System Build - Advise Very Greatful

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This is my first System Build in 7 years :eek::eek: - so advise very greatful

This system will be used for massive game use (Call Of Duty:Modern Warfare 2) & my massive music collection & pictures

Budget £750

No monitor needed due to new Sony 26 LCD (26EX302) via HDMI

Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64bit- English
Intel Core i5 Processor 650 (3.20GHz, 4MB)
DVD +/- RW Drive (read/write CD & DVD)
6144MB (2x2GB) (2x1GB)1333MHz DDR3 Dual Channel
1.2TB Dual Hard Drive Raid 0 "Stripe" (2x640GB - 7200rpm)
Graphics Card - Single 1GB Nvidia GeForce GTS 240
or 1GB ATI® Radeon™ HD 5670 graphics card ?

Soundblaster™ XFi™ Titanium PCIe card
Belkin 54G Wireless USB Network Adapter (802.11b/g)
Belkin Bluetooth Adapter - Network adapter - USB - Bluetooth 2.1 EDR - Class 1
 
What is your budget?

I wouldn't suggest going for the above as it uses a £150 CPU ( a dual core with an unused IGP) and a low end GPU - so not great for gaming.
 
How does this look?

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The 5770 card will run games great (especially at the low 1366x786 resolution).

The CPU is plenty fast, here is a review of the slightly slower X. As a bonus, there is a chance of unlocking it to a quad core. (However, don't bank on this, its just a nice possible extra. - Anyway the CPU is more than fast enough for modern games as it is).

I included a good sound card for your music listening. However, how are your speakers set up? Do you connect to them directly like normal PC speakers or are you connecting it to an amp? If its to an amp then you don't really need a sound card as the digital output from the motherboard is perfectly adequate.

Finally, the motherboard is Crossfire x8x8 capable - so you could add a second 5770 in the future if you want some more gaming power.

By any chance do you have an old copy of windows XP/Vista you don't use any more? If so, you could go for the cheaper upgrade copy of windows 7 - and save some money. Also are you a student? (students can buy even cheaper Windows 7 upgrade copies).
 
Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 5850 "Dirt2 Edition" 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £220.99
(£188.08) £220.99
(£188.08)
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £135.99
(£115.74) £135.99
(£115.74)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium - Retail (Full Version) £94.99
(£80.84) £94.99
(£80.84)
Patriot Sector 5 G Series 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-12800 1600MHz Dual Channel (PGV34G1600ELK) £86.99
(£74.03) £86.99
(£74.03)
Asus M4A785TD-M Evo AMD 785G (Socket AM3) DDR3 microATX Motherboard £70.99
(£60.42) £70.99
(£60.42)
Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD6402AAEX) £54.99
(£46.80) £109.98
(£93.60)
Sony Optiarc AD-7240S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.99
(£13.61) £15.99
(£13.61)

Sub Total : £626.32
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 17.50% VAT : £111.36
Total : £747.68

Unless you have VERY (read £100+) good headphones/speakers you don't need a separate sound card really, the onboard sound will be fine. USB wifi/bluetooth should be possible to grab for about £10 each.

edit: hmm was assuming from your first post that you didn't need a case/psu, if I'm wrong on that then andi's spec is probably fine.
 
Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 5850 "Dirt2 Edition" 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £220.99
(£188.08) £220.99
(£188.08)
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £135.99
(£115.74) £135.99
(£115.74)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium - Retail (Full Version) £94.99
(£80.84) £94.99
(£80.84)
Patriot Sector 5 G Series 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-12800 1600MHz Dual Channel (PGV34G1600ELK) £86.99
(£74.03) £86.99
(£74.03)
Asus M4A785TD-M Evo AMD 785G (Socket AM3) DDR3 microATX Motherboard £70.99
(£60.42) £70.99
(£60.42)
Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD6402AAEX) £54.99
(£46.80) £109.98
(£93.60)
Sony Optiarc AD-7240S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.99
(£13.61) £15.99
(£13.61)

Sub Total : £626.32
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 17.50% VAT : £111.36
Total : £747.68
I think you leftout the PSU...
 
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