£500 - 550 gaming pc

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Budget Range: £500 - 550

System Usage from Most to Least Important: surfing the internet, gaming, school work (word excel, bit of visual studio), photo editing

Are you buying a monitor: No

Do you need to buy OS: No will wait for Windows 8

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: any UK sites, would prefer all parts to come from one supplier if possible to minimise postage

Parts Preferences: Would like Zalman Z11 Case

Overclocking: Yes

SLI or Crossfire: Maybe

Your Monitor Resolution: 1024x768 and 1680x1050

Additional Comments: pc will be sitting quite close to central heating radiator so good cooling would be great.

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: Laptop doesn't run minecraft / other games very well.

 

[batuchka]

This was my 450ish quid build off Ebuyer UK so if you can eek out a wee bit more perhaps hit a Sandy/Ivy 1155 quad?

 

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What is this spec like?

I think I could probably get it a bit cheaper if I shopped around, but just wanted to get ideas on the components first.