spec me something speedy

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hi, I used to build a fair number of pcs some years ago but I have fallen behind on what works best. Im currently looking to build something for some heavy number crunching with roughly a £1k budget. The system will need a lot of ram (6GB+ if possible) and the ram could do with being quite fast as well.

Neither graphics or hard drive space are important although the hard drive speed could do with being quite good as well.

Any advice on this? I was looking at a core 2 duo system with 4 ram slots (2GB in each) but there is quite a range of motherboards to choose from :(

thanks for any help.
 
This should be everything you need...

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
(£346.61) £294.99

Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK)
(£72.84) £61.99

OCZ 4GB (2 x 2GB) PC2-5400C5 Dual Channel Vista Upgrade Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2VU6674GK) (x2)
(£258.48) £129.24

Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard
(£96.34) £81.99

Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black
(£58.74) £49.99

Samsung SH-S182D 18x18 DVD±RW ReWriter (Black) - OEM
(£15.26) £12.99

OcUK GeForce 8500 GT 256MB DDR2 HDTV/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
(£51.69) £43.99

Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme (Socket AM2/LGA775) Heatsink
(£38.76) £32.99

Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 2500KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
(£43.46) £36.99

Sub Total : £835.90
Shipping : £10.95
VAT : £148.20
Total : £995.05
 
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