New Build £600 Budget - pls spec

[TurksMeister]

To cut to the chase!

Max willing to spend: £600
Already Have: Screen, mouse, keyboard, xfi soundcard
Want: Atleast 1tb hard drive, relative quiet (but not water cooling!)
Dont Want: glowy stuff, massive graphics (want to be able to play some older games but would prefer to save now and chuck something big in at a later date)... but would like a PSU which could handle a meaty card.

OS: I have found windows 7 pre order for £50... until then, I have heard I can use the beta for free... is this true?

Any suggestions? Ta
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[mkdr24]

hi mate

re windows 7. yes just go to microsoft.com and download the rc edition. Although be warned your pre-order cant be upgraded from the beta, you will have to wipe your system and start again when the rc edition runs out in april next year.

[criggy]

LG GH22NS40 22X SATA DVD±RW/DL/RAM Black Bare Drive - OEM 151999 > 200 in stock £16.00 £13.91 £16.00 £13.91

CoolerMaster Elite 333 Black Case With CM eXtreme Power 460W PSU *SPECIAL OFFER* 161317 139 in stock £59.98 £52.15 £59.98 £52.15

Samsung EcoGreen F2 1TB Hard Drive SATAII 32MB Cache - OEM 164282 579 in stock £59.66 £51.87 £59.66 £51.87

Sapphire HD 4650 512MB with 1GB HyperMemory GDDR3 VGA DVI HDMI PCI-E Graphics Card 153214 31 in stock £47.10 £40.95 £47.10 £40.95

Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3LR iP45 Socket 775 8 channel audio ATX Motherboard 155486 6 in stock £91.41 £79.48 £91.41 £79.48

OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 800Mhz/PC2-6400 GOLD XTC Memory Kit CL5(5-5-5-18) 146049 350 in stock £34.99 £30.42 £34.99 £30.42

Intel Pentium Dual Core E5200 2.5GHz Socket 775 800FSB 2MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor 148715 294 in stock £50.00 £43.47 £50.00

You can get all that for £360 delivered. Just upgrade the graphics card next year.

Alternatively you could blow all your budget on a i7 rig. Just switch the mobo/cpu/ram to these....

Intel Core i7 920 C0 2.66GHz Socket 1366 8MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor 167302 12 in stock £207.00 £180.00 £207.00 £180.00

ASUS P6T SE iX58 Socket 1366 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard 161061 77 in stock £144.95 £126.04 £144.95 £126.04

Corsair 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz XMS3 Memory CL9(9-9-9-24) for i7 motherboards 152640 20 in stock £77.20 £67.13 £77.20

That would take you just over budget @ £612........but would last a few good years.

All prices from ebuyer.

Hope this is of any use.