Zikar

Well, if everyone thinks that's okay, I'll go ahead and order that first thing tomorrow

Okay.
Here's what I've decided on.

Asus P7P55D-E Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard
Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156)
XFX ATI Radeon HD 5850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Corsair Dominator 8GB (4x2GB) DDR3 12800C8 (1600MHz) Dual-Channel
Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache HDD

Any suggestions or amendments before I order this? Bare in mind that I already have a new Corsair TX 850W PSU too.
Does this look good, are all the components good quality and will it all work together and make a strong machine and is there anything I've forgotten?

I've been looking at Father Xmas' list and ben making my own based on that.
I've decided on this ram and this processor.
The site I use doesn't have your mobo that you suggest and I'm still unsure as to what graphics card I should get... I realise the ATi cards are better (and cheaper) at the moment, but I still worry about compatibility issues with games and the like... I like things to "just work" y'know

I guess I'll go with whatever is good now, I don't want to wait until next year to get a gaming rig again

I won't worry too much about the sockets then, as long as the processor will be useful for a while.

By the way, good news, my HDD isn't fried So I can get all my files off it.

Will I just be able to use that HDD and it's install, to save all my files, games etc, or will it throw a hissy fit because the mobo (and everything else) has been changed and I'll need a fresh install?

Okay. Change of plan. Going to make a whole new rig.

Need mobo, processor, GFX card, ram, HDD suggestions.
I want a very powerful rig, don't worry too much on price. The mobo needs to be futureproof so to speak, so it should have connections that will be around for a while.

I prefer Intel and nVidia by the by.

Thanks for any assistance you can offer, you guys are always really helpful in here

If you guys think there's a high probability of the whole system being fried, then I may just get a whole new system (or rather, buy all of it's components ) and try and resell anything that actually isn't.
Mainly because it's just easier and quicker to build a whole new system rather than actually trying to found out what is and isn't broken.

The single thing I'm most worried about is my Hard Drive, since I hadn't backed anything up in quite a while (I know, I know, my fault). I'm just looking for a bit of reassurance that that won't have been fried.

So... I turned on my PC and the electrics tripped. I turned to power back on and my PC wouldn't start up. No reaction at all. Ordered a new PSU, hoping it was just that, but alas, it is not. Nothing works at all. So, I guess my motherboard is fried.

So, I'd like suggestions for motherboards.
From www.overclockers.co.uk if possible.

Also, what is the likelihood that my other components have been blown? Such as CPU, GPU, drives etc.

Thanks for your help everyone

Oh well, if you don't get it, you can't miss it.

Edit:

Heyas, welcome aboard!

I'd keep my head down and stay out of it.
Considering both sides seem dubious as best, I'd rather just not take sides and just wait for the thingy to be fixed in a year.

In the meantime I'd stay in Tyrant's good books. Not do anything for him, but just, y'know, follow the rules and not cause any problems.

I vote this animation file just gets removed entirely, it serves absolutely no purpose

Clearly it needs to be called Common Grounds. (or Holey Crullers)

Indeed, this seems like a terrible idea.

Hmmm... I've heard Radeons have compatibility issues with some games.

I don't know why I was talking like I had no experience with Ultra mode... brain fart!

Anyway. Yeah, with Ultra Mode CoH side I get like, 15fps. CoV side I can only get 10 at best. But that's when nothing is going on. Really, the only setting that really causes any problems is shadows... which happens to be the part I enjoy the most

Basically, I just want to be able to max it out and have nice 25+ frame rates.

I've never really been able to get good FPS out of CoH really.

But if I can't get any real performance boosts without paying lots of money, I guess I'll just have to put it off for now. By the way, my budget was £150-£200. But as I said, unless there'll be a real noticeable difference, that won't be worth it.

I feel it's time to upgrade my graphics cards. I currently have a GTS250 and well it won't be enough to do Ultra mode in my estimation. Plus I'd like to get a bit more power out of my machine.

So yeah, I'd like suggestions for some high end (but not super high end, y'know, the overly expensive ones that aren't really that practical).

So basically, I want a card that will ace Ultra Mode as well as an upcoming graphically intensive games, like say, Crysis 2.

Oh, and one final thing. Noise is quite important, I'd like a relatively quiet card if at all possible.
Bonus points if I can find the card on http://www.overclockers.co.uk/

Cheers.

(For reference, I have a Intel Core 2 Duo 3ghz and 6GB of ram and Window 7 64bit)

Don't be rediculous.