Spec me a PC please

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Hey guys, this was on another part of the forum but started from a gfx card question which has made me rethink my options. My budget is £400 and this is going to be spent on:

Mobo
Ram
GFX card
DVD RW drive
processor
HDD

dont think i've missed anything out, i can get the psu, case, keyboard and mouse with some vouchers i have.

But could you say how big a psu i need please as i have no idea how to work it out.

edit: being used for gaming, photoshop (possibly) and uni work (ms office)

Thanks guys, sorry for being a nuisance!
 
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even included a PSU :D

forgot the DVD drive but :D

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-067-PO&groupid=701&catid=10&subcat=
 
im on a laptop atm, not got a desktop, sorry i forgot to say it'll be used for gaming and running programs like photoshop, and uni work so ms office.

pretty good siumatfung will look into it!

being a student gotta research so the more info the better, keep em coming plz
 
ooo thats really good icey, is ddr3 notably better than ddr2? i tried to find reviews on google but they were all like 2008. Also is it worth going up to the 1gb gfx card of the same version? its like £30 more?
 
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
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XFX ATI Radeon HD 4870 XXX 512MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £101.99
(£88.69) £101.99
(£88.69)
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Asus M4A78T-E AMD 790GX (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £98.99
(£86.08) £98.99
(£86.08)
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AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 250 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £65.99
(£57.38) £65.99
(£57.38)
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OCZ Platinum Enhanced Bandwidth Edition 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C7 1600MHz Dual Channel (OCZ3P1600EB4GK) £57.99
(£50.43) £57.99
(£50.43)
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Western Digital Caviar Green 750GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD7500AADS) £48.99
(£42.60) £48.99
(£42.60)
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Pioneer DVR-216DBK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£15.64) £17.99
(£15.64) Sub Total : £340.82 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50 VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £52.55 Total : £402.87
 
ok how about this, i've sorta combined aspects of each but did some price searching, also needs to be able to play hd movies on a 40" sony bravia v4000

heres the spec i got.

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What size psu would i need for this?
 
many thanks siumatfung, will look into it. i dont need a lot of space as i have an external 1tb. its a wd my book, do you reckon i can open it up cause it consists of two 500gb's, and i can raid them.

also lookin into intel vs amd, think the intel costs like £20 more but seems to be better quad q8400 processor. what you guys think? will post it later on but pub is calling me now, got a 2.1 in my 2nd year so have to celebrate!

thanks.
 
ok so heres the other pc i think i might go for.
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i've realised i dont need to buy a hdd as im going to make my external into an internal its a 1tb mybook, the old silver one. It consists of 2x 500gb hdd's which im going to raid :) does anyone know how to open the case though?! lol
 
Do you need an OS or speakers?

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Edit: It will just about hit £400 if you wait 3 months and get in 250 posts :P
 
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im gonna be using it mainly for gaming and hd video, plus some website stuff, like photoshop for images. Also needed for university work like ms word.
 
ohhh siumatfung that looks awesome! damn u tempting me over my budget! :P gonna have a serious think about that one!
 
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