Best Gaming PC for £400/$650 ish?

[Guest]

I was thinking:
Phenom II X4 965
Sapphire Radeon HD7770 OC
8GB Ram

I don't know much about motherboards, any help appreciated

 

[g-unit1111]

There's two ways you could go. First is the Intel route:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3470 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£144.05 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock H77 Pro4/MVP ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£71.58 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£43.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7770 1GB Video Card (£105.53 @ Dabs)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£31.18 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 600W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V Power Supply (£52.78 @ Ebuyer)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£14.99 @ Novatech)
Total: £464.10
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2012-11-28 17:29 GMT+0000)

Second is the AMD route:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£99.95 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 EXTREME4 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£70.76 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£43.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7850 1GB Video Card (£126.94 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£31.18 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 600W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V Power Supply (£52.78 @ Ebuyer)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£14.99 @ Novatech)
Total: £440.59
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2012-11-28 17:32 GMT+0000)

The Intel route gives you a stronger CPU but the AMD route has a pretty decent CPU with a stronger GPU.

 

[peep1988]

Hi there this is sweet for 700 American dollars before Mir and 618 after Mir yrs I know some of these sites are not available in your country but I hope this helps you http://pcpartpicker.com/user/superpeep/saved/#savedbuild_214125 my opinion is get a i3 nstead off i5 and get a AMD 7870