£500-£600 Gaming Computer

[Jabra]

Hey i want to upgrade my old computer to a new better gaming computer. I have made a list which i think is good but havnt included a motherboard becuase i dont know much about them so so i come here for help. also i dont need a moniter as i currently have a 22" 1680x1050 resolution moniter.

CPU - AMD Phenom II X4 955 BlackEdition - £145.92
RAM - 4GB (2x2GB) CorsairTwinX XMS3, DDR3 PC3-10666 - £57.62
GFX Card -1GB XFX HD 4890 - £130.99
HDD - 1TB Samsung HD103UJ Spinpoint F1- £60.50
DVD - LG GH22NS50 22x DVD±R, 16xDVD±DL, DVD+RW x8/-RWx6 ,12xRAM SATA, Black, OEM - £16.73
PSU - 520W Corsair HX Series Modular PSU - £73.47
Case - Coolermaster RC-330 Elite - £28.97

Total Price - £514.20

you can change the list to make it better if you want but try not to go too much over the £600 budget.

Thanks

[jimbo90210us]

If the rig you are building is purely for gaming and you want to go down the AMD route you could ditch the quad core and get a duel core cpu such as the AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition for £74.75 and put the remaining money into a motherboard. I don't think there are too many games that will take advantage of 4 cores at the moment although this will change in the future. With a good motherboard you could easily get the overclock to bring it above a 955 clock with less heat being produced.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Get this motherboard:

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/GIGAB...770T-UD3P-MOBO

Reviews:

http://www.legitreviews.com/article/985/1/

http://www.guru3d.com/article/gigaby...rboard-review/

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/mai...770t-ud3p.html

http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.ph...=347&Itemid=69

[Cheapy]

Might have to source motherboard from elsewhere though as scan seem to be having problems getting that board in stock. I think Dabs has it for $74.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Ebuyer have them in stock:

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/167782

[holy god of nil]

Seems like a very good build, perhaps consider a graphics card with a non-stock cooler like the sapphire vapor-x or similar?