...What should I get?

[omnisome]

Approximate Purchase Date: Febuary


Budget Range: (£300-£400)


System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming (Min. Bf1942, Max. ArmA2/Bad Company 2)

Parts Not Required: (keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, os)


Preferred Website(s) for Parts: http://www.cclonline.com or any other good UK site


Country of Origin: UK


Parts Preferences: AMD Processor, nVidia graphics as always (Don't care for Crossfire or SLi)


Overclocking: No, unless core unlocking


SLI or Crossfire: No


Monitor Resolution: 1280x1024 @ 70Hz


Additional Comments: quiet, reliable and fairly future-proof. Need at least 750GB

 

[mdd1963]

GTX460-(1 gb) is a nice performing card for $150-$160...possibly 110 UKP, + VAT; if budget affords, next big jump is GTX570, although pricey at $360 US compared to $300 for simlilary performing AMD 6950 (easily reflashed to 6970, rivaling GTX580!)



Quad core X4 Phenom near 3 Ghz (skip the 6 cores, not really used for gaming), and 890 chipset mb....

 

[omnisome]

Coolermaster Elite 335 Black Midi-ATX
£30.00
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/coolermaster-elite-335-black-mini-tower-case-w-o-psu

AMD AthlonII (640) X4 3GHz AM3
£79.00
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/amd-athlon-ii-x4-640-propus-quad-core-s-am3-3ghz-2mb-total-cache-ht-2000mhz-95w-retail

XFX Radeon HD5770 1GB
£101.00
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1gb-xfx-hd-5770-pci-e-20-%28x16%29-4800mhz-gddr5-gpu-850mhz-800cores-2x-dl-dvi-i-dp-hdmi

Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200.12rpm 3.5" SATA2
£43.50
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/750g-seagate-st3750528as-sata

Corsair XMS3 2GB DDR3 1333MHz CAS9 1.5v
£19.00
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-corsair-ddr3-xms3-pc3-10666-%281333%29-non-eccunbuffered-cl-9-9-9-24-150v

MSi 740GM-P25
£39.00
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/msi-740gm-p25-amd-740g-am3-pci-e-%28x16%29-ddr3-1333-1600%28oc%29-sata-ii-3b-s-sata-raid-uatx

600w OCZ ModXStream Pro
£66.00
http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.asp?product_id=28148&category_id=263&manufacturer_id=0&tid=ocz600mxsp-uk

Sony AD-5260S-0B
£12.00
http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.asp?product_id=50713&category_id=654&manufacturer_id=0&tid=ad-5260s-0b


Total (without P&P):
£390.00


What do you think?

 

[clarkjd]

For a PSU, I would pick one of these:
http://www.scan.co.uk/Shop/Computer-Hardware/All/Power-Supplies/600W-700W
For Ram I would get at least a 4gb set like this:
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/4gb-%282x2gb%29-corsair-xms3-classic-ddr3-pc3-10666-%281333%29-non-ecc-unbuffered-cas-9-9-9-24-150v
For a HD, I would get either a Samsung or WD 1TB drive like this:
http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.asp?product_id=36618&category_id=112&manufacturer_id=0&tid=hd103sj
or
http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.asp?product_id=39331&category_id=112&manufacturer_id=0&tid=wd10ears

good Luck!