Under £400 Gaming PC

mattyjs8

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Hey, I'm thinking of building a gaming/internet pc for under £400 (first time ever), what can you guys think of?

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: This month


BUDGET RANGE: £300 - £400 After Rebates


SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming, internet


PARTS NOT REQUIRED: OS, mouse, keyboard, monitor.


PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: any RELIABLE site, please!


COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: England, UK


PARTS PREFERENCES:


OVERCLOCKING: Probably not, but may do in the future.


SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Maybe


MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1680x1050 / 17"


ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: I would like it to be under £400 please. Also able to play newer games like Dragon Age: Origins and L4D2, and to be upgradable in the future.
 

mattyjs8

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I've so far thought of these parts, what do you people think?


CPU: AMD Phenom II X2 550 AM3 3.1Gh 7Mb - £74.63
http://www.dabs.com/products/amd-phenom-ii-x2-550-am3-3-1gh-7mb-5KQ7.html


Ram: Corsair 4GB TwinX DDR3 PC3-10600 1333Mhz Dual Channel DDR3 (2x2GB) - £60.89
http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Memory/DDR3/DDR3+1333+(PC3-10666)/Corsair+4GB+TwinX+DDR3+PC3-10600+1333Mhz+Dual+Channel+DDR3+(2x2GB)+?productId=35381


MoBo: MSI 770-C45, AMD 770, AM3, PCI-E 2.0(x16), DDR3 1600(OC), SATA 3Gb/s, SATA RAID, ATX - £49.32
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/MSI-770-C45-AM3-PCI-E-20(x16)-DDR3-1600(OC)-RAID-Blu-Ray-Audio-GB-LAN-ATX


Graphics Card: XFX ATI Radeon 4670 HD 750Mhz 1GB PCI-Express 2.0 DVI - £49.99
http://www.dabs.com/products/xfx-ati-radeon-4670-hd-750mhz-1gb-pci-express-2-0-dvi-654S.html


Hard Drive: Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB 7200rpm SATA 3Gb/s 32MB - £36.68
http://www.dabs.com/products/samsung-500gb-f3-7200rpm-16mb-ecogreen-6605.html


DVD: Sony 24x Int DVDRWRAM SATA Black Bare - £16.89
http://www.dabs.com/products/sony-24x-int-dvdrwram-sata-black-bare-63FP.html


Case + PSU: Coolermaster Elite 330 Black Case With CM eXtreme Power 460W PSU - £56.99
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/135101

I think all this comes up to £345.39 w/o P&P