£400-500 Gaming rig - Advice needed!

[dyaxiz]

Approximate Purchase Date: ASAP

Budget Range: £400-500

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming

Parts Not Required: Keyboard, mouse, OS/software, Wi-Fi.

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: UK based

Country of Origin: UK

Parts Preferences: None

Overclocking: Maybe

SLI or Crossfire: Maybe - Leave the option open but not at first

Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080

Additional Comments: Would prefer quieter PC.

Any other questions, just ask. Thanks in advance.

 

[dyaxiz]

Sorry for the double post, not able to edit but to add to what I would need:

I would like to be able to run Fallout New Vegas on this set up which requires:

Processor : Intel Core 2 Duo at 2.66 GHz / AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+
Video Card : 512 MB VRAM – NVIDIA GeForce 8800 / ATI Radeon 3800
Memory : 2 GB RAM
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
Direct X : 9.0c

Also, I'd like to future-proof this PC for upcoming releases such as DC Universe Online and Guild Wars 2.

 

[Proximon]

I'm leaving out a monitor from the build, as you would never be able to include one at that price.

I'm just using Dabs, but you might want to compare prices. Here's a list:

UK
Microdirect
Aria PC?
Overclockers UK
Misco I need feedback on them... they look good.
Pixmania Just a gadget store but they have some good memory at good prices, and other stuff.
ebuyer
Dabs
http://www.scan.co.uk/

Athlon II X3 450
http://www.dabs.com/products/amd-athlon-ii-x3-450-3-2ghz-1-5mb-95w-am3-74MZ.html?refs=4294951761

ASRock 770 board
http://www.dabs.com/products/asrock-m3a770de-a-asr-am3-amd-770-ddr3-atx-748K.html?refs=432790000-48620000

Kingston 4GB DDR3 1333
http://www.dabs.com/products/kingston-valueram-4gb--2x2gb--1333mhz-ddr3-non-ecc-cl9-dimm-240-pin-5KNM.html?refs=418680000-4294953914

Antec 300 case
http://www.dabs.com/products/antec-300-three-hundred-case-black-6252.html

OCZ StealthXStream II 500W
http://www.dabs.com/products/ocz-technology-stealthxstream-ii-500w-power-supply-6ZZ1.html?refs=50121

XFX 5770
http://www.dabs.com/products/xfx-ati-radeon-5770-hd-1gb-pci-express-2-0-x16-dual-dvi-hdmi-eyefinity-6Z1S.html?refs=43280000

Samsung Spinpoint F3 500GB
http://www.dabs.com/products/samsung-500gb-spinpoint-f3-7200rpm-16mb-sata-6605.html?refs=50429-42730000-4294951586

Optical drive
http://www.dabs.com/products/sony-24x-dvd-rw-sata-black-bare-internal-drive-73PL.html?refs=4294953229-4294956835

 

[batuchka]

Me thinks for 1920 x 1080 u need more grunt in the GPU dept.

502 quid off Ebuyer UK

 

[Proximon]

Cool I didn't see any 6870s yet when I looked at UK sites. Good list.

 

[Silvune]

That's because they weren't available when you made your list Proxi. You were at an unfair disadvantage.

 

[dyaxiz]

Thanks for these builds, they look awesome. Appreciate the help. What fans would you recommend to go along with these builds?

I was looking at this one: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/176157 would that go well with you build, batuchka?

 

[batuchka]

Well given $$ is tight stick to stock cooling 1st but if i had to nab an after market cooler i'd look at the CM Hyper 212+ You are welcomed ^^