£400 budget gaming pc

lewismcc6 · 12 Mar 2011 at 23:03

i am new to pc building and have no idea of what a good rig consists of ..... HELP!

i had a look at components and came up with this setup

Intel Core i3 540 306 GHz processor

ASUS P7H55M motherboard micro ATX iH55

2xOCZ 2GB DDR3 1333MHz Gold Memory Module CL9 (9-9-9-20) 1.65V

Samsung HD103SJ Spinpoint F3 1TB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 32MB Cache EZCool NA-705 Case - Black (500w PSU) (http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-043-OP)

KFA2 GT 240 1GB GDDR3 VGA DVI HDMI Out PCI-E Graphics Card

LiteOn IHAS124-19 24x DVD±RW DL & RAM SATA Optical Drive - OEM Black with Nero Essentials

was just wondering if im on the right track or if anyone has any better suggestions

Thanks lewis

lewismcc6 · 12 Mar 2011 at 23:13

Thanks for that !

i am unsure how large a psu i would need so....

lewismcc6 · 12 Mar 2011 at 23:15

have you got any suggestions for a good graphics card??

lewismcc6 · 12 Mar 2011 at 23:16

got a monitor keyboard and mouse dont need to wory bout that

lewismcc6 · 13 Mar 2011 at 22:39

thanks for all the help guys
really helped me with this
decided to go with this setup

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 840 "95W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3)

Asus M4A78LT-M LE AMD 760G Socket AM3 DVI VGA Out 8 Channel Audio mATX Motherboard

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 460 OC 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

OCZ Platinum 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Ultra Low Voltage Dual Channel Kit

SAMSUNG RETAIL INTERNAL 22x DVDRW SATA BLACK

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache

Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU)

lets just hope my building skills are up to scratch