squeeze price without squeezing performance?

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Hi all,

I'm speccing up a system at the moment and I have around £900 to play with.
I can't seem to get it down much without dropping down a lot in performance.

Can someone with a bit more knowledge put their eye over it and make a suggestion?

I need (really want) a 1080p Monitor, 4gb memory & combi printer.
Is a 750w psu overkill?
Also I was thinking of dropping to a 4850, is there a large difference in performance?
wanted a 750/1tb hdd but they are out of stock.

Curent spec:

  • LG Flatron W2261V 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor £151.98
  • Intel Core i5 750 2.66Ghz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - OEM £134.99
  • Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £119.99
  • Gigabyte GA-P55-UD3 Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £103.98
  • Corsair TX 750W ATX SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-750TXUK) £94.99
  • Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31500341AS) £88.99
  • Geil Ultra Series 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-17000 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (GU34GB2133C9DC) - OEM £84.99
  • Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU) £46.99
  • Canon PIXMA MP270 Multi-Function Printer/Scanner/Colour Copier £44.99
  • Logitech Cordless 1500 Rechargeable Desktop - OEM (920-000538) £41.99
  • Akasa AK-968 X4 CPU Cooler (Socket 939/AM2/AM3/775/1156/1366) £21.99
  • LG GH22NS40 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.99

Total : £972.67

Any tips or advise anyone can give woud be greatly appreciated!
 
Thanks for the replies guys!
The Obsidian looks good and I don't need 1.5tb so that's money off
I've not heard of Be Quiet before, but looking at reviews the E7M looks good.
The keyboard I'm not really bothered about it's just the mouse, so it might be better to split them, get a dirt cheap keyboard and a better mouse.
Will 580 watt be enough to run another hefty hdd in future and maybe a bluray drive?
 
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