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Would any recommend a build for a £750 system mainly for gaming. The games I would like to be playing would be call of duty, battlefields and mostly world of warcraft.

Case
COOLERMASTER HAF 912 PLUS MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD PHENOM II X4 970 (3.50GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3) - BLACK EDITION
Motherboard
ASUS® M4N98TD EVO: DDR3, 2-Way SLI, SATA 3.0GB/s
Memory (RAM)
2GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (1 x 2GB)
Graphics Card
1280MB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX470 - 2 DVI,mHDMI - DX® 11, 3D (Special Offer!)
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
600W Quiet 80 PLUS Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£59)
Processor Cooling
STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 11 to 13 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £684.00 including VAT and delivery.

Configure Here: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/computers/amd-sli-gaming-pc/

That's what I have come up with at the moment but I am not very experienced here so would like some help with my build. Thanks in advance.

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Maybe youve made an enemy of one of the PCS forum moderators?

What this thread was about was I am looking to purchase from PCS a gaming computer. I have a budget of £750 and am looking for the best I can buy for that. The computer will be used mainly to play world of warcraft, call of duty and other similar games and also for movies/music. If anyone could suggest me a build I would be grateful since i am clueless when it comes to the inside of computers.

Do you need peripherals (Keyboard, Mouse, Screen etc) other external parts to the pc???
And do you hold preferences as far as Intel/ AMD and Nvidia /ATI

Nemesis said:

Do you need peripherals (Keyboard, Mouse, Screen etc) other external parts to the pc???
And do you hold preferences as far as Intel/ AMD and Nvidia /ATI

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AMD and Nvidia would be nice and I do not need any peripherals.

OK then a spec will follow though i would wait for someone else to correct my almost inevitable mistake as far as the CPU goes (AMD is not my speciality)

Also do you have a usable OS or do you want that included?

I currently have a brand new windows 7 64bit unopened which I got for free from my sixth form so I already got a OS

Case
COOLERMASTER CM690 MKII ADVANCED CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD PHENOM II X4 970 (3.50GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3) - BLACK EDITION
Motherboard
ASUS® M4A87TD/USB3: DUAL DDR3,SATA 6.0GB/s, USB 3.0
Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
Graphics Card
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX560Ti - 2 DVI,HDMI,VGA - DirectX® 11, 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W TX SERIES (TX650) 80+ ULTRA QUIET PSU (£78)
Processor Cooling
STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 11 to 13 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £739.00 including VAT and delivery.

Configure Here: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/computers/amd-top-spec-pc/

How well would you say that build you have created could deal with say Call of duty Black ops and world of warcraft and what settings do you think I could run both on? (max,ultra ect)

Thank's for all your help, really appreciate it.

I think for your budget and useage Nemisis has got a spot on spec for you there!

Can fully vouch for that Phenom II X4 970 as thats what I'm running and from what I've read the GTX560Ti is a cracking card too.

If you want to save a bit, albeit not a great deal, you could drop your HDD down to a Caviar Green instead of Black and you won't really noticed the performance difference at all. You might also want to consider dropping the card reader, although it only saves a few quid (every little helps right?!) I find that I barely ever use mine and all it does is allow dust into my case!

Sorry i cant talk from personal experience this is a good review with the FPS for COD black ops where it doesnt drop below playable once
Im not sure how graphically intense WOW is but im sure it can handle it!!

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2011/01/25/nvidia-geforce-gtx-560-ti-1gb-review/5

Yeh i left out the card reader as i am quite tight

So if i lowered the Hard Disk to 1TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD10EARS, SATA 3 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE would there be any noticeable difference or should i stick with what it is at the moment.

You'll be able to play WoW on ultra settings with well over 100+fps no problem (if you turn off V-Sync). I run everything as high as possible with my GTX 470 and it never has a problem. Can't say about CoD but I'd imagine you could play it on Max very easily and possibly Ultra too.

Noticable = no
Noticable under synthetic tests = yes

Reality is save yourself £21

Very exciting, I am for sure going to purchase this tomorrow then. Thank you for all help guys really appreciate it.

Sorry posting before I've refreshed the page XD
You wouldn't notice any difference unless you're really paying attention. I think between the two drives, one at 5,400 Rpm the other at 7,200rpm you really won't notice a difference. If you want a large noticeable difference splash out and get yourself an SSD, you'll be flying then!