Help on a new build

Chisuka

Chisuka

Chisuka

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Hey, looking at getting a new PC for christmas and have a budget of around £350, and this will be my first time putting it all together.

I already have a case i think i can use and a 480w Tagan PSU, so really im just looking for MOBO/CPU/RAM/GPU/cooler.

It will be used for gaming, mainly World of Warcraft, Football Manager 2011 and maybe a few RTS games.

So think you guys can help me out? :)
 
oh yeah sorry forgot about that, i currently have about 300GB between 2 HDD's so ill probably be looking for 500GB/1TB if it's not too much.
 
Assuming you don't need the HDD, this would be good:

Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £140.99
(£119.99) £140.99
(£119.99)
HIS ATI Radeon HD 6850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE CODMW2 Game £134.98
(£114.88) £134.98
(£114.88)
Asus P7H55-M Intel H55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 microATX Motherboard £64.61
(£54.99) £64.61
(£54.99)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £46.99
(£39.99) £46.99
(£39.99)
Sub Total : £329.85
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £59.39
Total : £398.74

Sorry it's a little over, if you need to you can swap it down to AM3/X4.
 
that looks quite nice, but £350 is really my max amount, maybe £360 but that's it. probably will need the HDD aswell. sorry i didnt mention that before.
 
How about this, would this be worth it?

Argon Intel Core i3 540 3.06GHz @ 4.00GHz Overclocked Bundle - MSI £199.99
(£170.20) £199.99
(£170.20)
MSI GeForce GTX 460 Cyclone 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE 3D Mark 11
£122.99
(£104.67) £122.99
(£104.67)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £31.98
(£27.22) £31.98
(£27.22)
Sub Total : £302.09
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 : £54.62
Total : £366.71
 
Asus GeForce GTX 460 Direct CU TOP 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £119.99

AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 640 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £84.99

Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H AMD 880G (Socket AM3) microATX DDR3 Motherboard £59.98

Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £46.99

Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £39.99

Sub Total : £299.52
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £54.08
Total : £363.10
 
Lemin said:
Asus GeForce GTX 460 Direct CU TOP 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £119.99

AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 640 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £84.99

Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H AMD 880G (Socket AM3) microATX DDR3 Motherboard £59.98

Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £46.99

Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £39.99

Sub Total : £299.52
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £54.08
Total : £363.10
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Thanks for that, would the OC bundle i picked not be better than that? I've never OC'd anything myself and have no idea how too.
 
Oh right ok, well WoW will be my main game, i may look at Overclocking myself, just never bothered before incase i messed something up.

Thanks for the help, i'll wait and see if anyone else spec's me something, if not i'll probably go for what you recommended.
 
Ok that looks good then, only thing that may be a problem is doesn't the GTX 460 require 2 6pin connectors to run it? I'm not sure if i actually have 2 on my PSU :S
 
That's rather useful, thanks for that, should work out lovely then, so the card will just plug in to that with no fuss?
 
Just found my PSU box (Don't think it is my PSU box, but a box with cables for my PSU) and inside it i have a lot of spare cables. will try and post a picture of whats inside and someone can tell me i have the right cables already? :)
 
Here is a picture of the top of the box

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I see it has 2 x (VGA-6Pin soft touch connector cables for PCI-Express & SLI) does that mean it should be fine?
 
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