - OEM £44.50
(£52.29) £44.50
(£52.29)
Sub Total : £832.46
Shipping : £8.95
Vat : £147.25
Total : £988.66


Can be a lot cheaper if you just purchase a temporary gfx card which you can use until Apr 07 as this is when DX10 games I believe are being released, sure you can use it in Vista, WOW .....also when more DX10 cards are released the prices will drop...and buying a DX10 card atm only means you get a few more FPS and can game at 2560 x 1024...so why buy something you cant use to its potential...

If I had your money, I would rather look at watercooling as well so I can get the most of the cpu, and would settle for a 7600 gpu or 7800 just for a couple of months...They will still play majority if not everything you throw at it...depends on screen resoultion and a few other things but you will be able to play all the latest cards...

If you chose to go water cooling and get a cheaper gfx your still saving around £300 which means in Apr 07 you can buy a better gpu then the 8800 when its out and you will be able to use it for GAMES....

Anyway your call