Help building a £800 gaming pc

woodr09

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hey guys, im new to this forum thing and was just wondering if anyone could help me with a few things. Iv decided to build a gaming pc and have a buggit of around £800. Heres some of the things below i was thinking of getting but would like some advice as im new to this kind of thing:

Case: either (Antec 900) or (coolermaster stacker RC-832)

CPU: Q6600 S775 2.4ghz

Graphics card: BFG 512mb Nvidia 8800GT

Cooler: Zalman CNPS9700

Thas some of the stuff iv roughly looked at but im really stuck on the best motherboard, RAM and PSU to choose. Am hoping to get all the stuff over the next month so could really do with some advice. thanks
 

rgeist554

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Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128059 Good OC'er. No SLI (Get the P35-DS4 if you want SLI)

RAM: OCZ 2x1GB Dual-Channel PC6400 (DDR2 800) 4-4-4-15 Timings - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227139
or
Crucial Ballistix 2x1GB Dual-Channel PC6400 (DDR2 800) 4-4-4-12 Timings - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820146565

Similiarly priced. Go with the Crucial if you need tighter timings and plan to OC.

PSU: PCP&C Silencer 610 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703005

or really anything tier 3 and up from this list (I'd say you want at least 550 - 620W would be good for you) - http://www.tomswiki.com/page/Tiered+PSU+Listings?t=anon
 

akhilles

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^^^ I think he means Crossfire, not SLI, as Intel has yet to work things out with nVidia. Until then, Intel-chipset-based mobos can't do SLI.

^^^ Good suggestions overall.

If you're not overclocking, dump the cpu cooler. The stock one is fine.

I don't know exactly how, but some beginners couldn't get Ballistix working on their boards. Not a problem for me. If you want 100% ram compatibility, go to the ram site & use the configurator to find ram compatible with your motherboard.