Spec me a system please!

[Leprechaun312]

Also that will depend on the age of the stock in that particular retailer, my board had support from a BIOS rev in Feb.

True but your best not chancing it and going for a mobo that is definately going to work out of the box

 

[Katsumoto]

Here's another shot at it. Intel i3 used this time and similarly priced. Really struggling to keep to £400 though, £500 seems ok. Sorry.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £99.95
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 550Ti OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £94.99
1 x MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £77.38
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £57.98
1 x Akasa Raptor Gaming Case - Black £49.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Corsair Value 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMV8GX3M2A1333C9) £34.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
1 x Arctic Cooling Alpine 11 Pro Rev.2 CPU Cooler (Socket 1156/1155/775) £7.99
Total : £503.86 (includes shipping : £10.50).

 

[Leprechaun312]

Here's another shot at it. Intel i3 used this time and similarly priced. Really struggling to keep to £400 though, £500 seems ok. Sorry.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £99.95
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 550Ti OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £94.99
1 x MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £77.38
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £57.98
1 x Akasa Raptor Gaming Case - Black £49.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Corsair Value 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMV8GX3M2A1333C9) £34.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
1 x Arctic Cooling Alpine 11 Pro Rev.2 CPU Cooler (Socket 1156/1155/775) £7.99
Total : £503.86 (includes shipping : £10.50).

+1

 

[Katsumoto]

Actually as you haven't specified what OS you are going to use, what are you going to use? Win8 preview? A 64 bit or 32 bit architecture operating system?

If 32 bit i've overdone the RAM as you can only have a max of 4gb (4gb is the max the system can read anyway).