What would you buy with £400?

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I have never built a computer and am sick of my present computer i want to build my own but i am a novice and would appreciate as much help as i can. I decided i want about 1tb HDD 8gb RAM a good video card and i5. Just wondering what you guys would set up for games like WOW, COD and Planetside 2 with this? i have had a look at a few case and think this is the one am going to pick. http://www.ebuyer.com/343262-cit-vantage-gaming-case-black-hd-audio-black-interior-4-fans-card-cscitvan how would you do it as i want WOW to run really smooth but also want to be used abit as a personal computer.

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I found 400 to be a pretty harsh limit. This is without OS. To drop the hardware costs alone below 400 you would have to downgrade to an i3, but I don't think that is worthwhile.

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/19Rlk Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/19Rlk/by_merchant/ Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/19Rlk/benchmarks/ CPU: Intel Core i5-3330 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£131.99 @ Aria PC) Motherboard: ASRock H77 Pro4/MVP ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£68.70 @ Dabs) Memory: Kingston XMP Blu Red Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£28.32 @ Amazon UK) Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.00 @ Amazon UK) Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 650 1GB Video Card (£86.99 @ Amazon UK) Case: Zalman Z9 ATX Mid Tower Case (£32.10 @ Amazon UK) Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V Power Supply (£34.97 @ Aria PC) Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer (£14.99 @ Amazon UK) Total: £437.06 (Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.) (Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-06-24 22:39 BST+0100)
 
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That all sounds good but i am trying to now find a case that will actually fit the ASRock H77 Pro4/MVP ATX LGA1155 Motherboard? have you got any suggestions that could point me in the right direction?

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The case selected in the build will work, it may not be ascetically pleasing to your tastes though.

I prefer rather plain windowless cases, and have become a fan of BitFenix lately. Cooler Master E-lite series is extremely cheap, though a little old fashioned. Given your budget, any box that will hold the parts should be good enough.

The CiT case you were interested in is also compatible.
 
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Ok mate brilliant i only wondered as when i went on pc part picker it said....ASRock H77 Pro4/MVP ATX LGA1155 Motherboard has an onboard USB 3.0 header, but the CiT Vantage ATX Mid Tower Case does not have front panel USB 3.0 ports.

Shall i just ignore that then?

Also this is my slight edit to your approach as i thought i may as well throw abit more money at it :) http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/Hussell/saved/1Q6t

Will i need the CPU cooler? Will i need a bigger power supply?and if there is anything you would change let me know :)

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i5-2320 is actually a sandy bridge processor, slightly older then the Ivy bridge series. Ivy being the latest that will fit in LGA1155.

i5-3570 would be the top of the quad cores, excluding i7. i5-3220 would be the equivalent 3rd gen chip to the one you selected.

iX-XXX 1st Gen, iX-2XXX 2nd Gen, iX-3XXX 3rd Gen, iX-4XXX 4th Gen

An aftermarket cpu cooler is never a bad idea, though the stock cooler that comes in the box is fine for non-overclocking chips.

If you really want your front panel USB to be 3.0 then you can try to find a case with a USB 3.0 header, but you will still have USB 3.0 out of the motherboard and the front ports should still be able to hooked up as 2.0.
 
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Ok then would it be worth maybe getting the Intel Core i5-3470 for slightly more or is there another 3rd gen thats better? I wont be over clocking much but for under £10 cant go wrong :) I dont really need 3.0 i can live without them but aslong as there is one somewhere ill be happy :)

Will the Intel Core i5-3470 fit in the LGA1155?
 
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