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Hi all,

First time build, can anyone give me any advice or improvements please?

Asus M4A78LT-M 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £48.99
(£41.69) £48.99
(£41.69)
Corsair CX 500W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-500CXUK) £44.99
(£38.29) £44.99
(£38.29)
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4350 1024MB DDR2 PCI-E Graphics Card Low Profile £39.94
(£33.99) £39.94
(£33.99)
AMD Sempron 140 2.70GHz (Socket AM3) Processor - Retail £27.99
(£23.82) £27.99
(£23.82)
Western Digital RE2 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000YS) £24.99
(£21.27) £24.99
(£21.27)
OcUK Tsunami Gaming Case - Black £20.99
(£17.86) £20.99
(£17.86)
Corsair Value 2GB (1x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low-Voltage Single Channel Module (VS2GB1333D3) £18.99
(£16.16) £37.98
(£32.32)
Samsung SH-D163C/BEBE SATA 16x DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM £10.99
(£9.35) £10.99
(£9.35)
Sub Total : £218.59
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £40.00
Total : £268.59
 
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AMD Phenom II X2 Dual Core 555 3.20GHz Black Edition (Socket AM3) - Retail
(£57.99) £68.14
OcUK Memphis Tower Case - Black (500W PSU)
(£37.44) £43.99
HIS ATI Radeon HD 5450 1024MB GDDR3 SILENT Low Profile PCI-Express Graphics Card (H545HR1G)
(£34.99) £41.11
Gigabyte GA-MA74GMT-S2 740G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard
(£34.03) £39.99
OCZ Gold 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low-Voltage Dual Channel (OCZ3G1333LV4GK)
(£34.03) £39.99
(£34.03)
Western Digital RE2 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000YS)
(£21.27) £24.99
LiteOn IHAS124 - DVD±RW (±R DL) / DVD-RAM drive - Serial ATA
(£9.99) £11.74
Sub Total : £229.74
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £41.95
Total : £281.69

The system I just built for you is only £13 more expensive...

Includes a Phenom II at 3.2ghz, 4gb DDR3 Ram and a lot better graphics card than the one you selected. Overall would be a more powerful system both with CPU, Memory and Graphics... would run a lot faster and would last a lot longer than the one you built!

You also knocked together a AM3 DDR3 CPU with a DDR3 mobo and some DDR2 ram! Like mentioned the system I put together would outdo the one you put together on any level!
 
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Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case -
Black (with 500 w Elite Power PSU)
£ 62 .99
(£ 53 .61 )
£62 .99
( £53 .61 )
AMD Athlon II X 3 Tri Core 445 3 .10 GHz
( Socket AM 3) - Retail
£ 60 .99
(£ 51 .91 )
£60 .99
( £51 .91 )
HIS ATI Radeon HD 5550 512 MB GDDR5
SILENT PCI-Express Graphics Card
( H555 HB512 )
£ 51 .99
(£ 44 .25 )
£51 .99
( £44 .25 )
Asus M4A 78 LT - M 760 G ( Socket AM 3 )
DDR 3 Motherboard
£ 48 .99
(£ 41 .69 )
£48 .99
( £41 .69 )
Corsair XMS 3 4GB ( 2x 2GB) DDR 3
PC 3- 12800C 9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
( CMX4 GX 3M2A 1600C 9)
£ 46 .99
(£ 39 .99 )
£46 .99
( £39 .99 )
Western Digital RE 2 500 GB SATA -II 16 MB
Cache - OEM (WD5000 YS )
£ 24 .99
(£ 21 .27 )
£24 .99
( £21 .27 )
Samsung SH- S223 C / RSMS 22 x DVD ±RW
SATA ReWriter ( Black/ Silver/ Biege ) -
Retail
£ 15 .26
(£ 12 .99 )
£15 .26
( £12 .99 )
Sub Total : £ 265 .71
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 : £48 .34
Total : £ 324 .55

spend a bit more for a stronger case that doesn't bend due to flimsy materials, a higher quality psu than the junk supplied with the ocuk case, a better motherboard, triple core CPU that will last longer than a dual core, corsair memory because OCZ gold ram is junk, and a faster gpu.
 
Went for this in the end.

Thanks for the advice.

Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £53.61 1 £53.61
Asus M4A78LT-M 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £41.69 1 £41.69
AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 250 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £36.59 1 £36.59
OCZ Gold 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low-Voltage Dual Channel (OCZ3G1333LV4GK) £34.03 1 £34.03
XFX ATI Radeon HD 5450 SILENT 512MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Low Profile Graphics Card £25.52 1 £25.52
Western Digital RE2 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000YS) £21.27 1 £21.27
LiteOn IHAS124 - DVD±RW (±R DL) / DVD-RAM drive - Serial ATA £9.99 1 £9.99
 
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