Specing up PC...

[S2 PTH]

Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 (1.86ghz) Socket 775 Fsb1066 2mb Cache Retail Boxed Processor
CPU = £101 http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/112704 (ebay= £70 NeW, without heatsink and fan)


Hiper 580W Type-M Black PSU - SLI Certified with APFC
PSU = £50 http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/109552 (is it silent? Really don't want a loud PC for running at night)


Asus P5N-E SLI 650i Socket 775 Onboard Audio ATX
MOBO = £70 http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/125082 <-- could ask for people to find a better mobo possibly, but this os good


OCZ (OCZ26671024ELGEGXT-K) 1Gb (2x512MB) DDR2-667 PC2-5400 GOLD GX XTC DUAL CHANNEL KIT (LIFETIME WARRANTY)
RAM = £67 http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/105989


BFG 7600GT 256mb GDDR3 Dual DVI PCI-E
GFX = £80 http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/106643


Seagate 7200.10 320GB SATAII/300 8.5ms 7200RPM 16MB Cache - OEM
HDD = £50 http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/115418


Creative Soundblaster X-fi Xtreme Gamer Soundcard - OEM
SND = £46 http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/127030



Also going to get dual monitors:

Belinea 1925S1W 19" Widescreen 5ms 850:1 (1440 X 900) Silver & Black MultiMedia TFT Monitor 3 Years Onsite Warranty
http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/114209


Other things like Case, DVD, CD drives etc can be sorted later.

Does all that sound good?

I'm not a big gamer but would like it to run things like HL2. I do and will be doing alot of Matlab programing, CAD software etc etc. And I love my music and DVDs!

Cheers

Phil

 

[ollie]

Looks good mate!

You can get 3GHz off that processor peice of piss without standard cooling (get arctic cooling freezer pro 7 for like 17 quid)

Personally I'd get 2gb of ram aswell

 

[Dave_W]

To be honest for your monitor choice and about an extra tenner, I'd get these!

http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/119647/rb/28013738033

You'll like them better than the 19" widescreens as you'll get extra height and if your having dual you won't really notice the loss of widescreen.

Failing that I'd go for a better set of widescreens, as in 22" but then your talking more money!