Going mainly with Peto's advice:
M.B:
Gigabyte GA-MA790GP-UD4H AMD 790GX Socket AM2+ VGA DVI HDMI 8 channel audio ATX Motherboard.
~ £125
Processor:
AMD Phenom II X4 940 Deneb 3.0GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM2+ 125W Quad-Core Black Edition
~ £170
RAM:
Cosair (TWIN3X2048-1333C9DHX) DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600)
~ £50 per 2gb
Graphics:
Don't know yet. Anyone got some ATI suggestions?
How about the Sapphire HD 4890?
~ £190
Case:
As cheep as I can get. I don't care if it looks like a pile of crap.
How can I tell if my case will fit everything in?
Less than £100
Cooling:
I have been advised to overclock a little, so I suppose I need some good
cooling, but I don't want to pay for looks.
~ £20
Power Supply:
I have been told that a cheep 700W is just as good as an expensive 700W.
Is this true?
~ £30
HDD:
Don't care. Cheep. I have lots of networked storage in my old PC.
~ £40
Optical:
I can use my old IDE DVD drive, right?
~ Free
Sound:
On board only; I only use headphones.....unless anyone thinks I need
something more...?
Free(?)
OS:
Vista 64 - Right guys?
~ £100
Total:
About £850, perhaps £900 and some with P&P
How does that sound?
Any bottle necks or incompatibilities?
How much RAM should I go for? 2GB seams a little small.
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