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Hello! I've totally lost touch with PC hardware due to work and other things needing priority these days. Long gone are the days when I could spec a PC for friends or family in 2 minutes 
The requirements and needs:
Does not have to be high-end. I find you always pay a premium for the current high-end. I'm after a mid-range system, AMD or Intel is not important but I do still have a weak spot for ATI, and it seems they are producing fab cards lately.
I would like to play COD MW 2 with eye-candy and no FPS lag.
I would like to play WOW.
I would like to be able to run Photoshop and Video editing without waiting a week for rendering.
I have 1 WD Black 500gb disk lying in it's wrapping. 32mb Cache I believe.
I have another 500GB sata 2 disk available.
I have a CD/DVDRW lying about which is a few years old.
I am thinking of having a Solid State drive for OS and the most commonly played games and apps.
I will need GFX, CPU, Mobo, Ram, PSU, OS drive and a case.
I shall also need a monitor. 21-24". A decent screen for gaming and daily work.
The mobo does not have to be advanced and uber tweaked towards overclocking, but it would be nice if it could do some clocking.
I did some speccing myself, but have no clue what ram goes with what CPU and Mobo.
Can the above be kept in the 500GBP range?
Thank you.
The requirements and needs:
Does not have to be high-end. I find you always pay a premium for the current high-end. I'm after a mid-range system, AMD or Intel is not important but I do still have a weak spot for ATI, and it seems they are producing fab cards lately.
I would like to play COD MW 2 with eye-candy and no FPS lag.
I would like to play WOW.
I would like to be able to run Photoshop and Video editing without waiting a week for rendering.
I have 1 WD Black 500gb disk lying in it's wrapping. 32mb Cache I believe.
I have another 500GB sata 2 disk available.
I have a CD/DVDRW lying about which is a few years old.
I am thinking of having a Solid State drive for OS and the most commonly played games and apps.
I will need GFX, CPU, Mobo, Ram, PSU, OS drive and a case.
I shall also need a monitor. 21-24". A decent screen for gaming and daily work.
The mobo does not have to be advanced and uber tweaked towards overclocking, but it would be nice if it could do some clocking.
I did some speccing myself, but have no clue what ram goes with what CPU and Mobo.
Can the above be kept in the 500GBP range?
Thank you.
