New rig - spec check

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Using this rig for some light gaming.

Budget is 450 quid.

Western Digital Caviar Blue 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (WD1600AAJS) £25.99
(£30.54) £25.99
(£30.54)
OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK) OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK) £49.99
(£58.74) £49.99
(£58.74)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6400+ 3.20GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6400+ 3.20GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail £87.99
(£103.39) £87.99
(£103.39)
Gigabyte GA-MA770-DS3 AMD 770 (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Gigabyte GA-MA770-DS3 AMD 770 (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £46.99
(£55.21) £46.99
(£55.21)
HIS ATI Radeon HD 3850 Pro 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail HIS ATI Radeon HD 3850 Pro 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £49.99
(£58.74) £49.99
(£58.74)
Samsung SH-S203P/BEBN 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM Samsung SH-S203P/BEBN 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£16.44) £13.99
(£16.44)
Antec Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case Antec Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case £29.99
(£35.24) £29.99
(£35.24)
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Sub Total : £364.92
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £66.13
Total : £444.00

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Is this ok?
 
Any particular reason for going AMD? If you are willing to overclock then you could buy a Core2Duo such as the E2200 cheaper and overclock it further than the X2 probably then spend the saved cash on a better graphics card or larger hard drive.
 
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Won't be overclocking at all. Never really ever used more than 80GB space on my current harddrive so i think 160gb will do me fine.

edit: also like i said, im only using this PC for light gaming, e.g MMORPGs.
 
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Western Digital Caviar Blue 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (WD1600AAJS) Western Digital Caviar Blue 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (WD1600AAJS) £25.99
(£30.54) £25.99
(£30.54)
Antec Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case Antec Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case £29.99
(£35.24) £29.99
(£35.24)
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £97.99
(£115.14) £97.99
(£115.14)
Gigabyte GA-P31-DS3L Intel P31 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Gigabyte GA-P31-DS3L Intel P31 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £39.99
(£46.99) £39.99
(£46.99)
OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK) OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK) £49.99
(£58.74) £49.99
(£58.74)
Samsung SH-S203P/BEBN 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM Samsung SH-S203P/BEBN 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£16.44) £13.99
(£16.44)
HIS ATI Radeon HD 3850 Pro 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail HIS ATI Radeon HD 3850 Pro 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £49.99
(£58.74) £49.99
(£58.74)
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Sub Total : £367.92
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £66.65
Total : £447.52

EDIT - sorry, didnt see the post above^. I would probably go about upgrading my graphics card in the future which is why i chose the 520w, but im thinking i should just go for the 650 corsair, also why i chose the 256mb version.
 
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I would get slower CPU and better GPU definitely.
You could think about getting second hand 3870xt / 8800gt as well for about 60quid.
That 256mb 3850 is such a waste.
 
You're kidding me right? I had a feeling it was none other than overclockers.co.uk, but the PC configurator looks very different there. A link would be nice. :)

Edit. Sorry, I played around and noticed that the screenshot you posted was from the shopping basket. Sorry for off topic. Some of those prices looks decent. I was looking to get the same power supply myself. I'm out of here. GL. :)
 
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