I seeking your specing wisdom

[Cardinal Brick]

Hi I'm looking to build a new gaming PC (it's been years since I've built anything) to playing Rome 2 and other RTS games.

I have a budget of £600-630, I needs everything include OS (Windows 7) apart from, monitor mouse and keyboard.

As suggestion for a wireless card would also be good, although this is outside the budget

If you've got the time I'd also like advice on upgrades to the system next year, I was thinking a SSD.

Thanks in advance for all your help!

 

[DaleTheWhale]

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 270X Gaming Edition OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £155.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £85.99
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Kingston 120GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 3 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SV300S37A/120G) £73.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £67.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x Avexir MPower Yellow Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CM) £49.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
1 x TP-Link 150Mbps Wireless N USB Adapter (TL-WN727N) £5.95
Total : £642.86 (includes shipping : £12.50).



Grab a HDD if you need the storage space.

 

[ExRayTed]

Similar to the spec above but I've sacrificed the SSD for a faster CPU and third part cooler.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 270X Gaming Edition OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £155.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £113.99
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £67.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £56.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 450W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £53.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Antec VSK4000 Midi-Tower Case - Black £27.95
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £14.99
1 x Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler £14.99
1 x TP-Link 150Mbps Wireless N USB Adapter (TL-WN727N) £5.95
Total : £646.40 (includes shipping : £8.00).