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[marksk01]

I don't want to seem like I'm just asking for people to do all the work for me, but I just am clueless as to where to start and would prefer not to miss anything.

I am looking into building my first system and have £850 to spend on it.

Where do I start or does anyone have any lists for a great system within this limit.

As a laptop user for the past 6 years I'll also need to include a monitor with the setup (sigh) which a lot of the setups don't seem to.

I plan to use the system for
Gaming (WoW, CoD:MW2, just cause 2)
Developing & Designing (no 3d rendering or video editing though)
And running virtual machines (testing purposes)

From the basic knowledge I have I'm under the impression the virtual machines would benefit from intel CPUs & larger amounts of ram. While the rest of my needs could be satisfied by other setups.

So if I could have some help, pointing in the right direction or some system setups It'd be greatly appreciated.

Mark

 

[marksk01]

Thanks for the welcome

I have been re-assured multiple times that I may as well get a build your own, more freedom, similar if not cheaper cost and the joy of building it myself. So unless I've been assured incorrectly I think that components for me to build it myself would be the better route.

 

[marksk01]

Sadly while that is exactly what I'm after, it's lacking the monitor

 

[marksk01]

Thanks a lot both of you, seems like the system suggestions are very similar.