Will this build work?

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Ali Nield

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I have a budget at this moment in time of around £600 for a decent gaming rig that I can expand in the future. I have a nice 20" monitor and all the mouse and keyboard and I have a copy of windows xp that i can use whilst waiting for windows 7. Here is the setup I'll be using

Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 -2.5ghz £160

Mobo: Asus P5Q PRO- £108 --> It has 2x PCI-E 2.0 (x16) so crossfire can be enabled on it. I went for a crossfire mobo as it will hopefully futureproof my system so I can expand it in the future

Gpu: 512MB HiS HD 4850 £122 --> In the future I will hopefully get a 2nd and put them in crossfire

psu: Akasa AK-P5550FH at 550W SLI/Crossfire Ready

HDD: 320gb Seagate Barracude at 7200rpm- £36

Optical Drive- Some form of Dvd Drive- £20

Total Comes to £510


So will this setup work and what i'm asking you to do is to:

Find a case on www.scan.co.uk and then find me any upgrades you'd recommend with it all totaling £90

Thanks :)
 
If you plan to crossfire HD4850, get something with 650 - 700W. However, I don't think it worth to crossfire on P45 chipset since it only support crossfire at x8 speed.

In my opinion, AMD Phenom II CPU would be a better choice than Intel C2Q as LGA 775 will become obsolete soon.
 
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