£500 system.

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Hello overclockers, im a noob when it comes to computers. Im a 17 year old student and have £500 to burn on a new system. Was just looking for your thoughts on the system below!
It will be used mainly for gaming.




PC Case CIT Templar Black
Case Fan 2 x 80mm Standard Fans
Power Supply Standard 650W
Processor Intel Core i3 2120, Dual Core (1155, 3.30GHz, 3MB Cache)
Heatsink & CPU Fan Standard Heatsink & CPU Fan
Heatsink Paste Standard Heatsink Paste
Motherboard Asus P8H61-M X, 2xDIMM, Max. 16GB, M-ATX
Memory 4GB (2 x 2GB) Mushkin PC10600 1333MHz DDR3
PCI-E Graphics ATI HD6870 1GB
Primary Hard Drive 250GB SATA II
Main Optical Drive 22x Dual Layer DVD +/- Rewriter
Wired Network Adapter Integrated 10/100/1000Mbps
Wireless Network Adapter PCI 802.11n 300Mbps Wireless
USB Ports 2.0 2 Front + 4 Back Ports
Sound Card Integrated 7.1 High Definition Channel Audio
Operating System Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium (64bit Version) -


Warranty - VALUE: 2 Yrs Return To Base (1st Yr Parts & Labor, 2nd Yr Labor) - Included in Price *
Performance Optimization - Not Included *
Build Time: Standard - 13 Working Days Build Time *
£416.67
Subtotal exc. VAT £416.67
VAT Rate @ 20.00% £83.33
Grand Total inc. VAT £500.00





I'm aware the PSU hasnt got information on branding, but the system is from a well known site and comes with a 2 year warrenty.
 
While the PSU comes from a reputable site I still wouldn't use it. If I was you I would change the ram to some Corsair branded one and then get a OCZ or Corsair PSU. Other than that the whole build looks pretty good.
 
Intel build:

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 6850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £109.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77M-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £86.99
1 x Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £83.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £72.00
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F4 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322GJ) £59.99
1 x OcUK Imp MicroATX Tower Case (500w PSU) £28.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP2G3D1339DS1S00CEU) £22.99
1 x Edimax EW-7612PINV2 300Mbps Wireless-N Network Adapter - PCI Express £16.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £510.52 (includes shipping : £10.50).



Just a little over budget :D

AMD build with APU/CPU/GPU crossfire graphics.

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A8-3870K 3.00GHz (Socket FM1) APU Processor (AD3870WNGXBOX) £107.99
1 x Sapphire HD 6670 "Ultimate Edition"1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £74.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £72.00
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £61.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Gigabyte A55M-DS2 A55 Chipset (Socket FM1) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £44.99
1 x Fractal Design Core 1000 Midi Tower Case - Black £32.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £23.99
1 x TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Express Adapter (TL-WN881ND) £16.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £516.90 (includes shipping : £12.50).



Swapped out the other amd builds as anything higher than a 6670 disables the APU graphics.

Regards.

C.
 
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