Spec my friend, £400 for a system

[Dark_Angel]

First up, he does NOT need monitor, mouse, keyboard, DVD drive, or windows.

He does need, CPU, MB, RAM, GPU, hard drive.

I was thinking of something like:

E2160
2GB Geil ram
Asrock Motherboard
GPU I am not sure on, either an 8600GT or a X1950 pro read note below.
Hard drive, some 250GB Sata drive.

He will be using it for the basics, making the odd DVD from AVI's, internet and whatever, and the odd game (say source, and c&c3). So why the 8600? because he wants to maybe play games later on that will support Dx10, and doesnt really care about full details...

Anyone have any thoughts?

 

[Jaffa_Cake]

Need a PSU and case?

 

[Dark_Angel]

Apparently he has a PSU and case already picked out/already has one.

So the 400 is for just the rest of the stuff. If he can get away with spending less, that is great though, he isn't really that bothered on a "killer system" just wants to replace the 512MB of ram, and slightly overclocked barton 2600 that I sold him several years ago.

 

[triggerthat]

OcUK GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail OcUK GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £154.99
(£182.11) £154.99
(£182.11)
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £53.99
(£63.44) £53.99
(£63.44)
Samsung SpinPoint P SP2504C 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM Samsung SpinPoint P SP2504C 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM £34.99
(£41.11) £34.99
(£41.11)
Intel Core 2 Duo E2140 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.60GHz (800FSB) - Retail Intel Core 2 Duo E2140 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.60GHz (800FSB) - Retail £49.99
(£58.74) £49.99
(£58.74)
Sub Total : £353.95
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £63.51
Total : £426.41

 

[Dark_Angel]

Only problem with the above is that it is missing a hard drive

Otherwise that is an awesome spec

*EDIT*

No its not!

Hmmm, only thing is I think 450 is a hard limit, and he has set 50 aside for the case and stuff...

In other words, he cant spend more than 400, and would prefer to spend less than that

 

[triggerthat]

Just noticed - fixed