Budget PC

[Vagasi]

Hello friends, my previous PC has conked out and money spent on it would be money wasted, so it's time for a new one. Let me just say i am a complete novice and all the different products from different brands can be confusing to me, so i need some help in that department.

1. £550, i know it's on the lower end of budget but it should be able to get something half decent, right ?XD
2. I currently play on this display which i will be keeping, at 1440x900
3. I mostly just play WoW but would enjoy being able to play current and future titles at a nice FPS on low to mid settings, high quality graphics i don't care for but i want the opportunity to play at around 40-60 frames at least
4. Nothing special that must be catered for
5. England
6. No
7. OS needed
8. No peripherals needed

Cheers!

[Toffie]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£135.60 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI B75MA-E33 Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£43.68 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£31.00 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£65.00 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost 2GB Video Card (£130.00 @ Ebuyer)
Case: BitFenix Merc Alpha (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£32.90 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 450W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£34.99 @ Maplin Electronics)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£13.02 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£66.78 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £552.97
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-01 14:27 BST+0100)

[Deleted]

Not quite clear if OP needed the OS or not? If not, squeeze £10 more on mobo with four ram slots for easier future upgrade and upgrade GPU to GTX 660.

[Deleted]

Not quite clear if OP needed the OS or not? If not, squeeze £10 more on mobo with four ram slots for easier future upgrade and upgrade GPU to GTX 660.

Unless he stealth edited it:

7. OS needed

[Deleted]

6. No
7. OS needed
8. No peripherals needed

What's the number 6 then?

[Vagasi]

Not quite clear if OP needed the OS or not? If not, squeeze £10 more on mobo with four ram slots for easier future upgrade and upgrade GPU to GTX 660.

Which mobo would you recommend?

[Toffie]

Z75 Pro 3.