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Building a computer - need help....

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Hey all! I am not great when it comes to hardware, i don't really know what components are compatible with others etc and so I hope I can get some assistance from some of the people here

I am looking for a very good gaming system and i have a budget of about £700 however i may be able to stretch a little further if needed (£700 is about $1000).

I really would like to get the best possible for my money, good quality hardware with excellent performance and able to play all the latest games...

Is this a decent budget? If so could some people please build me up a system from this budget and give me a link to the parts. This way i can just purchase the parts and go ahead and build it, please be aware that i am in UK and so a site that is based and that will ship to UK would be ideal

Thanks very much in advance

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Adobe products (Dreamweaver and Photoshop mainly), web browsing, word, lots of gaming

2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
Budget is £700 (about $1000) including everything...maybe i can do a little more IF really needed.

3) Where do you live?
England, UK

4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. "Everything" is not a valid answer. Please list out all the parts you'll need.
Case, CPU, GPU, RAM, Motherboard, PSU, HDD, DVD R/W

POSSIBLY ALSO: Sound card, Card Reader

6) Will you be overclocking?
no

7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
I have 2 x 24" monitors working on DVI

8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
As soon as i have a build on this post that i like!

10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If so, what OS? 32bit or 64bit?
Win7 Ultimate 32bit (May be able to get 64bit however that will not be included in this budget so dont worry)



WEBSITES YOU COULD POSSIBLY USE:


http://www.scan.co.uk/
http://www.dabs.com/
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/
 
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Where do you plan on purchasing the parts? Local store? Online retailer? Can you list what online store you're looking at.
 
Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail for £152.74 inc VAT
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-339-IN

Asus P7P55D-E Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard for £112.99 inc VAT
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-389-AS

G.Skill RipJaw 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit for £88.11 inc VAT
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-047-GS

EVGA GeForce GTX 460 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card for £175.99 inc VAT
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-133-EA

Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKS) for £34.99 inc VAT
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-120-WD

Samsung SH-S223L/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM for £13.99 inc VAT
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-101-SA

Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black for £41.99 inc VAT
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-101-AN

Antec TruePower New Modular 550W Power Supply for £69.99 inc VAT
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-118-AN

Total: £690.81
Shipping: £12.50
Grand Total: £703.31
 
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