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Thanks for all the advice. PC has been ordered :)

my apologies for the additional questions, but would this be a viable PSU? Corsair 520W HX Series Modular PSU - ATX12V v2.2 APFC (http://www.ebuyer.com/product/114945) Can't seem to find any 550s. Cheers

That's great - thanks everyone for the help, and thank you for the super fast replies batuchka. Hopefully I'll have this within the month :D

Okay, thanks - anything else that you think needs tweaking, or is that set up good to go? is that MB the right choice for all the stuff I want to put in it, too? I'm not really tech savvy :(

Thanks for the tips guys - would a 4770 max out SCII? I was thinking more along the lines of a 4850 and upwards.. though that would need a 450W PSU I suppose. I probably should have mentioned that I don't need an OS either. What do you think of this? anyway I could improve it or anything that I...

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: a.s.a.p SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: university work, gaming, internet. PARTS NOT REQUIRED: keyboard, mouse, monitor. PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: ebuyer.co.uk PARTS PREFERENCES: AMD OVERCLOCKING: no SLI OR CROSSFIRE: no MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1440x900...

the processor is supposed to be; AMD PHENOM II X2 550 BLACK EDITION 3.1GHz SOCKET AM3 6MB CACHE not sure why it's copied that one D:

Okay - thanks again for the help. What do you think of this? anything where I could get better value for money, or where it should just be improved etc? Processor: AMD PHENOM II X3 720 BLACK EDITION 2.8 GHz SOCKET AM3 6MB CACHE Memory: 4GB CORSAIR XMS2 800MHz - (2x2GB) Motherboard: ASUS®...

Thanks for the help guys. I'll have a look in to the PSU - I can only assume it's bad though because WinFast isn't a particularly brilliant motherboard from what I've heard.. and well they fitted them both. Unfortunately the rebuild would be on a students' budget, so I'm not sure if I'll be able...

Okay, thanks for the replies guys. I'll see what the prices are like in a months time, but it'll definitely be one of those. Not sure if I'll have to open a new thread for this in the appropriate sub-forum, but which CPU would you recommend? ;P I might just end up buying a whole new computer...

To be honest I'm not entirely sure, so I can only guess that it's not a very good one. It was fitted by the same people who put the motherboard in when they both fried a few months ago :heink: I'm looking to get it at some point towards the end of September - I was looking at the 4850s as...

Wow, that was fast. I've only been signed up 5 minutes. Thanks for the quick reply :D It doesn't necessarily have to be fully maxed. Everything on near-enough maxed, or even just on high would be fine. Just a bit fed up of playing MW on medium settings in 1024x768 with a terrible bad frame...

Hi, I'm wanting to upgrade my graphics card for the upcoming release of Modern Warfare 2 and Starcraft 2 later in the year - and was looking for some advice on what cards will max both out with some decent FPS. I'm only looking to use one graphics card, and obviously it'll have to be...