Spec me please...

[SixTwoSix]

Around £600 - £700 to spend, want a good overclocking DDR2 based board, minimum 2GB ram, preferably 4gb or even 8GB if possible, 8800GT card will be fine, doesn't matter if the cpu is slower as I will have more cash to upgrade it in a few months but would like a good cooler for a decent overclock. Needs vista home premium and if possible a decent quiet case/psu. Hard drive wise...anything 250GB and over is fine, not bothered about a raid setup. Optical drive wise just a basic dvd burner will do. Happy with onboard sound and network.

I can spend up to £700 but would like to spend as least as possible right now. Anything spare will go towards getting a 19/20inch tft.

Thanks!

 

[jak731]

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Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
G.Skill 4GB DDR2 PQ PC2-8000C5 (2x2GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit (F2-8000CL5D-4GBPQ) £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Asus Maximus Formula Intel X38 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £129.99
(£152.74) £129.99
(£152.74)
OcUK GeForce 8800 GT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £109.99
(£129.24) £109.99
(£129.24)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3250410AS) £38.99
(£45.81) £38.99
(£45.81)
Intel Core 2 Duo E2200 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.20GHz (800FSB) - Retail £45.99
(£54.04) £45.99
(£54.04)
Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) £27.99
(£32.89) £27.99
(£32.89)
Sub Total : £472.93
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
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(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £84.50
Total : £567.38

for the case ,you need to pick your own or at least a give a few possible choices as i have no idea what may appeal to you.

if you can afford it on top of the cost of a case, you could get a wolfdale or a quad core now.

i picked pc2-8000 RAM incase a wolfdale or yorkfield CPU is wanted in the future, i think the spec is quite futureproof (for you) until intel changes socket or you do

 

[mp260767]

i'd go with jak, nice setup, clockable cpu with x38 mobo and the tuniq cooler.