Need Spec Help £400

[Kerazee]

Now its been a couple (more like several) of years since I have paid any attention to hardware and my trusty XP2500@ 2.5GHZ is starting to feel the strain of my ever more demanding needs, after much pleeding I have been given the go ahead by the one that holds the purse strings to build a new pc with a budget of £400.

So my requirements, I don't need the following:
Monitor
Case (need a psu though)
KB and mouse
OS
The machine is used as a use pc, the odd game here and there so I would like to be reasonably able to play the latest stuff if I want. And one last thing I will need a CPU water block to go with what ever processor is on the spec.

So what can you come up with?

 

[Kerazee]

I can go up to £450 if required.

 

[Kerazee]

cheers for the help, just one question, the d-tek fusion only states AM2 not AM3 will this make a difference?

 

[Kerazee]

Thanks for the advice, I have had a little play around with specifications and come up with:

AMD Phenom II X2 Dual Core 550 3.10GHz Black Edition (Socket AM3) - Retail £79.99
Gigabyte GA-MA780G-UD3H AMD 780G (Socket AM2+/AM3) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £79.99
Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4850 1GB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £75.99
OCZ StealthXStream 500w Silent ATX2 Power Supply £48.99
D-Tek Fuzion V2 Universal CPU Block (AMD Socket A/754/939/AM2, Intel 478/LGA775/423/771/603/604) £45.99
OCZ Platinum Series 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel (OCZ2P10664GK) £38.99
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (0A35415) £37.98
Pioneer DVR-217FBK 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99

Sub Total : £370.36 Shipping cost based on delivery to Credit/debit card billing address, XXXXXX with:
FREE SHIPPING (DPD Next Day)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE VAT is being charged at 15.00% VAT : £55.55 Total : £425.91

Can anyone see any problems with this?

 

[Kerazee]

ok so after a bit more fiddling, and bearing in mind that I can go to £450 I have come up with the following:

AMD Phenom II X3 Tri Core 720 Black Edition 2.8GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £105.00
Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P AMD 770 (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £76.99
Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4850 PCS 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £71.99
OCZ StealthXStream 500w Silent ATX2 Power Supply £48.99
OCZ Platinum 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C7 1333MHz Dual Channel (OCZ3P13334GK) £46.99
D-Tek Fuzion V2 Universal CPU Block (AMD Socket A/754/939/AM2, Intel 478/LGA775/423/771/603/604) £45.99
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.B 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (0A38018) £31.99
Pioneer DVR-217FBK 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99

(£15.64) Sub Total : £387.76 Shipping cost based on delivery to Credit/debit card billing address, XXXX XXX with:
FREE SHIPPING (DPD Next Day)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE VAT is being charged at 15.00% VAT : £58.16 Total : £445.92

This covers the AM3 and DDR3 route, seems like a good spec considering the comments made, and wrt the noise from the GFX, if i find it that bad I will just add another loop to my watercooling.

 

[Kerazee]

dude! I didn't pay attention to your user name 'til now.

makin me remember smooth wall, alton road, explosions from black hawk down!

yep its me, been a long time since those days, when 512kb broadband was the nuts.