Won't be getting this...

[fenderbass86]

...for a few months, however, does this look like a good stable but fairly overclockable system. Obviously a gaming pc for:
Elder Scrolls: Oblivion
Tomb Raider: Legend (next-gen graphics enabled)
Hitman: Blood Money

REFERENCE DESCRIPTION QUANTITY PRICE COST
CP-127-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+ (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA4400CDBOX) (CP-127-AM) 1
£279.95 £279.95
MB-046-MS MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-046-MS) 1
£64.95 £64.95
MY-046-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL) 1
£89.95 £89.95
GX-112-SP Sapphire ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-112-SP) 1
£254.95 £254.95
HD-046-WD Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 2500KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-046-WD) 1
£55.95 £55.95
HD-023-WD Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 80GB 800JD SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-023-WD) 1
£29.95 £29.95
CD-030-NE NEC ND4570 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-030-NE) 1
£24.95 £24.95
CA-039-AN Antec P180 Advanced Super Midi Tower Case - No PSU (Silver) (CA-039-AN) 1
£69.95 £69.95
CA-009-TG Tagan TG580-U15 580W ATX2.01 Easycon SLi Compliant Modular Silent PSU (CA-009-TG) 1
£77.95 £77.95
MO-029-SA Samsung SM-930BF 19" LCD Monitor - Silver/Black (MO-029-SA) 1
£204.95 £204.95
Subtotal £1,153.50
VAT £201.87
Total £1,355.37

I put in two HD's, the 80GB will be for Window's, files and documents (general stuff really); and the 250GB for Games, music and videos. Not interested in SLi or X-fire and i've heard good things about this MSI board and it suits my needs.

 

[jamie2497]

Unless im mistaken that motherboard doesn't support dual core..
Everything else looks top spec though and will easily handle all of those games.

 

[Dave]

All nForce4 motherboards support Dual Core's, as long as they have updated BIOS's. (or at least I thought they could)

 

[jamie2497]

Ah yes, i searched the web and they do indeed support them. Apologies for my mistake. Great spec by the way

 

[djjuk]

Get a bigger monitor..20" WS is an ideal size for that spec..Waste of a card otherwise..Looks the business

 

[Smurfy]

tbh m8 if you really arent going to be buying for a few months, then there isnt much point speccing a machine now, things change so fast, with Conroe around the corner as well as AM2, things will change in a big way before you get round to buying this. However that spec will handle it nicely.

 

[lemonkettaz]

doubt things will change that much in a couple of months.

depends.. some peoples view on a few months is like 43months.

others.. its like 2 or 3

 

[fenderbass86]

others.. its like 2 or 3

Bang on. Will AM2 or Conroe really be worth the wait though?