can somebody recommend me a pc spec on a £1200 budget

[LFC1980]

Okay so i want a PC (mainly for gaming) to play games like Football manager 2012, F1 2011, mass effect 3 (when it is released) all on the highest settings possible settings.

i won't be playing battlefield 3 or call of duty MW3 since i already have them for the PS3.

i have a budget of £1200 just for the PC on it's own inc VAT, i would like something to be future proof (maybe a 3 - 5 year lifespan before the hardware becomes obsolete).

i won't be overclocking either and would somebody please recommend me a case that has excellent air flow.

thank you and any advice is much appreciated.

 

[Fear]

If you can stretch your budget by another £29 i would go with this spec below but if you need to keep it under the £1200 you can drop the GTX580 down to a GTX570 then if you wanted this could leave room in your budget to up the PSU to an 850W so that you could SLI 2 GTX 570's sometime in the future, with the way PC components come out no matter what you buy the parts are obsolete within 6 months anyway but that spec should still be good in a couple of years at least.

I should have said aswell that F1 2011 will make use of the multi-threading on the i7 2600.

Case
COOLERMASTER HAF 922 MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7-2600 Quad Core (3.40GHz, 8MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z68-V/GEN3: PCI-E 3.0 READY, SLI, CROSSFIREX
Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)
Graphics Card
1.5GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 580 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1[SUP]st[/SUP] Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1[SUP]st[/SUP] DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£69)
Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE INTEL CPU COOLER (£19)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)
Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £1,229.00 including VAT and delivery

 

[bg92]

If you are planing on playing on resultions higher than 1920x1080 or using multi monitors than an amd7950 3gb would be a better idea. This is mainly due to more vram.
When it comes to cases, any of these would be good: Cooler master 690 II, corsair 400r, haf 922, nzxt phantom 410, corsair 500r. Just pick the one you like the look of the most.