My head has gone please help

[FrankJH]

The below is about the budget I have for a new small pc, Win 7 64bit most important - already have a 20" and 24" Dell monitors, mainly used for a lot of ripping of BR's and DVD/music (ext storage already got) and light gaming

Would like it to last a few years as is, heart says AMD but head is saying Intel i5 (8GB ram min)

XFX ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £127.99

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £121.89

Belkin F5D4076UK Gigabit Powerline HD Starter 2 Powerline adapters kit £89.89

Patriot Sector 5 G Series 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-12800 1600MHz Dual Channel (PGV34G1600ELK) £86.99 *2
£173.98

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £81.99
£81.99

Fractal Design Define R2 Midi Tower Case - Titanium Grey £79.99
£79.99

OCZ ModXStream Pro 700w Silent SLI Certified Modular Power Supply £72.99
£72.99

Asus M4A785TD-V Evo AMD 785G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £72£72.99

OcUK Brushed Aluminium Blu-Ray ROM Slot Loading Drive - Black (Retail) £52.99
Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD6401AALS)
£50.98
(AVG Anti-Virus 8.5 (1 User) £18.99


Sub Total : £803.98
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £142.53
Total : £957.01

as above dont need monitor - and I have keyboard and mouse - probably have about £50 left over

Im not missing anything drastic am I - or any better recommendations?

Many thanks

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

I would get this Crossfire capable motherboard:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-366-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1481

It can do symmetrical Crossfire at PCI-E 2.0 8X,has an 8+2 phase VRM and decent VRM cooling too.

I would also go for the Antec TruePower New Modular 650W too:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-117-AN&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1088

It is made by Seasonic.

I would also consider this HD5770 1GB card as it has a Vapor X cooler:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-222-SP

 

[Stupot_]

Could almost get an i7 for that much. Case, power supply, blu ray and belkin thingy could be downgraded to come in under budget Cooler can be added later...

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

This review comparing the Core i7 920 and Phenom II X4 955 looks quite interesting:

http://techreport.com/articles.x/16796/1

 

[FrankJH]

Thanks guys - any other thoughts?