woo! another spec me thread!

[rikamus]

about £1200 limit. needed for gaming and website design (i.e. big monitor is preferable). go nuts. thanks in advance.

edit: oh, don't need keyboard and mouse, have those already.

 

[semi-pro waster]

Welcome to the forums, something like this might be suitable. You would have a very solid overall system and it is under the budget plus very overclockable.

Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black £49.99
(£58.74) £49.99
(£58.74)
Noctua NH-U12F (Socket LGA775/754/939/940/AM2) Heatsink £30.99
(£36.41) £30.99
(£36.41)
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Samsung SH-183LBEBN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£21.14) £17.99
(£21.14)
Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB 5000AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £67.99
(£79.89) £67.99
(£79.89)
EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £199.99
(£234.99) £199.99
(£234.99)
Asus MW221U 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Silver/Black £214.99
(£252.61) £214.99
(£252.61)
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3P (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £74.99
(£88.11) £74.99
(£88.11)
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT12864AA804) £91.99
(£108.09) £91.99
(£108.09)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £126.99
(£149.21) £126.99
(£149.21)
Sub Total : £935.90
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £14.95
Vat : £166.40
Total : £1,117.25

 

[rikamus]

thanks! i'll check it out. gonna be a while before i order it - hopefully budget will increase