£500 budget/gaming PC

[howard_t]

Hi all i am looking to build a new PC and could do with some advice on what components to buy, any help would be much appreciated.

Approximate Purchase Date: within 1 month (2nd week of march)

Budget Range: £500 - £550

System Usage from Most to Least Important: HD movies, surfing the internet, gaming.

Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers.

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: ebuyer.co.uk , Dabs.com

Country of Origin: UK

Parts Preferences: No perference

Overclocking: No

SLI or Crossfire: No

Monitor Resolution: Currently running a 1920x1080 monitor.

Case doesn't have to special, perferably a quiet system.

Many thanks.

 

[WR2]

Hello howard_t;
Bit-Tech has put together a
£445 'Affordable All-Rounder February 2011' that might suit you.

 

[Why_Me]

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/239757 £57.75 inc. vat Free Delivery
Coolermaster HAF 912 Plus Case

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/240999 £48.04 inc. vat
Corsair 500W CX PSU - 5x SATA 2x PCI-Express

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-278-GI&groupid=701&catid=1903&subcat=1782 £64.98 inc VAT
Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H AMD 880G (Socket AM3) microATX DDR3 Motherboard

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-244-AM&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=1328 £107.99 inc VAT
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail [HDZ955FBGMBOX]

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/169269 £38.99 inc. vat
Kingston 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1333MHz HyperX Memory Kit CL9 (9-9-9)

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/176026 £11.99 inc. vat
LiteOn IHAS124-19 24x DVD±RW DL & RAM SATA Optical Drive - OEM Black with Nero Essentials

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/173804 £39.99 inc. vat
Samsung HD103SJ Spinpoint F3 1TB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 32MB Cache

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/244442 £146.99inc. vat Free Delivery
Asus HD 6850 Direct CU 1GB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDMI Display Port Out Graphics Card

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/173791 £75.66 inc. vat Free Delivery
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium - Licence and media - 1 PC - OEM - DVD - 64-bit - English

£592.38 inc. vat

 

[howard_t]

thanks Why_Me , i have chosen to select those components you have pointed out.

i chose a different case and managed to get windows 7 professional for only £40 through a student software website, overall cost was around £530.

thanks.

 

[Why_Me]

thanks Why_Me , i have chosen to select those components you have pointed out.

i chose a different case and managed to get windows 7 professional for only £40 through a student software website, overall cost was around £530.

thanks.