Reccomend CPU, MOBO & RAM £350

£164.49 - Intel Core 2 DUO E6400 "LGA775 Allendale" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-127-IN)

£105.69 - Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

£88.07 - GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC6400 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX21GB6400UDC) (MY-057-GL)

Total: £358.25 inc. VAT

Source: Overclockers.co.uk

Quite good combination, a Core 2 E6300 will do as well and is a little bit cheaper

If you are going for 1 Gb:

http://www.dabs.com/productview.asp...&SearchKey=All&SearchMode=All&NavigationKey=0

If you are going for 2 GB (for that high end Core 2 Duo you should) :

http://www.dabs.com/productview.asp...&SearchKey=All&SearchMode=All&NavigationKey=0

BTW, what videocard are you getting?

Overclockers.co.uk actually ends up being cheaper than Dabs in almost every case, although sometimes not by that much depending on the product. The selection with OcUK is quite a bit better though.

With OcUK right now, Gigabyte board is now £93.99 inc. VAT, and the exact same Corsair can be had for £93.99 inc. VAT too, saving you just over £14.

However, the E6300 Retail is £135.11 with OcUK and OEM without heatsink is £126.89, so the one you selected at Dabs is highly likely not to include a heatsink at that price. Dabs' site does not state whether or not it comes with a stock heatsink (at the price, I suspect not), so a direct price comparison is not possible here.

As for the recommendations for the PSU/Graphics:

£88.11 inc. VAT - BFG 3DFuzion GeForce 7600 GT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-025-BG)

£64.61 inc. VAT - OCZ ModStream 520w ATX2.2 Power Supply (CA-017-OC)

Source = Overclockers.co.uk

Sorry, I got those two boards mixed up, the names differ by a letter. The slightly more expensive DS3, designed with overclocking in mind, uses better quality components (like better capacitors) and so is of a generally higher build quality. On paper in terms of raw features, they are almost the same though.

You should be okay with the cheaper board. The power supply should fit most ATX cases. Gigabyte boards normally come bundled with plenty of extra cables inc. SATA cables if you need them. That should be all you need.

Excellent system. You are ready to go for it!