£400 build for games

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Hey

I'm trying to come up with a cheap gaming build for my bro to play TF2 and other games. I don't need Windows or a monitor included and I've got about £400 to spend ideally.

Below is what I have come up with already. Case and PSU are cheap but you have to give something up at this price! ;p

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Cheers guys :)
 
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Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Palit GeForce GTX 460 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £117.49
(£99.99) £117.49
(£99.99)
AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 630 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £70.49
(£59.99) £70.49
(£59.99)
Corsair Dominator 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMD4GX3M2A1600C9) £64.61
(£54.99) £64.61
(£54.99)
MSI 770-C45 AMD 770 (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £49.98
(£42.54) £49.98
(£42.54)
Corsair CX 430W ATX Power Supply £36.99
(£31.48) £36.99
(£31.48)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £30.98
(£26.37) £30.98
(£26.37)
Xigmatek Asgard Midi Tower Case - Black £26.99
(£22.97) £26.99
(£22.97)
LG GH22LS50 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter Lightscribe Drive - Retail £14.09
(£11.99) £14.09
(£11.99)
Sub Total : £350.32
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £63.49
Total : £426.31

Comes in a little over budget but:

Quad core
Better RAM
Standalone PSU from a respected brand

Although that RAM is on this weekend only so if you aren't getting it for a few more days then the patriot viper RAM 95thrifles posted is good.

EDIT: Apparently http://en.ocworkbench.com/tech/review-of-kingston-lovo-hyperx-modules-khx1600c9d3lk24gx/6/

So the http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-085-KS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517 is a possibility.
 
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Thanks for the advice. Will change the motherboard to the cheaper one as suggested and upgrade CPU and ram slightly.

Still unsure about the PSU / case though. Will the cheap PSU affect the performance badly compared to a £30-40 corsair? It might be worth it but it does mean doubling the amount I spend on case + PSU. Can't decide :p
 
You wont see a change in performance, but a good PSU means less chance of the build exploding, which considering how crappy the PSU will be and that you have something power hungry like a GTX460 then you should really just pay the extra £30 odd pounds to get a better case and the Corsair.
 
£10 over OK?

Palit GeForce GTX 460 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £117.49 (£99.99)
AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 630 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £70.49 (£59.99)
Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2GB) Ultra Low-Voltage DDR3 12800C9 (1600MHz) Dual Channel (KHX1600C9D3LK2/4GX) £58.74 (£49.99)
MSI 770-C45 AMD 770 (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £49.98 (£42.54)
Corsair CX 430W ATX Power Supply £36.99 (£31.48)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £30.98 (£26.37)
OcUK Athena Tower Case - Black £19.99 (£17.01)
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £12.98 (£11.05)
Sub Total : £338.42
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £61.06
Total : £409.98
 
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