First Time New Build Recommendation

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Andrew C

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I had been thinking of buying a new pc from Dell, but would like to build one for myself instead after browsing this forum.
I am getting a Samsung SM223BW 21.6" TFT Monitor, so i do not need a monitor in the build.
I have £900 for the build and you will need to use http://www.ebuyer.com/ as i live in the U.K.

I am looking for a good stable gaming pc that will play most games, i hopefully have enough funds for this.
Can someone suggest a good build for this, as there is so many motherboards, proccessors, etc, to choose from, i don't know where to start !
 
I got a build from Scout in a email telling me about a post in this thread, but can't find it here ?

Dos this look like a good build and are all componets compatible, it is based around Scout's build ?

I have already ordered; a Monitor, Keyboard & Mouse, plus Speakers, and i am going to get Microsoft Office 2007 "Student And Teacher Edition" from Ebay.

Compucase 6XR8 Black Full ATX Tower Case - No PSU - £50
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/142856#

Corsair 520W HX Series Modular PSU - ATX12V v2.2 APFC - £68
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/114945#

Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 (3.16GHz) Socket 775 Wolfdale 1333FSB 6MB L2 Cache Retail Boxed Processor - £131
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/140428

Asus P5Q PRO P45 Socket 775 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard - £85
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/145751

Corsair 2GB Kit (2x1GB) DDR2 1066MHz/PC2-8500 XMS2 Dominator Memory Non-ECC Unbuffered CL5(5-5-5-15) E.P.P. & DHX Technology Heat Sink Lifetime Warranty - £48
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/119190

Asus 9800GT HybridPower 512MB DDR3 Dual DVI HDTV Out PCI-E Graphics Card - £101
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/149247

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium -SP1- Licence and media - 1 PC - OEM - DVD - 32-bit - English - £66
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/123052

Seagate 250GB Hard Drive SATAII 7200RPM 16MB Cache - OEM - £46
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/113435

Two DVD ReWriters - £36

Total - £631
 
That's almost the same build I posted but I saw other people post them so I deleted it. :)

That build leaves you a little room for changes with your budget. Things like your graphics card, hard drive and case you have to pick yourself.

Maybe a little bigger PSU:)

I would not go any lower than a 9800 GTX+ these days:)
 
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I have deciced to get the following;

Compucase 6XR8 Black Full ATX Tower Case - No PSU - £50
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/142856#

Corsair 620W HX Modular PSU - ATX12V v2.2 APFC - £86
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/114941

Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 (3.16GHz) Socket 775 Wolfdale 1333FSB 6MB L2 Cache Retail Boxed Processor - £131
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/140428

Asus P5Q PRO P45 Socket 775 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard - £85
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/145751

Corsair 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 1066MHz/PC2-8500 Dominator Memory Kit CL5(5-5-5-15) - £95
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/148815

XFX 9800GTX+ 765MHz Edition 512MB DDR3 Dual DVI HDTV Out PCI-E Graphics Card - £153
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/148503

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium -SP1- Licence and media - 1 PC - OEM - DVD - 32-bit - English - £66
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/123052

Seagate 250GB Hard Drive SATAII 7200RPM 16MB Cache - OEM - £46
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/113435

Netgear WG311 Wireless-G 54Mbps PCI Card - £22

Two DVD ReWriters - £36

Total - £770

I cannot find any sizes for the XFX Graphics card in the list but with the towers depth being 430 mm (16.9"), i think the card won't be too long ?

I assume there is no need for a floppy drive anymore, so haven't bothered getting one.

Dos the part list look alright for compatability and i haven't missed anything ?
 
Looks good, although I would change the E8500 to an E8400 as the performance difference is not worth the price. The video card should fit just fine, btw. :)
 
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