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Building a gaming pc for a friend, is this good build?
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DO I NEED ANYTHING ELSE??????????

Budget: around 400-450 pound

After you read it all please tell me if I need anything else.


Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKX 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive - $79.99

XFX HD-685X-ZCFC Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card - $149.99

OCZ ZT Series 550W Fully-Modular 80PLUS Bronze High Performance Power Supply compatible with Intel Sandy Bridge Core i3 i5 ... - $89.99

CORSAIR XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Desktop Memory Model CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 - $48.99

ASUS P8H67-M PRO/CSM (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel H67 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard - $114.99

Intel Core i3-2125 Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz LGA 1155 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 3000 BX80623I32125 - $149.99

Rosewill - Pellucid HD Series High Speed HDMI cable (6 FEET) - $4.99

Windows 7 not added because I get them all for free.

TOTAL: In DOLLARS - 638.93
In POUNDS - 395.56
Free postage for all.

So what do you guys think?
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That and a z77 board if your friend even cares about upgrading to Ivy Bridge once the i3-2125 gets held back. He will be using a card that doesn't utilize PCIE 3.0 so that's not a major issue. Other than the PSU, it's pretty descent. Cheap, low wattage build that will run some pretty good games at nice settings ( no eye candy glamorous 8x AA 7000 x 4000 res ).

Go for it :thumbsup:
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That and a z77 board if your friend even cares about upgrading to Ivy Bridge once the i3-2125 gets held back. He will be using a card that doesn't utilize PCIE 3.0 so that's not a major issue. Other than the PSU, it's pretty descent. Cheap, low wattage build that will run some pretty good games at nice settings ( no eye candy glamorous 8x AA 7000 x 4000 res ).

Go for it :thumbsup:


Thanks, ill get that power supply, I will just stick with my motherboard though. I am only doing it thought because he offered me 100 pound to do it lol
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that looks like a nice build
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I-Live-4-Eminem wrote
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That and a z77 board if your friend even cares about upgrading to Ivy Bridge once the i3-2125 gets held back. He will be using a card that doesn't utilize PCIE 3.0 so that's not a major issue. Other than the PSU, it's pretty descent. Cheap, low wattage build that will run some pretty good games at nice settings ( no eye candy glamorous 8x AA 7000 x 4000 res ).

Go for it :thumbsup:
Should have spent the 100 pound on a better graphics card rather than give it to you

Thanks, ill get that power supply, I will just stick with my motherboard though. I am only doing it thought because he offered me 100 pound to do it lol
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