UK Sub £550 buld for gaming. Ordering parts later today.

Hey so hoping to get some input on this build.

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Today.

SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming, Watching movies.

PARTS NOT REQUIRED: All tower parts. Already have 22" screen, keyboard mouse and operating system.

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: EBUYER

PARTS PREFERENCES: I have always been a Intel/Nvidia person however I am tempted to try out a AMD/ATI combo with this build.

OVERCLOCKING: Never really tried it before, so if I do it i will be with help from here.

SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Initially no, however I want a motherboard and power supply good enough to do this ina few weeks/ months time.

MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1680x1050

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: The only none standard thing here is I will be setting up a dual partition drive. One for Windows XP and one for Windows 7 beta.

So onto the system


Case:- Antec 300
[url=http://www.ebuyer.com/product/143854][/url]

Power Supply:-OCZ 500W Mod XStream Pro PSU - 2x PCI-E 6x SATA
[url=http://www.ebuyer.com/product/152009 ][/url]

Processor:-AMD Phenom II X3 720 2.8GHz Socket AM3 6MB L3 Cache Retail Boxed Processor
[url=http://www.ebuyer.com/product/159071][/url]

Motherboard:-Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P 790X Socket AM3 DDR3 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard
[url=http://www.ebuyer.com/product/158608][/url]

RAM:-OCZ 4GB Kit (2x2GB) DDR3 1333MHz/PC3-10666 Gold Dual Channel CL 9-9-9-26
[url=http://www.ebuyer.com/product/142388][/url]

Graphics Card:-(I am looking to buy a 4770 at the moment, not sure where from yet as a lot of places are out of stock. Given what ive spent so far the budget for the card is £70-80) Ill have a proper look around when I actually place the order.

Hard Drive:-Western Digital WD6400AAKS 640GB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 16MB Cache
[url=http://www.ebuyer.com/product/144339][/url]

DVD R/W:-Sony AD-7200S 20X DVD±RW/DL/RAM Internal SATA
[url=http://www.ebuyer.com/product/139414][/url]

NOTES:-

i) None of these parts is set in stone, if anyone has ideas for a better system for around the same amount of money (Max- £575 but less if possible) then I am all ears.

ii) In the above build I am using a stock cooler, with no overclocking in mind. If if its recommended that I switch to 3rd party then fine. Max budget for the cooler would be £30.

OK come up with an alternative build for a similar price. See if theres any thoughts.

Same case as above, Antec 300.

Power Supply is Antec TruePower New 650W Modular PSU - 80plus Bronze and SLI Certified 3x SATA
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/159920]

Motherboard is Gigabyte GA-X48-DS4 iX48 Socket 775 8 channel audio ATX Motherboard
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/145368]

Processor is Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Socket 775 (3.0GHz) 1333FSB 6MB L2 Cache
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/139971]

RAM is Crucial 4GB (2X2GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 Ballistix Memory Kit CL4 2.0V
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/166461]

I would use the same WD 640gb hard drive and still go for a ATI 4770.

Again any comments welcomed please.

OK just priced that up at Scan looks like.

650W Silverstone ST65ZF-GM SLi Dual PCI-E EPS12v ATX12v v2.01 PSU £67.47

Xclio Propeller Midi Tower Case with 36cm Quiet Fan on Side Pane w/o PSU £29.77

640 GB Western Digital WD6400AAKS Caviar Blue, SATA 3Gb/s, 7200rpm, 16MB Cache, 8.9 ms £48.21

LG GH22NS40 22x DVD±R, 16xDVD±DL, DVD+RW x8/-RWx6 ,12xRAM SATA, Black, OEM £16.43

Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P, AMD 790X, AM3, PCI-E 2.0 (x16), DDR3 1666(OC), SATA 3Gb/s, SATA RAID, ATX £107.86

AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition, Sok AM3, 2.8GHz, 7.5MB Total Cache, 95W, Retail £109.02

4GB (2x2GB) CorsairTwinX XMS3, DDR3 PC3-10666 (1333MHz), 240 Pin, Unbuffered, CAS 9-9-9-24, DHX £63.37

That lot comes in at around £450.

Im really struggling to find anyone that has 4770's in stock atm though.

So I am wondering if it is worth spending a bit extra and going for either a 4870, a 4850x2 or a 216 core 260, I can any of these for around £130.

Or better still if someone knows where I can get a 4770 from. For not a lot more I can get 2 of those for crossfire.

Already rang em this morning, out of stock and not sure when its back in lol

Im now looking at maybe going down a 260 (216 core) route. However apparently theres an issue with it fitting it in cases. Any idea if that case you mentioned will take a 260 card and if not, maybe recommend one that does?