System upgrade

[father-ted]

Upgrading a system for a friend.

He mainly uses it for gaming, and needs the following:-

Motherboard
Ram
CPU
Gfx card

He has a £400 limit, so what is his best choice?

Many thanks

 

[PermaBanned]

What PSU?

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £131.99
(£114.77) £131.99
(£114.77)
Patriot Sector 5 Viper II 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-12800 1600MHz Dual Channel + 3D Mark Vantage (PVV34G1600LLKB) £80.99
(£70.43) £80.99
(£70.43)
AMD Phenom II X2 Dual Core 550 3.10GHz Black Edition (Socket AM3) - Retail £77.99
(£67.82) £77.99
(£67.82)
Asus M4A785TD-V Evo AMD 785G (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £70.99
(£61.73) £70.99
(£61.73)
Akasa AK-968 X4 CPU Cooler (Socket 939/AM2/AM3/775/1156/1366) £19.99
(£17.38) £19.99
(£17.38)
Sub Total : £332.13
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £51.24
Total : £392.87

 

[Ast3r]

Couldn't find anything better than this for that budget.

3 cores should be enough for most games....but so you know he can unlock the forth core aswell

 

[PermaBanned]

I'd prefer the 5770, good enough performance and DX11 support. Asus just released a Bios update for a lot of their motherboards that makes it a lot easier to unlock cores, even choose which core is locked. Memory i specified is worth £20 more imo.