Hello all, First time on this forum. I was hoping some of you venerable sages could offer some advice on my plan for a budget pc. This will be my first build so any advice/constructive criticism would be appreciated. I'm looking to spend around £300 - £375 but am only using a 17" screen so don't need monster graphics etc but would like to be able to play the latest games. Here is the proposed PC: CPU :Intel Pentium Dual Core E5200 2.5GHz Socket 775 800FSB 2MB GPU: GXFX 9600GT 512M Graphics Card Mobo: Gigabyte GA-EP31-DS3L iP31 Ram: Corsair 4GB Kit (2x2GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 XMS2 Memory CPU Cooler: Arctic Cooling AC-ALP-7P Alpine 7 Pro Case: Coolermaster Elite 330 Black Case PSU: CM eXtreme Power 460W PSU HDD: Seagate ST3250310AS 250GB Hard Drive DVD Drive: Sony DRU-190A 20X DVD±RW This comes in at about £360 from ebuyer - not bad I reckon! Does anybody think there are any better parts for the price out there or better combinations of parts? As I say I will mainly be gaming on this but at reasonably low res. Any advice would be great Brando
