New gaming PC, £1000 budget, need help

[Predator21]

Hi all,

Looking for some help! Noticed my last visit here was in 2004, wow, long time ago :P

1. What is your budget and does that include shipping/taxes?
Around £1000, yes included shipping/taxes, could go over a little if really needed...

2. Where do you live?
UK

3. What do you need this computer to do (like gaming, Photoshop, and so on)?
Gaming

4. What parts will you need for the computer? Please list what parts specifically.
Graphics Card
CPU
Motherboard
Solid State HD for speed
Big HDD for storage, like 1TB
PSU
CPU cooler
PC Case
RAM

5. Are you reusing any parts for this computer? If so please say what parts.
DVD-RW

6. What kind of monitor/resolution do you have or want to get to use for the computer?
I've just bought a 23" BenQ LED, this is separate from the budget

7. Do you have a legit OS? If so what OS and is it 32-bit or 64-bit?
I have legit WinXP, 32bit, will get Windows 7 64 bit? excluded from the budget above

8. What are you looking for the motherboard to have feature wise? Like SLI, Crossfire, Firewire, USB 3.0, Sata 6.0 Gb/s, and so on.
Not too fussed about this stuff... what ever you thinks best for my price range!

9. Any plans to overclock the CPU or GPU?
Maybe, don't know that much about overclocking, did it about 8 years ago on my current system a bit, so if it hasn't changed to much then maybe yeah.

10. What time kind of time frame are you planning on ordering these parts?
I want to order asap, I've been told to wait for a bit though, until Ivybridge is released as that'll bring prices down a bit.



Thank you in advance, I'm glad I found this forum again, this is just what I need. I don't have a clue after 8 years of not keeping up with hardware!