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Building a PC for a friends daughter to play Sims (+billion expansions) and Guild Wars 2.

Needs a 24" monitor and OS (W7 pref)

Strict budget of £625

come up with this, will be placing the order first thing in the morning. Please critique, let me know if I can do any better :)

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) £119.99
1 x Packard Bell Viseo 243D 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £99.95
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
1 x Gigabyte 78LMT-USB3 AMD 760G (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £41.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046-UK) £39.95
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £646.73 (includes shipping : £19.10).



With Free Shipping £623

Never actually done an AMD build so I'm quite unsure on the mobo etc...
 
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Agree with Stulid on the changes :)

Personally I would choose a different case but thats just me. (not a fan of grey). It might be worth checking the clearance section for things like DVD drives, HDD's etc. Can sometimes pick up a bargain. Used their HDD's before and havent had a problem.
 
Thanks for the advice stulid! - Like I say I have no idea about AMD boards. and old and naff sounds.. pants! - I've upgraded!

I did have a 500w PSU in the spec but both of the ones I have looked at are now out of stock! :(

Agree with Stulid on the changes :)

Personally I would choose a different case but thats just me. (not a fan of grey). It might be worth checking the clearance section for things like DVD drives, HDD's etc. Can sometimes pick up a bargain. Used their HDD's before and havent had a problem.

not a fan of the case either, but kept it as plain as possible for her!

I always forget about the clearance section! will have a browse!
 
I had one of them mobos and it was great

If your not bothered about overclocking it will be fine.

I think it needs a bios update first though to support the fx chip.
 
I had one of them mobos and it was great

If your not bothered about overclocking it will be fine.

I think it needs a bios update first though to support the fx chip.

The one in my original spec?

I doubt I'll be doing any OCing with it. Maybe when it gets to the point where it becomes sluggish but that's going to be way down the line I'd of thought!

Also, had a look in clearance, some of the HDDs are more expensive than their original price, which seems confusing! ^^
 
That uncomfortable moment when said friend comes and hands you a massive wad of cash to order the PC...

Do order PC... or do go on a holiday!
 
Ordered, built and delivered today - Friends daughter is very happy! :)

Thanks for your assistance guys! Much appreciated, as always!
 
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