Ideal build for £500 - £600 ($800 - $1000)

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mrtruesdale

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Hi guys,

Thinking of going for a new build, I'll hold onto a couple of components from my machine such as operating system, case, sound card, monitor and mouse/keyboard.

So if you had between £500 - £600 ($800 - $1000) to spend for a new,

PSU
CPU
RAM
Motherboard
Graphics card
Hard drive

What would you recommend? Machine used for gaming and photo editing on Windows 7.

All the best,
Mark
 
Well at that budget you could squeeze in a Core i5 system.

Look around for a few good deals online.

My picks:

CPU - Intel Core i5 750
Motherboard - MSI P-55 GD 65
RAM - G.Skill (2x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz
PSU - Corsair 650TX or 550VX (for a little cheaper)
GPU - Radeon HD 5770 or HD 4890 (the 4890 is definitely much more powerful but does not have DX-11 capability.)

You could get all these for about £600 along with an HDD.
 
I'll hold onto a couple of components from my machine such as operating system, case, sound card, monitor and mouse/keyboard.
Probably won't be able to keep your OS, aside from that you won't be able to use DX11 in the future.
Wait actually vista supports DX11.
 
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