Attempting a sub 600 GBP MMO build inc OS and perpiherals

[markiog]

Hi all, I'm attempting to put together a very budget setup after my MacBookAir from 2009 died after 3 years of valiantly running WOW on minimum settings with pathetic FPS.

I am mainly intending to play WOW but also hoping to try some other games now that I'm moving across to PC: GW2, Secret World, Skyrim and similar, I don't play FPS-type games. Basically almost anything would be an upgrade from my old laptop, and I'm not expecting to run any game on Ultra settings, but would like to play WOW solo and and up to 10-man on good settings, and happy to drop to much lower settings for 25-man & world bosses.

Really low budget, trying to keep to 600 GBP, since I have a lot of other financial commitments at the moment. I want to leave myself room to upgrade in 2-3 years time with beefier CPU & GPU, an SSD etc. Unfortunately I also need to buy an OS, monitor, keyboard and speakers because all I have is a mouse I'm based in London UK, buying online.

A rough build below based on builds from here, reddit and elsewhere on the internet but I'm not very confident in my choices. I'm especially clueless about monitors so some advice there would be appreciated. I'm aiming for reliability, longevity and value rather than high performance & don't really care about how it looks. Thanks in advance to anyone who helps!

(newly registered so can't post links but it's pcpartpicker part list 1jMw3 for those who would prefer seeing it that way)

CPU: Intel Core i3-3220 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor (£91.19 at Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock H77 Pro4/MVP ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£65.42 at Amazon UK)
Memory: GeIL Enhance CORSA 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory (£36.99 at Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.58 at Scan)
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7770 1GB Video Card (£84.96 at Dabs)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£34.74 at Scan)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V Power Supply (£35.70 at Dabs)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.87 at Aria PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£68.39 at Aria PC)
Monitor: Hannspree HE225DPB 21.5" Monitor (£85.02 at Amazon UK)
Keyboard: Microsoft Sidewinder X4 (UK Layout) Wired Standard Keyboard (£32.99 at Novatech)
Speakers: Creative Labs Inspire T10 10W 2ch Speakers (£29.04 at Scan)
Total: £615.89

[chazus]

Changed to Z75 so you could get a 3570K later on. Removed speakers and keyboard. Just pick up a 5 one. Spending 10% of your budget on accessories when the performing stuff is still in need of improvement is usually a bad idea. Switched to low profile ram, as you'll want that later when you upgrade. changed from 7770, to 7790.

PCPartPicker part list
CPU: Intel Core i3-3220 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor (£91.19 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z75 Pro3 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£65.57 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£53.00 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.58 @ Scan.co.uk)
Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7790 1GB Video Card (£102.28 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£34.74 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V Power Supply (£35.70 @ Dabs)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£68.39 @ Aria PC)
Monitor: AOC e2343Fi 60Hz 23.0" Monitor (£99.79 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £590.24

[Fluorescent0]

Grab the XFX 450W, it's slightly cheaper and better quality.

You can go for a B85 motherboard instead of a H77 one if you want to save some money too, unless you're after a few specific features of that board.

Unfortunately upgrading CPU you'll have to change both the motherboard and the CPU in future, but on that budget you can't really fit Haswell (without peripherals I'm getting about 572£)

[Deleted]

You can go for a B85 motherboard instead of a H77 one if you want to save some money too, unless you're after a few specific features of that board.

Yeah, they need the socket

They are both using IB cpus. But I guess you mean to say B75.

[Fluorescent0]

Yeah, they need the socket

They are both using IB cpus. But I guess you mean to say B75.

Uh, yeah, my bad. Meant B75.

[markiog]

Thanks the suggestions and notes all, and special thanks to Chazus for picking up on all the things I was worried about, and also for correcting my foolish peripheral choices

Of course now I'm wondering if it's a false economy to be putting an i3 and not an i5 in there in the first place, and thinking about going out of my budget on that...

A novice PC builder question: is the low profile ram to allow space for a CPU cooler, or for something else?