Is this ~£500 build ok, and if not, suggestions?

Wej

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Building a new budget games PC for around £500. Got other hard drives, monitor, keyboard and mouse - everything else I'll need.

Thoughts on this? Possible improvements?

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Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail

Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard

Sapphire HD 7750 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

OcUK Battle 650W Dual Rail High Efficiency Modular '80 Plus' Power Supply

OCZ Agility 3 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-60G)

Asus PCE-N15 300Mbps 802.11B/G/N Wireless PCI-E Network Adapter

GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC)

Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1)

OcUK Bos Midi Tower Case - Black/Red

OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM


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This is £492ish. Any changes for no more than +£50?
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £99.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Sapphire HD 7750 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £83.99
1 x Samsung 64GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC064D/EU) £57.98
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £40.00
1 x Xigmatek Pantheon Mid Tower Case - Black £33.60
1 x Asus PCE-N15 300Mbps 802.11B/G/N Wireless PCI-E Network Adapter £29.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £28.00
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £27.59
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £515.06 (includes shipping : £12.50).



A few changes.

• Newer Ivybridge CPU
• Solid PSU.
• Better SSD.


Remember you get free delivery:)
 
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