Good gaming PC for around £400 - £700

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I'm looking for a good gaming and recording PC for little 10-30 minute long youtube videos and this is what i'm looking at right now, is there any advice anyone has for me before I buy it, any reasons why not to, or ways to make it cheaper? Here it is:

Intel I5 3570k 3.4ghz - £185
MSI HD 7850 Power Edition Twin Frozr IV OC 2gb - £180
Samsung 23" widescreen LED monitor - £140
Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 MOBO - £90
OcUK Crusade 750W Dual-Rail PSU - £55
Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - £50
BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - £30
Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB DDR3 1600mhz - £35
OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter - £19
Gigabyte M6900 3200DPI Gaming Mouse - £15
Gigabyte K6800 Multimedia Keyboard - £11

Total - £810 (£833 including shipping)

This looks all fine to me, only problem is I also have to buy some games, a desk, recording software, a mic and a headset.

I also wanted to buy another 2 monitors eventually, so this isn't looking good. I have no budget but want it low as possible. would prefer £800 INCLUDING all the software and peripherals. software - £30 and haven't decided on mic, headset and 2 extra monitors yet.

Any ideas?
 

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I have thought that through and decided not to go for that OCUK one as I found a reliable 880W PSU for only £50 on offer for the next month so i'm all ready for crossfire graphics cards, and more upgrades in the near future.
 

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I'm really stuck, I don't know what to do.. I have thought loads about this and want the price to go down.. Might shop around and / or wait for daily/weekly deals to reduce the price a little.. also how do you put that basket list in? is there a template or addon for google chrome or something?
 

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YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £173.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ FARCRY3, Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £149.99
1 x Samsung S23A350H 23" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £139.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £59.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £46.98
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G160C9K) £34.99
1 x Asus PCE-N15 300Mbps 802.11B/G/N Wireless PCI-E Network Adapter £29.99
1 x Samsung SH-224BB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
1 x Steelseries Ikari Optical Mouse (62000) £14.99
1 x OcUK Black Gaming Keyboard (5105GU) £10.99
Total : £784.80 (includes shipping : £19.10).




This is what I have so far.. Also the £50 880w G7 PSU

I will be buying this soon unless anybody can think of anything else or have any tips/ideas for me.
 

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How does this look then?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £173.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ FARCRY3, Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £69.98
1 x Zalman Z11 Plus Midi Tower Gaming Case - Black £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £59.99
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G160C9K) £34.99
1 x Asus PCE-N15 300Mbps 802.11B/G/N Wireless PCI-E Network Adapter £29.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
1 x Steelseries Ikari Optical Mouse (62000) £14.99
1 x OcUK Black Gaming Keyboard (5105GU) £10.99
Total : £714.88 (includes shipping : £12.50).





And anyone have any input on the monitors?
 

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I think I will want atleast 600w so i'm a little more ready for upgrades.. Anyone else have any problems with the G7 extreme 880w? It's £70/£80 but on offer down to £50
 

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Just priced up my PC..
First day of getting my money, I'm already spending £950-£1050 depending on if deals are good..

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £173.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ FARCRY3, Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £149.99
1 x Samsung S23A350H 23" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £139.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £59.99
1 x Zalman Z11 Plus Midi Tower Gaming Case - Black £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £59.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
1 x Asus PCE-N15 300Mbps 802.11B/G/N Wireless PCI-E Network Adapter £29.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
1 x Steelseries Ikari Optical Mouse (62000) £14.99
1 x OcUK Black Gaming Keyboard (5105GU) £10.99
Total : £847.79 (includes shipping : £19.10).



That as well as Fraps, a blue snowball microphone and a few other games.. Breaking my budget by £250-£350 so far, not happy :/
 
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