Cheap £220 build

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Main concerns are The power supply connecting and powering everything without a hitch, and the overall connectability of it.
Josh
 
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Right now just for light gaming, flash games etc, oh and runescape, and general use current system is 9 years old, so it's definately time for an upgrade :)
 
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Define light gaming...

Also, AMD could be a better option as mentioned. Especially a tri core. Then again, my take on light gaming is the odd blast of Half Life 2... and that GPU isn't really beefy enough for those type of games.

For just flash games though, it'd be fine.
 
looks good but not sure about that psu
having looked at you build you require 2 sata connecters this psu only has one
and no pci-e power cable it could be very limmiting if you want to upgrade later

if not then a simple molex to sata cable will solve issue of only having one sata

i would suggest going for something like this http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-045-OC&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=

if you can i know it's amlost twice the price but a better option ihmo

if you bugget can allow there are quite a few psu at the £44 mark
 
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Err, light gaming, online game sists like kongregate stuff like that, i'd say heavy gaming would be things like call of duty or crysis.
 
Will take the comments on board, have another shop around for a PSU supporting 2 sata and a PCI-E if it's essential.
 
pci-e power should be essential for a gpu to run online games
i'd probably go for the corsair 430w as it is pretty good quality (however may be a bit too much) the cheap £20 psu's may be an alright choice for a cheap pc like this as it wont require much on the 12v rail
(sorry cant see the specs at college - just getting the overall picture from the comments)
 
that is ok but dont get that GFX, if your budget is low get an 8800gts off of the bay for £40 and that system will run games like COD on low setting because i had the same set up 6 months ago.
 
From what you stated as light gaming, the most demanding game I say is RuneScape.
I would try go for a 5470 at least, and a decent dual core. You should be able to max out the game then, although I heard Jagex will add more Direct X features. An integrated GPU will also work.
 
Antec 380W Earthwatts should be able to run this comfortably and can be had for £35 but OCUK don't stock that model.
 
Can you hold out and save another £100? It will make quite a bit of difference, you said you don't upgrade very often so might aswell push the budget up a fraction and get something that will last you a while :) Just a thought.
 
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