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budget build

titan131

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hi, this rig will be used primarily for gaming. Please tell me what you think!

Asus M4N68T-M LE V2 Socket AM3 DDR3 Geforce 7025 http://www.ebuyer.com/product/246637 £34.14

Samsung SH-S223 22x DVD±RW DL & RAM SATA Optical Drive http://www.ebuyer.com/product/145450 £11.99

Startech LP4 To 6 Pin PCI Express Video - Card Power Adapter
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/124029 £2.01

AMD Athlon II X4 630 Socket AM3 2.8GHz 2MB L2 http://www.ebuyer.com/product/176579 £66.97inc. vat

CoolerMaster Elite 430 Midi Case - Black http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/p...-430-kwn1.html £36.99 inc vat

Corsair CX 400W ATX2.2 Power Supply http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/p...u-400cxuk.html £32.49 inc vat

Asus GeForce GTX 460 768MB PCI-Express 2.0 HDMI http://www.dabs.com/products/asus-ge...hdmi-7403.html £114.98

Samsung 500GB SpinPoint F3 7200rpm 16MB Sata http://www.dabs.com/products/samsung...sata-6605.html £29.98

Kingston ValueRAM 4GB (2x2GB) 1333 MHz DDR3 http://www.kikatek.com/product_info....ducts_id=74628 £40.83

Total: 370.38

All shipping was free so no shipping costs. I was going to try to OC the athlon to 3.2 ghz like anand did in his review using the stock cooler and volts.

Edit: £450 is my max budget but the lower the better, i game at 1600 x 900
 
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Looks fine. The mobo wouldn't be my first choice and the PSU is pushing it a bit, but overall it looks like a decent budget machine.
 
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