@Remedy25: Why would you buy a Core 2 Quad? They're just as old as the Core 2 Duo. You would be much better off with an i5 which is totally the same price more or less new:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0030DL3FU/ref=asc_df_B0030DL3FU9255615?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&tag=googlecouk06-21&linkCode=asn&creative=22206&creativeASIN=B0030DL3FU
The Guild Wars betas have been quite CPU bound so it will probably benefit you more (although they are supposed to have optimised it better now). Your 260 is still a decent enough card I reckon, and given that the newer cheaper cards around like the 550 Ti are more or less on par with your card you would have to break your budget to get anything more impressive. (High End GPU chart for reference: http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html)
Personally I'd say go for that i5 and a new mobo (should be another ~£100) and you'll be okay. But definitely check what other people suggest too, that's the best way to know.
(You could blow all your budget on something like a 660 Ti but I'd think you would be bottlenecked hard by your CPU).
@NegativeForce said:
A friend of mine was in the same situation as you last week. He ended up buying this bundle: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-080-OE
If you went for something like that I'd suggest looking to upgrade your graphics card next to a GTX460 or if you have the extra cash a 560ti
Just for the record, I had a really super shitty long arduous process with OC UK over a pre-built machine, which eventually ended with me finally getting my money back. They might be okay for buying components from, but do not touch their PC's like the plague. Also, yeah a 460 gives great bang for buck. Those things in SLI were faster and cheaper than the 480 at the time which was crazy.
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