Out of the loop for a while - £500 budget

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Its been about 5 years since I built my last PC so I'm well out of the loop on current components. Looking to put together a system over the coming weeks. Mainly going to be used for web design, so Photoshop and Illustrator will be the most intensive apps I will use. No gaming at all. So going to need the following:

Case
Mobo
CPU
RAM
PSU
GFX (if onboard won't be up to the job)
Windows

Already have HDD's, DVD and monitor and have a £500 budget, although if I could get a monitor (maybe the BenQ G2222HDL) as well as everything else for under £600 that could be do-able.

Thanks.
 
Thanks guys. Will take a closer look when I get home later, will probably have some more questions for you.

Cheers.
 
OK, I'm ready to order today. I've decided not get get a monitor at the moment so this is what I am looking to get:

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £135.99
Patriot Viper 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-10666 1333MHz Dual Channel (PVS34G1333ELK) £88.99
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £76.99
Asus M4A785TD-V Evo AMD 785G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £74.99
OCZ StealthXStream 500w Silent Power Supply £46.99
Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £44.99

Sub Total : £399.10
Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £71.90
Total : £482.75

Couple of questions:


  • The 955 OEM is out of stock so going with the retail. How loud is the stock cooler? Don't mind a bit of noise but if its mentally loud will get another CPU cooler.

  • Windows 7 OEM - I take it this is OK for me? It will only be installed on this machine and I rarely upgrade.

If someone could confirm, then I'm good to go. Unless anyone can suggest anything else.

Thanks guys.
 
Thanks eddyc, I'm not going to overclock so I'll stick with the stock cooler for now.

I currently have XP Professional, so will change to W7 upgrade.

Off to order now.
 
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