Finally decided.

[Cavman]

After a lot of thought and endlessly browsing through lots of threads for information (a lot of you guys really know you're stuff), I have decided that this is what im going to order sometime during the week. I know it's rather modest (or rubbish!) compared to the majority of the other specs I have seen posted but It was the best i could afford just now and I need to start somewhere i suppose.

Case: PCS MAELSTROM T900 BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU): AMD PHENOM II X4 955 (3.20GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3) - BLACK EDITION
Motherboard: ASUS® M5A78L-M/USB3: M-ATX, USB 3.0, SATA 3.0Gb/s
Memory (RAM): 4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
Graphics Card: 1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 - DVI,HDMI,VGA - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk: 500GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD5002AALX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 32MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive: 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply: CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£72)
Processor Cooling: SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)
Warranty: 3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)

Thanks for all the help guys!

 

[Wozza63]

make sure to get the 750GB caviar black for an extra fiver

and take a look at the new £59 case, doesnt look half bad and still has good cooling, may be more convenient or whatever for you

 

[Cavman]

good spot!

 

[Wozza63]

no problem, which case have you decided on?

 

[Cavman]

I'm unsure now. thinking of sticking just because its slightly bigger. will have a ponder about it tomorrow though and get back to you.

 

[Petchi b]

I dont know your budget but for an extra £30 or so you could get a Phenom 965 3.4GHz and a GTX 560Ti which would give a nice boost in performance to your PC for a good price.

 

[Cavman]

sadly I cannot afford them slightly over budget as it is. the joys of being a student.