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APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: September BUDGET RANGE: 500 pound mark

SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: webdesign so programs like photoshop, dreamweaver, itunes and browsing the internet at the same time, also want to be able to play all the latest games at a decent quality and be able to upgrade it little by little over time.

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: www.ebay.co.uk, www.overclockers.co.uk

OVERCLOCKING: Maybe

SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Maybe

MONITOR RESOLUTION: depends on the graphics card i guess

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: i don't care what the case looks like, i would like it so that it doesn't sound like a jumbo jet taking off thats all

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CPU
Intel Core2Quad Q6600
any other suggestions would be appreciated.
MOBO:
Asus P5Q Deluxe Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £130.98
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/show [...] =MB-278-AS
Hard drive:
Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103UJ) £66.99
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/show [...] =HD-053-SA
RAM:
Corsair XMS2 DHX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C5 TwinX Dual Channel (TWIN2X4096-6400C5DHX) £37.98
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/show [...] =MY-184-CS

Graphics card:
Not sure about this can anyone suggest anything?
Case:
I'm not picky about cases i just want the thing to run i care about performance and not looks.

Power supply:
this i haven't got a clue about i just don't want the thing to melt.

well thanks for reading this atleast and hope you guys with experience can help me out

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choose the monitor before the gfx card

what card you need for gaming is solely determined by the resolution of your monitor

Reply to Outlander_04

ok the monitor will be a 22inch flat screen with a resolution of 1920 x 1080

Reply to stray

At that resolution a 4890 or GTX275 would be your best bet, depending on if you favor the red team or the green team. If you have no preference just grab whichever is cheapest at the time (should be the 4890).

------------------------------ i7 920 @ 3.33gHz, X58-UD4P, 6GB OCZ Gold 1333mHz, 4890 @ 925mHz, WD Caviar Black 500 and 640 GB, PCP&C 750W, and a CM V8 all stuffed into a CM 690

http://www.speedtest.net/result/592977006.png

Reply to astrodudepsu

i was thinking of getting an extra monitor 3 months after that. so i can have dual screens so i can have webbrowsing on one screen and then working on dreamweaver on the other one. would i need to get an extra card or ?

Reply to stray

You don't have to, but you could go sli/crossfire, or even get a single card with multiple gpu cores like a 4850 x2 (~230$) or its nvidia counterparts, then assign each core to its own monitor.

Reply to goony20

was just wondering how do you know what graphics card is better than another? like is there a site that shows rankings for them or something?

Reply to stray

yea, this one does.

http://www.tomshardware.com/review [...] 323-6.html

------------------------------ i7 920 @ 3.33gHz, X58-UD4P, 6GB OCZ Gold 1333mHz, 4890 @ 925mHz, WD Caviar Black 500 and 640 GB, PCP&C 750W, and a CM V8 all stuffed into a CM 690

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