£400-£550 gaming pc

jakejacob0 · 7 Feb 2010 at 22:08

hey i was wondering if anyone could reccomend a gaming rig preferably amd phenom x4 with a decent graphic's card... no bells and whistles just pure power and speed. or do you think thats not enought money for a pc to play pretty much all new games well enough so its not jumping ?
assuming i have mouse keyboard and monitor

thanks in advance

RJC · 7 Feb 2010 at 22:13

Asus ATI Radeon HD 5770 CuCore 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £122.99
(£104.67) £122.99
(£104.67)

AMD Phenom II X3 Tri Core 720 Black Edition 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £99.99
(£85.10) £99.99
(£85.10)

Patriot Sector 5 G Series 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-12800 1600MHz Dual Channel (PGV34G1600ELK) £86.99
(£74.03) £86.99
(£74.03)

Asus M4A79XTD Evo (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £85.99
(£73.18) £85.99
(£73.18)

Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £42.99
(£36.59) £42.99
(£36.59)

Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £40.98
(£34.88) £40.98
(£34.88)

Corsair CX 400W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-400CXUK) £36.99
(£31.48) £36.99
(£31.48)

Sony Optiarc AD-7241S 24x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe Optical Drive (Black) - OEM £18.99
(£16.16) £18.99
(£16.16) Sub Total : £456.09 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75 VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £81.87 Total : £549.71

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 7 Feb 2010 at 22:15

Do you need a copy of Windows??

manbearpig · 7 Feb 2010 at 22:16

i would go with what RJC said

jakejacob0 · 7 Feb 2010 at 22:27

is the motherboad gunna be good to upgrade when nessesary. also is 400w enough because it seems most people get a 700w one. and would you deffinatly choose the tri core over the quad core 955 which is like £40 more? lastly is that cpu good for overclocking as i am relitivly new to it what would be reasonably upgraded to? if i was to do that would i need a new cooler?

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 7 Feb 2010 at 22:31

Does the build cost need a copy of Windows 7 or not?? If it does it means £76 needs to be allocated from the budget.

RJC · 7 Feb 2010 at 22:33

The cpu is the black edition which can be overclocked fairly easy. The psu will be perfect for that setup, people choose higher wattage mainly for a future upgrades which they may might or might not do or run multiple gpu's on older cards which are / can be power hungry.

The AMD cooler is reasonably good, if you are overclocking then I would choose a new cooler, but this may take you over budget.

jakejacob0 · 7 Feb 2010 at 22:55

is this motherboad and graphics card able to link up ( use multiple gpu's ) as might want to do that in the future if i get more money. will this setup play games like dragon age origins and new games like that or medium/ high settings?
thanks for all the input

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 7 Feb 2010 at 22:56