Affordable gaming PC - thoughts?

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/buyers-guide/2011/05/10/pc-hardware-buyer-s-guide-may-2011/2

Been looking around for a bit, and someone suggested this - what are the thoughts of those in the know?

Its not much more for a Phenom II X4 955, I would say the extra cash it well worth it.

The build in the article is good enough and i think it's a great build for just under £500... I bought a similar build last year except i went for intel i5 760 and a 5770 instead of the cheaper chip and better card.

The build in the article is good enough and i think it's a great build for just under £500... I bought a similar build last year except i went for intel i5 760 and a 5770 instead of the cheaper chip and better card.

JohnF111

Rosewill CHALLENGER

Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS 500GB

ASUS M5A88-V EVO AM3+ (Bulldozer ready)

ZOTAC ZT-40408-10P GeForce GTX 460

Antec TruePower New TP-650 650W

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) F3-10600CL9D-4GBPK

AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition

Total: $626

Note: Price does not include OS (but neither does Bit-Tech's build).


EDIT: Just realised I left out optical drive. You can get a good DVD writer for ~$20, or you may already have one you can use.

I thought I'd drop a guide that is usually kept up to date... Though I don't really have much else to contribute.
Link to guide

I thought I'd drop a guide that is usually kept up to date... Though I don't really have much else to contribute.
Link to guide

IcyToasters

Thanks for the link, it helped out.