Have some money saved (£600!) & want a new PC. This is what I've come up with so far.
Core 2 Duo E8400 3GHz £120.10 inc VAT
Asus STRIKER EXTREME S775 NF680I-SLI £135.36 inc VAT
Patriot Extreme Performance DDR2(2 x 1GB)PC2-9600 Enhanced Latency Kit £79.02 inc VAT
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro £15.50 inc VAT
Antec P182 Advanced Super Mid Tower £86.66 inc VAT DESKSTAR P7K500 250GB SATA-II 3.5IN 7200RPM 8MB £31.10 inc VAT
Optiarc AD-5200S DVD writer £14.56 inc VAT
Antec Quattro 850 (UK ver.) £97 inc VAT
I'll throw my 7900GTX into it initially but hope to upgrade to a DX10 card at some point in the future (I'm not playing any games at the moment that my 7900 can't handle). I will probably overclock the E8400 to somewhere near 4Ghz if I can.
I would also like to be able to support a SLI setup, say 2x 8800GTX's, I know the Antec Quattro can handle it, it's just a litttle on the expensive side, any suggestions on a PSU that could handle this system overclocked with 2x 8800GTX's & say a 500GB Hard Drive added to it for less than the Quattro? Also could I get away with a 700W supply? Any suggestions for which one? (I'm thinking the 8800GTX's would be pulling about 300W+ & the CPU about 220W (overclocked) at full load).
Thanks in advance for any responses & if there is anything else that you notice about the the parts I have chosen for this system, please feel free.
