Spec me a small gaming rig

Mr Gimp

Mr Gimp

Mr Gimp

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Not for me, but for a friend, and I'm so out of touch its unfunny!

Budget is around 700 quid but needs to include a monitor, possibly a basic keyboard and mouse. OS isn't required as I have at least that bit sorted! Lol
Resolution is going to be 1920 x 1080 and it'll be mainly used for MMORPG things in all likelihood.

Any help greatly appreciated!
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 270 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11220-00-20G) £134.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4440 3.10GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £131.99
1 x Asus VS228DE 22" Widescreen LED Multimedia Monitor - Black £99.95
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £67.99
1 x Asus H81I-Plus Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £58.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £53.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced Mini-ITX Case - Black £39.95
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 450W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £39.95
1 x LG GH24NSB0 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
1 x Gigabyte KM6150 Keyboard and Mouse Set £9.95
Total : £696.72 (includes shipping : ).

 
Mr Gimp said:
That looks great, cheers!
I'm guessing the R9 270 is the weapon of choice at the moment?
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It's a compromise. It'll play games well at 1080p, but to be honest a better card for that build would be a R9 280(X). Your budget doesn't allow for this. An AMD build would allow for a better GPU, but then you'd have to step up to ATX as AMD don't do well with the smaller form factors for gaming builds.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 280 Dual-X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £193.99
1 x BenQ GL2250 21.5" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £89.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £83.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £67.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £50.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 550W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x BitFenix Comrade Midi-Tower - Black £29.99
1 x LG GH24NSB0 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
1 x Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler £14.99
1 x Gigabyte KM6150 Keyboard and Mouse Set £9.95
Total : £706.84 (includes shipping : ).

 
Budget has been stretched a little now and he likes the BitFenix Prodigy.

I can go to £700 without a monitor, so was thinking might be worth getting a modular PSU?

Edit: Thanks for the help guys, especially Ted :)
 
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