Would this make a decent system?

Vidar · 15 Apr 2009 at 21:11

Zotac GeForce GTX 260 "55nm Maxcore" 896MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (ZT-X26E3KA-FSP)

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz

Zotac GeForce 9300-ITX WiFi Mini-ITX (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

Antec Skeleton Performance Chassis

Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant Power Supply

Corsair Dominator 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 XMS2 PC2-8500C5 TwinX Dual Channel

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 160GB ATA-100 8MB Cache - OEM

Am considering buying these items for my new build which I should be starting in a few weeks is this a good system for the money?, could you please recommend any improvements that could be made so I get more for my money, my budget is upto £700. Also if there is any compatibilty issues etc please could you advise.

Within 6 months will be adding additional hardrives and a sound card and after a year will consider jumping to an I7 Processor etc.

Vidar · 15 Apr 2009 at 22:26

Can I ask why you changed the ram and mobo specifically, ive heard great things about the Zotac board.....

Vidar · 15 Apr 2009 at 22:31

LMFAO My monitor must be dark it hasnt been a problem for me

Vidar · 16 Apr 2009 at 14:30

mp260767 said:
any reason ure looking to upgrade now then i7 in a year ?

whats the system used for ?

Its a complete new build now as my last system suffered fall damage :eek:

thanks to a hyper active nephew while I was cleaning the fans and dust filters etc... so am getting an insurance cheque which im going to be adding a little bit to. I need a new system now as am runnning an old P4 based system that hasnt been used in about 2 years, which keeps crashing, is painfully slow etc etc

The new system is going to be used pretty much for gaming and internet usage and the reason im not just going I7 is I dont have the available funds
right now

Vidar · 16 Apr 2009 at 14:36

Suppose thats a good point actually... cant wait to actually get this new build started!

Vidar · 16 Apr 2009 at 18:35

Nephew is now banned from the computer room and if i had my way from the house as to be honest he is a little s***!

What attracted me to the Antec Skeleton was its unusual design more than anything but no doubt id have regretted working with it, especially considered ive got hands the size of shovels.

Will look into getting the Sunbeam and then willl as someone once put it, overclock the knackers off it! lol