Budget: 2000 pounds. Build me a computer

[Meeckah]

Yes, it's saying I don't like macbooks.

[Goza]

Midi-Tower Coolermaster Centurion 534 black
Seasonic ATX 430 PSU
512 MB Sapphire Toxic HD4870
Mainboard abit IP-35P
CPU Intel E8500
Arctic Alpine 7 CPU fan
2x 2GB DDRAM PC-800 DDR-II
500 GB HDD + DVD burner

I paid 803 Euro for that, and I have yet to encounter a game that doesn't run fluid on max settings. Also, I bought this back in November so you either get similar stuff cheaper by now or slightly better stuff for the same price.

[Ino]

You could almsot purchase 2 macbook pros with that budget.

And that is saying alot.

Macbook Pro is way too expensive for the shitty hardware in it.

[Daekesh]

G5 is better than G9 only if you cannot adjust from the shape they used for so long (higher dpi, smoother coaster thingers - though you can get stuff to stick to the bottom of a g5 to help with that) That said, there is a new grip out for g9 anyway, just waiting for it to be available outside USA...
verse snobbery will smite you at some point for that.

True enough.  Though, I do like the g5 shape a lot better   Adjusted to the g9 now, but that g5 grip sounds interesting.  Give EU distribution!

[Cwave]

You could almsot purchase 2 macbook pros with that budget.

And that is saying alot.

Macbook Pro is way too expensive for the shitty hardware in it.

Qft!

[Meeckah]

Just in case you're curious, I bought it today:

Item: BFG GTX285 1024MB GDDR3 Dual DVI HDTV Out PhysX and Cuda ready PCI-E Graphics Card
Qty: 1Cost: 262.20

Item: Hiper 120mm HiperFlow Chrome Blade Case Fan With Blue LED - 3pin Adaptor with Screws
Qty: 4Cost: 6.51

Item: Samsung SpinPoint F1 HD103UJ 1TB Hard Drive SATAII *32MB Cache* - OEM
Qty: 1Cost: 60.86

Item: LiteOn 20x DVD±RW Dual Layer & Ram + Lightscribe IDE Black Bare Drive - OEM
Qty: 1Cost: 13.29

Item: Speedlink SL-8795 Medusa 5.1 Mobile Edition
Qty: 1Cost: 39.00

Item: Logitech G11 Gaming Keyboard - USB - UK
Qty: 1Cost: 35.23

Item: Logitech G5 Laser Gaming Mouse 2007 Edition - USB
Qty: 1Cost: 29.93

Item: LG W2442PA-BF 24" Full HD Monitor 1920x1080 300cd/m2 10000:1 (dynamic) 16:9 Black 3 Year Warranty
Qty: 1Cost: 187.37

Item: Corsair 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz XMS3 Dominator Memory CL8(8-8-8--24) for i7 Motherboards
Qty: 1Cost: 111.12

Item: Corsair 850W TX Series PSU - 140mm Fan - 5 Year Warranty
Qty: 1Cost: 99.19

Item: Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R iX58 Socket 1366 7.1 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard
Qty: 1Cost: 136.93

Item: Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz Socket 1366 8MB Cache OEM Processor
Qty: 1Cost: 202.07

Thermaltake VE2000BWS Armour LCS Super Tower - Black (No PSU)
1 £115.64

[delling]

Much more sensible Nice one!

[Daekesh]

Sounds awesome

[Smorisha]

On-board sound is teh suckage, get ur self a nice Creative sound card, they are cheap and lethal

[Ino]

On-board sound is teh suckage, get ur self a nice Creative sound card, they are cheap and lethal

Nowadays it's actually not that bad....unless you're really into audio.

[delling]

Only an issue if you use standard copper wires. Just use the digital output into a proper hifi and you're golden!

[Kawe / Dave]

Only an issue if you use standard copper wires. Just use the digital output into a proper hifi and you're golden!

digital output and proper hifi

if only I have the output but ...

gief hifi

[Smorisha]

om nom nom sound card

[Goza]

What's the benefit of an extra sound card...?
I have onboard sound since my previous computer, and there's nothing to complain about; plugged into my hifi system, stereo only/no surround.

[Meeckah]

For those still interested I finally got it all working today - will be a few days before I get everything installed as I'm doing it whilst having long days at work and leaving parties in the evening. I'll take a photo at some point, but lets just say, those who saw how bad condition my pc was at i34 won't be laughing anymore!