Help! Novice trying to buy a NEW PC!

iChris

New member
Hi, i dont have alot of knowledge about computers so i thought i best ask people who do :)

I have £500 to spend on a computer tower which i'll be able to run Cod4, Minecraft and browse the internet etc.

Could anybody suggest the best specs i can get possible? Heres what i came up with.

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Case PCS MAELSTROM T900 BLACK GAMING CASE

Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™2 Quad Q8400 (2.66GHz) 1333MHz FSB/4MB Cache

Motherboard ASUS® P5G41T-M LX2 S: MICRO ATX VALUE BOARD & DDR3, SATA-II, 2 x PCI

Memory (RAM) 4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)

Graphics Card 1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GT430 - DVI,HDMI,VGA - DirectX® 11

2nd Graphics Card NONE

Memory - 1st Hard Disk 500GB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE
(7,200rpm)

2nd Hard Disk NONE

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive NONE

Memory Card Reader NONE

Power Supply 350W Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan

Processor Cooling INTEL SOCKET LGA775 STANDARD CPU COOLER

Sound Card ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Network Facilities ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs

USB Options 4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD

Modem NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND

Floppy Disk Drive NONE

Firewire & Video Editing NONE

TV Card NONE

Operating System Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)

Office Software FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)

Anti-Virus BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL

Monitor NONE

2nd Monitor NONE

DVI-D & HDMI Monitor Cables NONE

Keyboard & Mouse NONE

Mouse NONE

Speakers NONE

Webcam NONE

Headsets (VOIP) NONE

Surge Protection NONE

Printer NONE

External Hard Drive NONE

Home Installation NONE

Warranty 3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)

Data Recovery NONE

Delivery STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)

Build Time Standard Build - Approximately 9 to 13 working days

Quantity 1


£432.34 ex VAT.
£508 inc VAT and Delivery.


Thanks.
 

Gorman

Author Level
This spec is a good starting point for the games listed, maybe consider an AMD cpu with something like a GTX460?
 
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