Computer for under £350 (thats UK sterling)

enshei

enshei

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Plan on using this for gaming mainly, and would like for it to be viable to play games in a few years time as well. Games i'd like to play are counterstrike source, farcry and warhammer online when it comes out, all on medium to high level graphics. Not sure about other future games.

Not looking for overclocking, as im a bit new to the whole building business, although as i've gathered i might not need anything more if i do decide to overclock in the future.

I don't need a mouse, keyboard or monitor at the moment. This is what i've come up with:

Case and PSU:
Antec Sonata II UK Piano Black Quiet Midi Tower w/ 450w PSU
http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?Quicklinx=3SPW&CategorySelectedId=11155&PageMode=1
£65.89

CPU:
Intel Core 2 Duo E4400 2GHz Socket 775 800FSB 2MB
http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?Quicklinx=4J5T&PageMode=1
£74.35

HDD:
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB U100
http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?Quicklinx=44FC&PageMode=1
£39.31

CD Drive:
Samsung DVD+-R/RW IDE LightScribe Black with Nero
http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?Quicklinx=4J7Q&PageMode=1

USB Ports:
StarTech.com Value 6 Port USB 2.0 PCI Card
http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?Quicklinx=3ZRP&PageMode=1
£7.88
(are these needed with the case i've mentioned? Would like at least 4 USB ports in total)

The total for the above is £205.98

With regards to a Video Card, i'd like an 8600GT, but there are so many different makes im a bit lost when it comes to that.
With regards to memory, i'd like 2gb, but as above i'm a little bit lost
Finally, with regards to a motherboard - im completely lost, so help would be needed there as well.

Thanks in advance for any help given, and i'd prefer if dabs.com, or another site could be used that ships to the UK (bit pointless for me looking at newegg items). I'm also open to suggestions r.e. other things.

EDIT: Forgot, don't worry about an operating system.
 
Not enough money...
At least £500 excluding OS.
The 8600GT is not enough for games...

Give you some idea
Intel E4400 £82
MSI P35 Neo-F Socket 775 FSB1333 £66
Corsair 2GB Kit (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5400 XMS (CL4) £55
Innovision 3D 8800GTS 320MB £179
NEC Optiarc AD-7170S-0B 18x DVD±RW £18
Seagate ST3250620AS 250GB SATAII/300 7200RPM 16MB Cache £43
Antec Basiq Power 500W £36
Total £479 + what ever case you choose
 
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Thats what i was worrying about daisymtc, not enough money.

Don't worry guys, think i'll stick to my laptop until i can scrape up enough money to knock together a bit of a better machine. Oh, and thanks for the info re 8800 over 8600 :)

Thanks for the help
Enshei
 
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