Spec me Gaming @ £400-£450

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I already have:
HDD
DVD drive
Monitor (19” Widescreen, it’ll do until later)
Speakers
O/S
Tower (though, might purchase a Cooler Master Elite 330)

So just the core components needed, Mobo/PSU/CPU/GPU/Memory recommendations please guys.



My gameplay is varied, just been playing Mafia 2, but pretty much all the latest, looking forward to Driver: San Francisco

This is my first build

 

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This is what I’ve been looking at so far.

£403.55 including shipping.

 

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Can anyone tell me if the PSU is good enough for that, or should I go a bit higher? Swap for a different brand? Cheers

 

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[stulid]

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £161.99
(£134.99) £161.99
(£134.99)
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £127.99
(£106.66) £127.99
(£106.66)
MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £89.98
(£74.98) £89.98
(£74.98)
OCZ ModXStream Pro 500w Silent SLI Certified Modular Power Supply £44.99
(£37.49) £44.99
(£37.49)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £26.99
(£22.49) £26.99
(£22.49)
Sub Total : £376.61
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.25
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £77.57
Total : £465.43

Went over budget with a modular PSU.

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If your not bothered about overclocking then this will be quick.


Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Asus GeForce GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £173.99
(£144.99) £173.99
(£144.99)
Intel Core i5-2400 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £139.99
(£116.66) £139.99
(£116.66)
MSI H67MA-E35 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) **B3 REVISION** £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
OCZ ModXStream Pro 500w Silent SLI Certified Modular Power Supply £44.99
(£37.49) £44.99
(£37.49)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £26.99
(£22.49) £26.99
(£22.49)
Sub Total : £371.62
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.25
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £76.57
Total : £459.44

The motherboard still has SATA3.0 and USB3.0

 

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had this sitting in my basket, so i might as well put it out there:


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £161.99
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 460 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £113.99
1 x Asus P8P67 LE Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** *LOWEST UK PRICE* £68.98
1 x OCZ StealthXStream 2 500W Power Supply £39.98
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £26.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
Total : £449.92 (includes shipping : £10.00).
an extra £5 would get you the modular PSU that stulid has specced, but i wanted to keep this under £450

*edit*
stulid, any reason you went for the more expensive motherboard? i dont want to doubt your judgement but theres nothing jumping out at me to say its better than the asus

 

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Thanks for the advice guys, what I originally had looks pathetic in comparison to what you guys came up with, so really appreciate the help, I think and mixed and matched from all of your suggestions.

I know the i5-2500K is the only one that hasn't got a locked multiplier, but I think the i5-2400 will do me fine, no intent to extreme overclock it into the 4.0Ghz

Went for a non-moduler PSU, cables should be fine for me with a few ties.

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Asus GeForce GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card -- £173.99

Intel Core i5-2400 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail
£139.99

MSI H67MA-E35 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) **B3 REVISION**
£59.99

OCZ StealthXStream 2 500W Power Supply
£39.98

Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9)
£26.99


Sub Total : £367.45
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £75.49
Total : £452.94


This might seem like a silly question, but is there any advantage going with the MSI H67MA-E35 Intel over the MSI 61M E33, the only differences I can tell from spec are the new USB 3.0’s and the Sata 3.0 (Hard drive is the 3.0Gb/s variety). I know it looks like I'm just trying to cheap out