New Build budget around £400

[Will Smith]

Current Parts Purchased

Coolermaster Elite 335 case
Coolermaster Real Power M520
Pioneer DVD re writer
4gb Kingston DDR3 1333mhz
500gb Samsung F3

Need advice on the mobo gfx and cpu now

I'll be using it for: gaming (but can run on integrated gfx for now until i have more money available), photoshop CS3 and internet and suchlike.

Update 5/02/10: have got memory and hdd now just need a decent cpu and mobo combo. Max budget is £180 for the two. any recommendations?

Any help much appreciated

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

The X3 720 is being replaced by the X3 740 although it is hard to say when it will actually come out!!

This is what I would get:

Phenom II X4 955BE ~ £125

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/AMD-P...he-125W-Retail

OR

Phenom II X4 925 ~ £107

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/177044

GA-MA770T-UD3P~ £67 to £68

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

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

4GB DDR3 ~ £75

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/p...L9D-4GBRL.html

Run this at 1333MHZ using lower latencies.

HD5770 1GB ~£120

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/175731

500GB Samsung F3 ~ £36

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/500Gb...-Cache-8ms-OEM

[spac3d]

Come on Will, you can afford it, go all out!

The above poster has indeed posted some nice ideas, I'd go AMD for value.

[Will Smith]

bump with update

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

This is what I would get:

AMD Phenom II X4 955 ~ £120

http://forums.hexus.net/newreply.php...te=1&p=1868745

Asus M4A785TD-V EVO ~ £69

http://www.scan.co.uk/TodayOnly/Index.aspx

The motherboard has an 8+2 phase VRM with cooling,all solid capacitors and the HD4200 IGP with 128MB of dedicated DDR3.

If you don't want to overclock the processor get the following 785G motherboard:

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/179183

It only has a 4+2 phase VRM with no cooling and does not have all solid capacitors. It does have 128MB of DDR3 dedicated to the IGP.