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I've finally decided to bit the bullet and buy a new pc, unfortunately Im still relatively poor so Im trying to put together a rig that is good enough to play recent games and is easily expandable for the future without spending much moneys. To start me off I just compiled a quick shopping list at www.scan.co.uk:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 (Socket 775, 1.86 GHz, 1066MHz FSB)
Gigabyte GA 965P-DS4 iP965, (PCI-E (x16), DDR2 533/667/800, SATAII)
1Gb CorsairXMS2 (DDR2 PC6400 (800) CAS 5-5-5-12)
256MB EVGA 7600GT KO, (PCI-E (x16), Mem 1500 MHz, GPU 580 MHz, 12 Pipes, HDTV, 2 x DVI-I, S-Video)
620W Enermax Liberty Modular Series (SLi - ELT620AWT aPFC ATX2.2 2xPCI-E 12cm Quiet Fan)
200 Gb HD (HGST (IBM/Hitachi) 0A32012 Deskstar T7K250, SATA300, 7200 rpm, 8MB Cache, 8.5 ms, NCQ)
Coolermaster WaveMaster Black TAC-T01EK Aluminium Case (w/o PSU)
Total is £600 (give or take) and this is roughly what Id like to spend.
I've tried to aim for high quality components with lots of room for expansion (Ill certainly add another gb of RAM next pay day and probably another GPU in a few months). The case is not so important and I was a bit lost when it came to the PSU (modular cables seem like a nice plan though). I already have an x-fi in my current pc so that and the DVD drive will be ported over.
Does it look ok, should I buy something else, spend more, spend less etc etc?
Cheers
Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 (Socket 775, 1.86 GHz, 1066MHz FSB)
Gigabyte GA 965P-DS4 iP965, (PCI-E (x16), DDR2 533/667/800, SATAII)
1Gb CorsairXMS2 (DDR2 PC6400 (800) CAS 5-5-5-12)
256MB EVGA 7600GT KO, (PCI-E (x16), Mem 1500 MHz, GPU 580 MHz, 12 Pipes, HDTV, 2 x DVI-I, S-Video)
620W Enermax Liberty Modular Series (SLi - ELT620AWT aPFC ATX2.2 2xPCI-E 12cm Quiet Fan)
200 Gb HD (HGST (IBM/Hitachi) 0A32012 Deskstar T7K250, SATA300, 7200 rpm, 8MB Cache, 8.5 ms, NCQ)
Coolermaster WaveMaster Black TAC-T01EK Aluminium Case (w/o PSU)
Total is £600 (give or take) and this is roughly what Id like to spend.
I've tried to aim for high quality components with lots of room for expansion (Ill certainly add another gb of RAM next pay day and probably another GPU in a few months). The case is not so important and I was a bit lost when it came to the PSU (modular cables seem like a nice plan though). I already have an x-fi in my current pc so that and the DVD drive will be ported over.
Does it look ok, should I buy something else, spend more, spend less etc etc?
Cheers
