Thinking of building a new PC

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Hi guys,

I've built two computers before, so I have a pretty decent genreal knowledge, but havent looked into it for more than over a year, so obviously a lot has changed, and I'm wondering if you's can give a hand!

I'm going to be mainly using it for gaming, not to major gamer, just want to get back into it, but wanting to be able to play the likes of the CoD games, and Far Cry II say, I use it for college too, so would be using it for databases and programming, I'm studying computing science!

Other than that, I will probably photo and video editing occasionally, basically I just want a computer that will boot up fast, and just stay fast during general use.

So I was thinking something like:

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I always use hardwareversand as and example, as of the layout of the site!

But in essence, just thinking i5 processor, 4gb ram, fast hard drive (maybe SSD - if you's could reccomend me one?) dunno about the motherboard, would like one with maybe HDMI so i could connect to TV, but I dunno, maybe someone could advise, as for graphics, I've a HD 4850 which is awesome.

Thinking 700-800 pounds max, all in including monitor, can anyone maybe suggest something? just want everything to load really fast, and just work, basically.

btw - I store a LOT of files lol

Thanks,

Tim
 
This would be my personal preference if going i5 but you could have AMD and then make something else slightly better
EDIT: Forgot monitor :(

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
HIS ATI Radeon HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE CODMW2 PC-Game £199.99
(£170.20) £199.99
(£170.20)
Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £144.98
(£123.39) £144.98
(£123.39)
Asus P7P55D-E Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £103.99
(£88.50) £103.99
(£88.50)
OCZ Vertex 2E 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE60G) £99.99
(£85.10) £99.99
(£85.10)
Coolermaster CM-690 II Advanced Dominator Case - Black £76.99
(£65.52) £76.99
(£65.52)
OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Silent SLI Certified Modular Power Supply £67.99
(£57.86) £67.99
(£57.86)
Patriot Viper 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C7 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS34G1600LLK) £61.09
(£51.99) £61.09
(£51.99)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £44.99
(£38.29) £44.99
(£38.29)
Sub Total : £680.85
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £121.34
Total : £814.69
 
Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
BenQ G2420HDBL 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £164.49
(£139.99) £164.49
(£139.99)
HIS ATI Radeon HD 6850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
(£127.65) £149.99
(£127.65)
Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £144.98
(£123.39) £144.98
(£123.39)
Gigabyte GA-P55-USB3 Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £99.99
(£85.10) £99.99
(£85.10)
XFX 650W XXX Edition Modular Power Supply £69.99
(£59.57) £69.99
(£59.57)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £61.09
(£51.99) £61.09
(£51.99)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £44.99
(£38.29) £44.99
(£38.29)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Case - Black £41.99
(£35.74) £41.99
(£35.74)
LG GH22LS50 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter Lightscribe Drive - Retail £14.99
(£12.76) £14.99
(£12.76)
Sub Total : £674.48
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £120.22
Total : £807.20
 
Actually do you think maybe one of you's could talk me through motherboards, whats changed (apart from sockets) in the last year odd? I'm looking for one with maybe a HDMI, but say I get one with a HDMI, and put in my graphics card, will I still be able to use the HDMI if you get me, as i presume it would be part of an intergrated card, yknow?

What should I look out for, its 1000mhz still a good speed for an fsb etc

what would be a good board for say 100-150 quid, get my HDMI, lots of other connectivity/ports, latest pcie, decent northbridge, fast fsb etc?

thanks lads
 
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