Which Gaming System

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Hi everyone, the time has come for me to finally upgrade my old P4 3.0 >.< with 2gb ddr ram and get a decent gaming rig so i can start playing the latest games once again :)

Iv had a look over the offerings on OCUK and I saw two options, either :

Titan Nero Prebuilt system which has:
  • Case Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black
  • Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR3
  • Hard Drive Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache
  • Memory Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel
  • Motherboard Gigabyte GA-M61PME-S2P nForce 430 PCI-Express DDR2
  • Optical Drive LG GH22NS30 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter
  • Power Supply Corsair CX 400W ATX Power Supply
  • Processor AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 245 2.90GHz
  • Processor Cooler AMD Black Edition Approved CPU Cooler

Price Tag: £479.99 inc VAT

or

Build my own from components found on OCUK,

Custom Build:
  • *OVERCLOCKED BUNDLE* AMD Phenom II X2 Dual Core 550 3.10GHz @ 3.60GHz /
  • Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P Motherboard
  • Corsair Dominator 4GB DDR3 XMS3 PC2-1600C9 (2x2GB) Bundle
  • Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
  • OCZ StealthXStream 500w Silent Power Supply
  • Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black

Price Tag: £511.43 Inc VAT


Now my question is basically, is there any better combo I could have done for around the £500 mark or less that is best "value gaming system".

I have my own Sata II hd along with dvd drive, why i didnt include them on the custom build.

Cheers,
 
Get paid end of week so looking at a build for around £550, so been researching on forums what to get. might be able to go to £580 at a push if it means better performance. Hoping the system i spec'd will overclock nicely and have the option of cross firing another card in the future?

I play a few games at the moment at 1440x900 as the tv i play on only goes up to that res. Already got a sata 2 drive and would upgrade that in future with a F3 samsung spinpoint. Need a new dvd rw as my current one has died its death.

Want to play Modern Warfare 2 , wow (should run well) , any new games coming out reasonably well at max res my "tv" can handle.

My build is looking like its gonna be the following:

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Just a little help tweaking it to get the best value and performance for my money :) Im upgrading from a P4 3.0 with a hd 3650 agp card >.< and 2gb DDR1 ram. So obviously im gonna see a huge performance upgrade in my games no matter what i choose.
 
thanks for advise on PSU and Board, yeah I was thinking that, i could add another 5770 card in the future.

Hmm £600 Quid, a damn nice machine though. Ill see what I can afford on friday ;)

If I had to skimp on anything to bring price down, I suppose I could forget about the Thermal compound, extra fan and water cooling block until next month.

Bring it down to a nice £519 still
 
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