help building a gaming pc

yasserBasha

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£69.99 @ Maplin Electronics)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£38.54 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Crucial 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£21.20 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.56 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7790 1GB Video Card (£112.17 @ Dabs)
Case: Zalman Z9 ATX Mid Tower Case (£37.61 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: XFX 450W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£34.99 @ Maplin Electronics)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.66 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £363.72
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-04-27 19:10 BST+0100)

Squeeze £13 more and you won't regret it
 

bigj080808

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what about this
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FX-4100-Quad-Core-PC-4-5GHz-X4-8GB-1TB-HD-6670-2GB-Dual-Screen-Gaming-Computer-/200918162136?pt=UK_Computing_DesktopPCs&hash=item2ec7a7dad8
 

l89

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fx 4100 is not a good cpu for gaming fx 6300 will be better
 

yasserBasha

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Absolutely NOT ...

NEVER EVER consider a Bulldozer cpu (AMD x100 ) , Comparing to Phenom it's a downgrade actually, it's a total FIASCO and waste of money.

Also the GPU is useless and entry- level for gaming, you won't get much out of it
if you want to stick to £350 range get this build :

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£69.99 @ Maplin Electronics)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£38.54 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Crucial 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£21.20 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.56 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 650 Ti 1GB Video Card (£101.68 @ Dabs)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 335 Upgraded ATX Mid Tower Case (£33.16 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: XFX 450W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£34.99 @ Maplin Electronics)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.66 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £348.78
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-04-28 11:40 BST+0100)