New PC Time - Please Help

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It's about 2 weeks off but I need help now :D.

  • My proposed budget is ?900 for the base unit and an additional ?150-200 for a monitor.
  • I will at some point be looking towards a dual monitor setup so that needs to be taken into account
  • This will be used for 30% gaming (finished Force Unleashed so moving to Prototype possibly)/ 30% website development, coding, graphic design work, etc/30% general browsing activities, media, etc. I convert video quite a lot for my Zune so the quicker it can do that the better. My XPS 1530 with 2 GHz takes almost the full length of a TV series episode to convert one ...
  • The system will be in my bed room so it needs to be silent! If it has lights I may turn them off ...
  • I don't see myself overclocking at this moment in time so don't take that into account.
  • No need for an OS as I have MSDN access (speaking of which, is Windows 7 Chinese the same as Windows 7 normal is regards to serial keys?)
  • I was considering budgeting a SSD but they appear to be far too expensive so might let it good :(.
  • The system will likely need to last till I finish uni (Jun 11) so please the budget needs to be pushed please advise.
  • Lastly, I am not a super techy like I used to so the budget for monitor/base-unit can be moved around and made smaller to accomodate for a better monitor or case, etc. Just propose something to me :D.

Anything I have missed?

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For base unit:

a Sound-proof case like a Coolermaster Sileo 500 could help with the noise but you could look around for one you like.

Some CPU cooler or maybe the Corsair H50-1 Hydro water cooler.

Some SATA DVD RW

550W Corsair CMPSU-550VX

4GB (2x2GB) Corsair XMS3 DDR3 PC3-12800

Gigabyte GA-P55-UD4 or Asus P7P55D PRO

Intel Core i7 860

1TB Samsung HD103SJ Spinpoint F3

1GB Asus HD5770

list done from scan.co.uk that should all be under ?900

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For base unit:

a Sound-proof case like a Coolermaster Sileo 500 could help with the noise but you could look around for one you like.

Some CPU cooler or maybe the Corsair H50-1 Hydro water cooler.

Some SATA DVD RW

550W Corsair CMPSU-550VX

4GB (2x2GB) Corsair XMS3 DDR3 PC3-12800

Gigabyte GA-P55-UD4 or Asus P7P55D PRO

Intel Core i7 860

1TB Samsung HD103SJ Spinpoint F3

1GB Asus HD5770

list done from scan.co.uk that should all be under ?900

Did you just suggest I get you build essentially, L.o.L.? Thanks for your help.

Any expectations for the next 2 weeks?

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Did you just suggest I get you build essentially, L.o.L.? Thanks for your help.

Its just a basic layout that fits your budget of what you could get so if you want a better graphic card you could swap out the i7 with a i5 and if you prefer Western Digital or Seagate you can swap that its just that the Samsung HDD is well priced but still just as good.

Any expectations for the next 2 weeks?

Some new NVIDIA cards maybe..they keep getting delayed? I don't know how much their going to be...

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Its just a basic layout that fits your budget of what you could get so if you want a better graphic card you could swap out the i7 with a i5 and if you prefer Western Digital or Seagate you can swap that its just that the Samsung HDD is well priced but still just as good.

Some new NVIDIA cards maybe..they keep getting delayed? I don't know how much their going to be...

Any performance expectations? Better than the current ATI set for the price?

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