Need a budget gaming system...this any good?

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Hi guys,

Firstly, please note, I'm in the UK.

I've got a £500-600/$800-1000 budget to purchase a gaming PC without a monitor.

I have been out of the PC loop as last time I bought a PC was 4 years ago.

I went to PCspecialist.co.uk and concocted this:

Processor (CPU) AMD ATHLON II X4 620 SOCKET AM3 (2.6GHz/2MB CACHE)
Memory (RAM) 4GB CORSAIR XMS3 DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY
Motherboard ASUS® M4A79XTD EVO: DUAL DDR3, S-ATA II, 2 x PCIe x16, 2 x PCIe x1, 2 x PCI
Operating System Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
USB Options 6 x USB 2.0 PORTS (4 REAR + 2 FRONT) AS STANDARD
Memory - 1st Hard Disk 500GB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
2nd Hard Disk NONE
RAID (HDD 1 & 2) NONE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 22x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive NONE
Graphics Card 1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5770 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11
2nd Graphics Card NONE
Sound Card ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
Modem NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND
Floppy Disk Drive NONE
Memory Card Reader INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (READS XD, MS, CF, SD, etc)
Case STYLISH PIANO BLACK FUSION CASE inc. 2 FRONT USB
Power Supply & Case Cooling 450W Quiet Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£25)
Processor Cooling STANDARD CPU COOLER
Firewire & Video Editing 2 x IEEE 1394a FIREWIRE PORTS (1 onboard, 1 at back panel)
TV Card NONE
Monitor NONE


Any good? Am I missing something?

Or I tried Mesh and found this:

AMD Phenom™ II X4 955 Black Quad Core Processor AM3 (3.20GHz, 8MB Cache)
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium Edition - 64bit English
Midi Tower XGS Gaming Chassis - Black / Black Mesh + 550W PSU
ASUS M4A77TD Pro Mainboard- AMD 770 CrossFireX- AM3 Phenom™ II, DDR3 - ATX
4GB 1333MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM - (2x2GB)
1TB Serial ATA 2 Hard Drive with 32MB Buffer
22x Dual Layer DVD Writer Super Format +R/-R/RW/RAM
1GB ATI Radeon 5750 Graphics Accelerator GDDR5- ***DirectX 11***
7.1 High Definition onboard sound card - for 8 Channel Cinema sound
1 Year Free Return to Base Hardware Warranty - inc 3 Months Free Collect & Return

Any good?

Or this from overclockers.co.uk


:- Quad Core CPU for brilliant Multi-Tasking performance.
:- ATI 4870 512MB graphics card for blistering gaming performance.
:- Up to 1.5TB 7200RPM hard drive capacity.
:- Only the highest quality components ensuring the highest levels of reliability.

Key Components

:- AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 620 2.60GHz
:- Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3 AMD 770 Motherboard
:- Corsair XMS2 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 TwinX Dual Channel
:- XFX ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
:- LG GH22NS40 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter

Anyone know of something better for the same price.

Any help would be much appreciated.