i7 is hardly any better for games than phenom.
OPs first setup is good apart from the case and get the spinpoint f3 hdd instead of that, maybe consider a small SSD as well if you can afford it.
And I'd go with my own setup rather than bundle.
Like this setup, saves you a few quid:
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Product Name Qty Price Line Total
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 965 Black Edition 3.40GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 965 Black Edition 3.40GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £143.98
(£122.54) £143.98
(£122.54)
Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £107.99
(£91.91) £107.99
(£91.91)
OCZ Obsidian 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 Dual Channel (OCZ3OB1600LV4GK) OCZ Obsidian 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 Dual Channel (OCZ3OB1600LV4GK) £85.99
(£73.18) £85.99
(£73.18)
Corsair H50-1 High-Performance CPU Watercooler (Socket LGA775/1156/1366/AM2/AM3) Corsair H50-1 High-Performance CPU Watercooler (Socket LGA775/1156/1366/AM2/AM3) £58.99
(£50.20) £58.99
(£50.20)
Sub Total : £337.83
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £60.87
Total : £408.70
Also as much as the corsair h50 is nice, the cheaper air cooling alternatives arent much worse and probably more than adequate of doing the job right.
The new Tuniq Tower
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-003-TQ
will save you further 20 quid and offer top notch performance while remaining dead silent as well : ).
