OK...after hours and hours of research I have come up with these specs:

Motherboard - Asus A8N32-SLi Deluxe 939 NF4 Dual x16 SLi DDR400 SATAII Raid 2xGbE Lan 8Ch Audio
www.scan.co.uk = 133.95

CPU - AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+ (Socket 939)
www.scan.co.uk = 324.82

Case/PSU - Not decided

HDD - Maxtor 400GB SATA-II Hard Drive
www.scan.co.uk = 146.75

GPU - Geforce 7900GT 256MB
www.scan.co.uk = 253.79

RAM - 1GB Corsair XMS PC3200 (400) 184 Pin DDR Non-ECC Unbuffered , CAS3-3-3-8
www.scan.co.uk = 79.77

CD/Drive Drive - Plextor Black PX130A/T3BPB 16x DVD-ROM + 52x CD-ROM (oem)
www.scan.co.uk = 21.61

Sound Card - Creative Sound Blaster Audigy-4 7.1 OEM
www.scan.co.uk = 37.59

Network Card - Buffalo 125Mbps WLI2-PCI-G54S-3 PCI Adapter Card 125Mbps* Wireless PCI Adapter Card
www.scan.co.uk = 20.79

Monitor - Not decided

Keyboard - Microsoft Black Digital Media Keyboard PS/2 USB
www.scan.co.uk = 11.15



Total = 1017.22



I still need the Monitor/PSU and Case but I would like some feedback on the system as it is...any improvements or advice?



Also if you could recommend a Case/Monitor/PSU I would be grateful ^^









Edit : oops, wrong section, meant to be home built >_>

So no overclocking huh?

Budget? Aluminium or steel?

2x1GB is the recommended those days.
Go with 2x1GB Corsair XMS PC3200 CAS2-3-3-8 instead.

For a few dollars more the NEC 3540A or BenQ DW1640 can be had.(best two DVD burners)

Other than RAM I'm still trying to keep it within the 1000-ish you've prepared.