A gaming build for £350

*cough* my system below was 370? nearly a year back. chances are you could still get the same setup for the same price? plays wow max settings @constant 60fps, only drops down to 35 on occasion in dalaran :D
 
XFX ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £74.99
(£63.82) £74.99
(£63.82)
Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel (KHX8500D2K2/4G) £70.49
(£59.99) £70.49
(£59.99)
AMD Athlon II X3 Tri Core 440 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £60.00
(£51.06) £60.00
(£51.06)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £35.24
(£29.99) £35.24
(£29.99)
Corsair CX 400W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-400CXUK) £30.54
(£25.99) £30.54
(£25.99)
ASRock N68C-S UCC GeForce 7025 (Socket AM3/AM2+) DDR2/DDR3 microATX Motherboard £29.99
(£25.52) £29.99
(£25.52)
Xigmatek Asgard Midi Tower Case - Black £26.99
(£22.97) £26.99
(£22.97)
Sony Optiarc AD-7260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.99
(£13.61) £15.99
(£13.61)
Sub Total : £292.95
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 : £53.32
Total : £358.02

Should be fine for WoW, can't really be done on that budget if you need Windows 7.
 
How about something like this:

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail = £111.61
Asus M4A88TD-M EVO/USB3 AMD 880G (Socket AM3) DDR3 microATX Motherboard (integrated ATI 4250) = £82.99
OCZ Gold 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 (1333MHz) Low-Voltage Dual Channel (OCZ3G1333LV4GK) = £66.96
Western Digital Caviar Blue 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD2500AAKS) = £36.99
OcUK Hades Micro ATX Tower Case - Black (450W PSU) = £26.99
LG GH22NS50 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM = £14.99

Sub Total : £289.82
Shipping : £10.00
VAT : £52.47
Total : £352.29

A system you can also add to in the future, more ram, separate gfx card etc
 
Redmint said:
XFX ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £74.99
(£63.82) £74.99
(£63.82)
Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel (KHX8500D2K2/4G) £70.49
(£59.99) £70.49
(£59.99)
AMD Athlon II X3 Tri Core 440 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £60.00
(£51.06) £60.00
(£51.06)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £35.24
(£29.99) £35.24
(£29.99)
Corsair CX 400W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-400CXUK) £30.54
(£25.99) £30.54
(£25.99)
ASRock N68C-S UCC GeForce 7025 (Socket AM3/AM2+) DDR2/DDR3 microATX Motherboard £29.99
(£25.52) £29.99
(£25.52)
Xigmatek Asgard Midi Tower Case - Black £26.99
(£22.97) £26.99
(£22.97)
Sony Optiarc AD-7260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.99
(£13.61) £15.99
(£13.61)
Sub Total : £292.95
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 : £53.32
Total : £358.02

Should be fine for WoW, can't really be done on that budget if you need Windows 7.
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Im pretty sure am3 socket cpus dont support ddr2
 
yeah, i did an upgrade on a shoestring budget. Basically, had the case, drives and decent psu already, splashed out on the motherboard (790 GX) and RAM, then skimped on the cpu. So to start with i was running an (un-unlockable :( ) sempron 140 with hd3300.

next payday i got me's a phenom 555 and decent cooler and was quite happy for a while with the system as it was. Ive finally managed to finish the build with a hd5770.

If you want a decent gaming system, and you think you might have some funds coming through in the near future, id splash out on the case, motherboard and psu, as that involves the most building work. Then get some cheapy components to tide you over, as cpu/gpu/ram/hdd are all simply cases of "remove old from slot/socket and pop new one in" as you acquire better components
 
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