Gaming computer for under £1,000

[onearmedbandit]

Hi there :D Anyway, pretty much what it says on the tin. I have all the peripherals already so I'm just interested in the computer itself, although I need an OS. I have quite a bit of money left over, so I'd like some advice on what components I could or should spend more money on.

Also, feel free to post general comments and in particular if you see something which strikes you as too low/high quality or something which is incompatible with the rest of the system. I have done my best to make sure everything fits together but I'm not expert :O

Here is what I have so far:

Case
Coolermaster Centurion 5 Silver

£43

PSU
Antec TruePower Trio 650W PSU - With 3x 12v Rails and 120mm Fan
[url=http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/114933]Antec TruePower Trio 650W PSU - With 3x 12v Rails and 120mm Fan
£80

Motherboard
ASUS P5B Socket 775 Core 2 ready P965 chipset onboard audio ATX
ASUS P5B Socket 775 Core 2 ready P965 chipset onboard audio ATX
£66

Processor
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (2.4ghz) Socket 775 FSB1066 4MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (2.4ghz) Socket 775 FSB1066 4MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor
£132

Optical Drive 1
Samsung Black DVD RW
Samsung SH-S183 SATA 18x DVD±RW/RAM Black - Bare drive OEM
£20

Optical Drive 2
Samsung Black DVD RW
Samsung SH-S183 SATA 18x DVD±RW/RAM Black - Bare drive OEM
£20

Hard Drive 1
Seagate 7200.10 320GB SATAII/300 8.5ms 7200RPM 16MB Cache - OEM
Seagate 320GB Hard Drive - Cheap at Ebuyer!
£49

Hard Drive 2
Seagate 7200.10 320GB SATAII/300 8.5ms 7200RPM 16MB Cache - OEM
Seagate 320GB Hard Drive - Cheap at Ebuyer!
£49

Sound Card
Creative X-fi Music
Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtreme Music OEM Soundcard
£50

Video Card
BFG GeForce 8800GTS 320mb
BFG 8800 GTS OC 320MB DDR3 DVI PCI-E Graphics Card
~£185

RAM
OCZ 2GB DDR2 6400 CL 4-4-4-15 PLATINUM XTC
OCZ 2GB DDR2 Memory - Cheap at Ebuyer!
~£80


OS
Windows XP Home s/ SP2
Microsoft Windows XP Home SP2B x32bit OEM 1PK CD
£52

Total: £819.00

 

[Big B]

Looks good. One thing you should be aware of is that the Antec TrioPower doesn't actually have 3 separate +12V rails.

Around the same price, OCZ GameXStream 600W has 4x 15A +12V rails versus the supposed 3x 19A +12V on the Antec, giving them both about the same effective grunt there.

 

[Swansen]

that and be aware, that the GTS, which is a nice unit, and will run DX10, won't really perform well at all under actual gaming conditions.