That looks like an excellent system. You're lucky enough to find a Wolfdale Intel, hopefully they won't be out of stock by the time you order.
if you don't need RAID get the version with ICH9 insteed of ICH9r, int he US they go for $70 so I'd expect maybe 50 quid across the pond also consider the Ds3l another thing to note, in most modern games, CPU performance doesn't matter A TON, it's more GPU performance. in full honesty you'de probably be fine with an overclocked e4400, e4500, etc. roughly 10% slower per clock than the e8400, but it's 1/3rd the price and won't really hinder you in too much asside from perhaps supreme commander and even in that case you'de still probably be more than fine. e8400/Xeon e3110(they're the same) @ 4GGhz is epicly powerful though. for cards consider(in order of performance) 8800GS 384 3850 9600GT 3870 8800GS 768 8800GT 8800GTS if you link em to the site's you use I can dig up specific links. I'm used to US/ canada people posting moreso because well that's where most requiests come form and I'm more familiar.
You're saying that the 9600GT will out perform a 8800GT? I changed the GPU to this: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct....rodid=GX-052-BG Sites i use: www.overclockers.co.uk www.scan.co.uk www.dabs.co.uk www.ebuyer.co.uk Scan is cheaper for the most part, but they don't have the E8400 in stock, so i'll use overclockers for that. Also, changed PSU to: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct....rodid=CA-005-CS
if you have not allready bought it..maybe havin an account with e-buyer.com is handy thats where i got my stuff from its cheap
Built, and running smooth now. Downloaded rivatuner, need to get round to usinging it yet Still running at stock cpu speeds too atm.
Cheers red. A few tething problems, but was surprised how well it went. =] Just need to tidy up these cables
