Would this make a decent system?

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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.
 
Doctor_Zhivago said:
My eyes are bleeding! :eek:

Get an hard drive with at least 16mb of Cache
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:eek: Snap.! :p


how about this mate, MUCH better for your £700 :D


Product Name Qty Price Line Total
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XFX ATI Radeon HD 4870 1024MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £152.98
(£133.03) £152.98
(£133.03)
CP-192-IN_60.jpg
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £151.79
(£131.99) £151.79
(£131.99)
MB-280-AS_60.jpg
Asus P5Q Pro Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £116.14
(£100.99) £116.14
(£100.99)
CA-004-CS_60.jpg
Corsair HX 620W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-620HXUK) £108.99
(£94.77) £108.99
(£94.77)
HD-245-WD_60.jpg
Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD5001AALS) £54.04
(£46.99) £54.04
(£46.99)
CA-101-AN_60.jpg
Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU) £50.59
(£43.99) £50.59
(£43.99)
MY-149-OC_60.jpg
OCZ Gold Edition 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 Dual Channel (OCZ2G10664GK) £33.99
(£29.56) £33.99
(£29.56)
FG-000-XI_60.jpg
Xilence XPF120R Red Wing 120mm Quiet Fan £6.89
(£5.99) £20.67
(£17.97) Sub Total : £599.29 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £91.77 Total : £692.06
 
Can I ask why you changed the ram and mobo specifically, ive heard great things about the Zotac board.....
 
mp260767 said:
any reason ure looking to upgrade now then i7 in a year ?

whats the system used for ?
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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
 
yeh the zotac 9300 would look like you've stuck a credit card into a case. Antec skeleton - if you're worried about nephews knocking computers over again - that won't be a good case + personally its horrid.

If you're getting the E8400 you might want a 3rd party CPU heatsink and you can clock its socks off.
 
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
 
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