new build, £400 budget

[super_neil]

I am a fool. So games like Crysis will run in dx9 as well? How short sighted of me, this could change my outlook completely.

 

[Vaanish]

This is what I would prescribe:


AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ (2.1GHz) Socket AM2 Energy Efficient L2 1MB (2x512KB) Cache Retail Boxed Processor


OCZ 2GB Kit (2x1GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 CL 5-5-5-12 GOLD XTC *SPECIAL OPS* ED


XFX 7900GS XXX 256MB GDDR3 256bit DVI HDTV out PCI-E Graphics Card


Samsung SpinPoint HD501LJ 500GB SATAII Hard Drive 16MB Cache - OEM


Corsair VX450WUK 450W PSU


Microsoft Windows XP Home SP2B x32bit OEM 1PK CD


ASUS M2N-SLI DELUXE Socket AM2 nvidia 570SLi 7.1channel audio ATX