Gaming Tower Help?

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Adamsnake

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Hi all, below is the system i want to build. I am looking to make it last for a year or so.

Is it going to be ok for gamming?, I may need to change the graphics card but may need to upgrade.

I want to run crysis and far cry on high / mid with good frame rate (lol u here this all the time )

Will the system below do it apart from the graphics card.

Will it support SLI or Crossfire?

Cheers

Adamsnake

PC SPECS

MSI G31 http://www.ebuyer.com/product/148371 - £33.95

Core 2 Quad Q8200 - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/148933 - £119.96

Corsair 2GB DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 Memory CL5 1.8V - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/164756 - £17.50 (4gig wanted!)

Corsair PSU - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/150985 - £39.76

Graphics Card - Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4850 - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/168023 - £80.00 (maybe a change)

Case - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/130304 - £12

Would it be worth paying the extra for this

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/139971

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Socket 775 (3.0GHz) 1333FSB 6MB L2 Cache Retail Boxed Processor

Cheers

Adamsnake
 
I would scrap the CPU and Motherboard and go AMD you will save money and be able to get a better graphics card. Also that power supply you got will power nothing more then a 4850 so if you won't to upgrade your graphics in the future you going to have to get another power supply to. Look at some cheaper RAM like G-Skill. What is you budget so we can put together a couple builds for you.
 
To answer your question, the motherboard will not support Crossfire or SLI due to 1 PCI-e x16 slot.
If you are looking for the cheap side, I'd say go AMD as well. And Quads are better than Duals, imo.
 
G31 is a old chipset and don't allow you to overclock much.

CPU + Mobo - to keep similar budget, Go for

AMD Phenom IIx3 720
http://overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-238-AM

Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/159073

RAM - Go for 2 x 2GB kit
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/166785


PSU - I recommend min. 500W... to keep min. spending, get Antec Basiq Power 500W
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/114929

Case - Make sure you have some case fan
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/63283
 
get an amd x3 and a better mobo, you are getting a video card so you might as well get a full atx (not micro at or mATX, thats what its called there) the atx will have more ports most likely and more PCIs
 
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