Gaming Build cpu

[amegaw10]

I'm building my first gaming pc and would like to know what my components are like, I have a budget of £500/$800 which doesn't include monitor, mouse keyboard or os and I would stretch it if i must. I have chosen an amd as it is cheaper but would like to find an intel just as good but not that expensive or a better amd cpu.

Mother Board: Asus M5A78L am3+ uATX £50.13
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0054U7HIO/ref=ox_sc_act_title_6?ie=UTF8&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

CPU : AMD Phenom II X4 965 £71.08
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002SRQ214/ref=ox_sc_act_title_5?ie=UTF8&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

GPU : Palit geforce gtx660 2gb £167.18
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B009A4XOD2/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

PSU : OCZ Modxstream Pro 600w atx £58
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001GLFD54/ref=ox_sc_act_title_4?ie=UTF8&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

RAM : Corsair Vengance 8gb £31.34
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004CRSM4I/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

HDD : WD caviar blue 500gb sata III 3.5'' £44.97
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00461G3MS/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?ie=UTF8&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

Optical Drive : LG 24x Sata bare DVD rewriter £13.47
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B007267YRC/ref=ox_sc_act_title_7?ie=UTF8&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

Case : Sharkoon T28 ATX midi £59.27
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B006MT5C9W/ref=ox_sc_act_title_8?ie=UTF8&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

 

[Mousemonkey]

This topic has been moved from the section CPU & Components to section Systems by Mousemonkey

 

[Poltregeist]

The X4 is a great pick for a low budget CPU. If you can spare a few extra bucks an i3-3220 should outperform it in most areas though. Also for the price of that 660, an AMD 7870 will also perform better.

 

[amegaw10]

cheers