New rig, need advice.

Rodentofdoom

Hi all,

I have decided to build my own rig. Being my first time I thought id post what Ive put together, see if my choices are the best for my budget, if not then give me some advice on another setup or change a part. My budget is £1000. I'm from the UK, so prefer UK sites.

Heres what Ive come up with :

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 2.66GHz (1333FSB) - Retail - £117.49

RAM: GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Black Dragon DDR2 x2 - £93.98

Monitor :  Asus VW202S 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black - £143.3

Mobo : MSI P7N Zilent nForce 750i SLi (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard with Zalman CPU Cooler - £117.49

GPU : BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC2 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - £211.49

PSU : Akasa Ultra Quiet 650W PowerPlus Active PFC ATX2.0 - £82.24

HD : Samsung SpinPoint S 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - £32.89

DVD : Sony NEC Optiarc DDU1615 IDE DVD-ROM (Black) - £11.74

Case : Coolermaster CM-690 Dominator - Black - £52.86

OS : Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit - £70.49

Sub Total : £754.90

Shipping : £14.99

VAT : £134.72

Total : £904.57

All found at Overclockers.co.uk

 

sbanting

Just a pointer, overclockers are normally not that cheap, you might find the same things cheaper at scan.co.uk or microdirect.co.uk. Also only a 160g hard drive? Surely if you put a few games on it to test the rig, you'll run out of room in the first day you get it lol

If I were you, get a 500g for about £30 more. Apart from that it looks pretty sweet.