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[McNeo]

Oh so you want a desktop now? Dont get one premade, they charge extortionate amounts for labour and its more fun to put one together yourself anyway.

So, if your having trouble with funding, get a rig like this:

Essential:

C2D E6320
8800 GTS 320mb
Asus P5N32 E-SLI (If you are thinking of upgrading to SLI at a later date) or the Asus Commando (No SLI)
Corsair Dominator PC2 6400 CL4
Antec Trio 650W (65 pounds, 10 W per pound, 100% stable)
Antec Nine Hundred case

That rig will be pretty cheap, and very good value for money. There is a list of peripherals below. By the way, both Nvidia and ATi are having major driver issues with directX 10 (read: 1024x768 in Company of Heroes DX 10 patch, minimum framerate 2FPS with 8800 GTX, DX9 version 100+ FPS minimum)

Peripheral:

Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer (If you like your music)
Arctic cooler Freezer Pro 7 (for CPU, cheap and efficient, much better than reference HSF)
19" or 20.1" Widescreen monitor with at least 1440x900 resolution
DVD drive

And any other peripherals you feel you need.

Workstations and Desktops are no different for your purpose, as workstations are for "work" and desktops can do it just as well. The marketiers just think it sounds cooler and gains more sales.



@Fighting Chicken: that 3.4 GHz processor isnt a C2D is it?