Upgrading soon! Anyone got help/tips?

[CoolFunkMan]

It's my birthday on Thursday, so I'll probably be getting plenty of cash. I was thinking that I might as well upgrade my current rig. I was going to get/build a new base unit, so that my parents could have mine, as their system is rubbish *coughpentium2cough.* However, that's gone out of the window, as I don't want to spend too much.

 

Anyways, enough of my babling, here's some parts I've considered (from overclockers) so far:

 

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail - £150.39

 

Antec TruePower Trio 550W PSU - £61.09

 

Asus P5N-E SLi nForce 650 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard - £82.24

 

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C5 800MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400DC) - £68.14

 

BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail - £190.34

 

Total (inc shipping): £563.88

 

I'm not sure on the motherboard, as the options on OC's site confused me (Intel 775 in P35, 975X, 965P chipsets.) I have no idea what they all mean. I've also decided on a new psu, as the one I have atm is only 350w and doesn't seem really reliable.

 

I'm hoping that this system will last me a while (though it probably won't.) Is there anywhere that I can cut the cost, without sacrificing any important parts? The store doesn't need to be overclockers, I'm just looking for the best value deal. Thanks if anyone can help...

[Raining_again]

I would suggest a slight improvement to the power supply, maybe closer to 650/700w, considering you want to use a e6600 and a 8800gts.

 

Asus motherboards are definately recommended from me anyway.

[Caris]

550w will fine but it wont leave much room for upgrades or overcocking, also get the Asus PB5 instead, its not SLI but has a much better chipset.

 

tbh SLI is gash anyways, not many games support it and 8800's are super fast anyways. Two of them would also hog loads of power as well.