£1200 Gaming Machine, Base only..maybe

[Nucleo]

Hi all

I have a mate who needs a new pc, Im posting here for him because he is too damn lazy to do it himself.

He wants a gaming machine - £1200 is the price.

He wants 2gb's of ram.

could you fine people spec a £1200 gaming base unit and a £1200 base unit + monitor..
Base unit including everything

I have no idea what his monitor is like, so a spec including one would be nice.

He has £1200, but doesn't neccessarily want to spend the full £1200 if its not going to make a massive bit of difference to gaming performance. He plays CSS and BF2 at the moment and hoping to get future games

Thanks all

 

[Slogan]

What type of monitor/size does he want?

Sort of important.

 

[Trigger]

With Monitor:

CP-128-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-128-IN)
£214.95 £214.95
MB-061-GI Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-061-GI)
£89.95 £89.95
MY-058-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) (MY-058-GL)
£109.95 £109.95
HD-085-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 200GB ST3200820AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-085-SE)
£45.95 £45.95
CA-027-AN Antec SLK3000B Midi Tower Case - No PSU (CA-027-AN)
£28.95 £28.95
CD-030-NE NEC ND4570 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-030-NE)
£21.95 £21.95
CA-025-EN Enermax Liberty 500W ELT500AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CA-025-EN)
£59.95 £59.95
GX-047-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (3056) (GX-047-CO)
£174.95 £174.95
HS-003-SY Scythe Ninja Plus Heatpipe CPU Cooler (Socket 478, 754, 939, 940, LGA755) (HS-003-SY)
£26.95 £26.95
MO-061-VS Viewsonic VG2021m 20" LCD Monitor - Black (MO-061-VS)
£195.95 £195.95
Subtotal £969.50
VAT £169.67
Total £1,139.17

Will overclock VERY well

 

[Nami]

^^ looks good to me but I'd try to squeeze a Raptor into the price, and also a 20" widescreen Viewsonic monitor

 

[BillytheImpaler]

Nice spec, Trigger.

 

[UKTopGun]

Base unit:
REFERENCE DESCRIPTION QUANTITY PRICE COST REMOVE
HD-079-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB ST3250620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-079-SE)
£52.55 £52.55
GX-009-EA EVGA GeForce 7950 GX2 1024MB GDDR3 HDTV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (E592-AX) (GX-009-EA)
£334.95 £334.95
CP-128-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-128-IN)
£214.95 £214.95
CA-054-LL Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Black Aluminium Midi-Tower Case (No PSU) (CA-054-LL)
£48.95 £48.95
CD-035-NE NEC ND3550 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-035-NE)
£19.95 £19.95
CA-012-TG Tagan TG500-U25 500W ATX2.0 Dual Engine Silent SLi Compliant Silent PSU (CA-012-TG)
£64.95 £64.95
MB-010-IN Intel Extreme D975bx-304 975X (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-010-IN)
£129.95 £129.95
MY-013-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR2 HZ PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ) (MY-013-GS)
£154.95 £154.95
Subtotal £1,021.20
VAT £178.71
Total £1,199.91

9p left for a few sweets .