Gaming for 600?

The kingston value stuff should be fine, just check it comes with a lifetime warranty.

Of those graphics cards, what is the price of the 5750? That is approximately as fast as a 4850. Any 5*** card with lower number than that is slower than a 4850 - in many cases by quite a lot.

The OS is the premium version, but Retail, not OEM.
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Yes, but does he need the premium version? The Retail version of the "home premium" version should cost around £50 less. For gaming there is no benefit getting the professional version.

I dug out the PSU. It is a Tagan530-U15
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It doesn't look like a great PSU TBH, but I suppose with a 4850 (or equivalent) and a 65W dual core - you won't be putting much strain on it.
 
I can get a Sapphire Radeon HD 5750 512MB GDDR5 for ~91
or
PowerColor Radeon HD 5750 1GB GDDR5 for ~105

As for 5770
PowerColor Radeon HD 5770 512MB GDDR5 ~115
or
PowerColor Radeon HD 5770 1GB GDDR5 ~122
 
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Screen:
BenQ G2222hdh ~122 GBP

Ram:
Crucial DDR3 BallistiX 1333MHz 4GB CL7
Kit w/2x 2GB BallistiX modules, CL7-7-7-24, 1.65V ~100 GBP

OS:
Windows 7 premium 64 bit OEM native language ~88

Graphics:
PowerColor Radeon HD 5770 1GB GDDR5 ~122

Motherboard:
MSI 770-C45, Socket-AM3, DDR3 ~51

Case:
Antec Three Hundred Midi Tower ~46

HD:
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB ~39

Optical:
Sony NEC Optiarc DVD±RW burner AD-7240S ~20

CPU, :
AMD Phenom II X2 550 / 3.1 GHz Processor ~77

To a total at around 665

Any coments? With conversion this is within budget

As for shopping around, this one I can pickup, no shipping and is nearby. It has the average cheapest products of what I have found in my country.
 
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The X2 550 is slightly expensive at that price but apart from that the build looks fine for the price.

You maybe able to get a Phenom II X4 925 into the budget too.
 
Next jump is: AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition
Quad Core, 3,2Ghz, AM3, 8MB, 125W, Boxed at ~133

I wonder, am I not at a point where difference in CPU speed will not gain that much of an FPS gain in games?

I guess he can always upgrade at a later point.
 
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I myself would probably not be able to stop at that, and try and go for an x4 656 or a 1090T hehe. But should above not be nice enough?
 
Is that the Benq HD (standard CCFL backlight) or the HDBL (LED backlight)?

I mean, both are great - but the HDBL usually costs a bit more.

I would say that it is certainly worth the extra, but it may be pushing your budget.
 
Ah, you are right, wrong link. No BL. I guess that is BackLight.

If LED in that size it would be a:
BenQ 24" LED V2410 Eco
1920x1080, 5000000:1, 5ms, VGA/HDMI at ~177, Ouch!

Well, I'd better stop looking at stuff hehe :)
 
If you can unlock the Phenom II X2 545 you may get yourself a triple or quad core. This is not guaranteed though. However I would go for a more expensive motherboard if you are going to overclock an unlocked X2 545!
 
Thanks for the aid people... My old PSU was rubbish and I binned it as it could not power anything. I bought a cosair 550 for my nephew instead.
Otherwise the system works just fine. I unlocked the cores of the processor but I have not overclocked it.
And untill now my nephew seems not to have needed it.

Once again, thank you for your time :)
 
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