Stolen comp, £3k to spend

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Recently we had a break in at home, and my comp /laptop (among other things were stolen). Luckily we have insurance, but I now have £3k to spend on a new desktop, as I already have another laptop for work....

So basically I need a desktop not including the pherials but I need: A new monitor, atleast 500gb HD space, reasonable sound card and enough cooling to overclock, which is quiet enough so that it doesn't sound like a helicopter is flying next to me...

Edit: Forgot to say it'll be used a lot for Gaming, and possibly some video/sound editing

pre thanks to any responce :)
 
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So from looking at what you all have suggested, the spec is looking along the lines of:

Shopping Cart (Prices in British Pounds)
REFERENCE DESCRIPTION QUANTITY PRICE COST REMOVE
GX-045-CO ATI Radeon X1900 ***Crossfire Edition*** 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-045-CO)
£379.95 £379.95
GX-047-HT HIS Excalibur ATI Radeon X1900 XT-X 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-047-HT)
£349.95 £349.95
CP-129-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4800+ (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA4800CDBOX) (CP-129-AM)
£399.95 £399.95
MY-002-MK Mushkin 2GB DDR XP4000 Redline Extreme Performance Dual Channel Kit (2x1GB) (991493) (MY-002-MK)
£214.95 £214.95
CA-007-TT Thermaltake VA8000BWS Armour Super Tower - Black (CA-007-TT)
£76.95 £76.95
MB-001-SP Sapphire PURE Innovation Gruper Radeon Xpress 200P (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-001-SP)
£114.95 £114.95
CA-001-SK FSP Sparkle FX700-GLN Epsilon 700W ATX2.0 PSU (CA-001-SK)
£96.95 £96.95
SC-034-CL Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music - Retail (SC-034-CL)
£77.50 £77.50
HD-018-SA Samsung SpinPoint P SP2504C 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-018-SA)
£61.95 £123.90
CD-025-NE NEC ND4550 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (black) - OEM (CD-025-NE)
£25.50 £25.50
MO-002-DE Dell Ultrasharp 2001FP 20.1" Performance LCD Monitor - Midnight Grey (359) (MO-002-DE)
£374.95 £374.95
Subtotal £2,210.00
VAT £386.75
Total £2,596.75

With possibility of changing to the 24" dell monitor and then rest going to cooling / keeping her quiet?
 
Paa` said:
Dont get a xtx if your going crossfire?
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Why? tbh I've almost always used Nvidia cards so i'm pretty much an ati noob, yet I can see they're ahead atm...

And how about :
Enermax Liberty 620W ELT620AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CA-024-EN)


Instead of the FSP 700w psu

Also which will run queiter 2x WD 250 hds or 2x 250 spinpoints?
 
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Just rememberred, that there's absolutely no use in going under budget as I won't actually get the cash difference, it'll be "lost" so going as close to or slightly over is best bet..

So from what you've all been saying:

REFERENCE DESCRIPTION QUANTITY PRICE COST REMOVE
GX-045-CO ATI Radeon X1900 ***Crossfire Edition*** 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-045-CO)
£379.95 £379.95
GX-113-SP Sapphire ATI Radeon X1900 XT-X 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-113-SP)
£339.95 £339.95
MY-002-MK Mushkin 2GB DDR XP4000 Redline Extreme Performance Dual Channel Kit (2x1GB) (991493) (MY-002-MK)
£214.95 £214.95
CA-007-TT Thermaltake VA8000BWS Armour Super Tower - Black (CA-007-TT)
£76.95 £76.95
CP-146-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core FX60 (Socket 939) - Retail (ADAFX60DAA6CDBOX) (CP-146-AM)
£649.95 £649.95
MB-129-AS Asus A8R-MVP Crossfire (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-129-AS)
£69.95 £69.95
CA-024-EN Enermax Liberty 620W ELT620AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CA-024-EN)
£89.95 £89.95
SC-034-CL Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music - Retail (SC-034-CL)
£77.50 £77.50
CD-016-AS Asus DRW-1608P2 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - Retail (CD-016-AS)
£26.95 £26.95
HD-018-SA Samsung SpinPoint P SP2504C 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-018-SA)
£61.95 £123.90
HS-015-ZA Zalman CNPS9500-LED Aero Flower (Socket 939/754/478/775) CPU Cooler (HS-015-ZA)
£31.95 £31.95
HS-019-ZA Zalman FS-V7 Fatal1ty Copper VGA Cooler (HS-019-ZA)
£24.95 £24.95
MO-002-DE Dell Ultrasharp 2001FP 20.1" Performance LCD Monitor - Midnight Grey (359) (MO-002-DE)
£369.95 £369.95
Subtotal £2,476.85
VAT £433.45
Total £2,910.30
 
Spammeh said:
Complete waste of time spending £700ish quid on crossfire gfx on a tiny 20" monitor imo. Save on the FX60, go 4800+ x2, and get urself a dell 24". There really isnt anything else in the same league tbh
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the Apple 30"? or the Dell 30"? Also I think that 24" won't fit in the space i need it too on my desk.

Also i'd rather have spinpoints over hetachi's had good experiences with them...
 
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