Laptop died want a cheap desktop build

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Budget: £500 (lower the better = less wife aggro)
Resolution : best I can get for the money
Games / Settings Desired: WoW / Again best that I can get for the money
Country : UK
Parts that can be reused : sadly not
Do you need an OS? : No but would be nice if possible as I currently use windoze 7
Do you need peripherals (e.g. monitor, mouse, keyboard, speakers, etc)? : No - have a monitor that I already use with my lappy - sound card isn't a issue as I use a plantronics usb headset.

My lappy is dying slowly so it time to get something slightly better than my old AMD laptop but I have money restraints as I don't want to annoy my wife too much by blowing to much money on something she thinks is a stupid game ^^
I can go over the budget a little but it don't want it to become if you just add £X more you can get this ... But if you also add £X more you can also add this.
I would like a SSD if possible in addition to a HDD but would settle on a larger SSD than both (if that's budget-able)

Thanks for any builds.

[Saphyron]

With operative system it barely goes above the budget. Without it you have plenty to spare.

Personally i would recommend not going for the operative system since when windows 10 comes out I have heard a rumor that all win7 and win8 users can upgrade to it for a highly reduced cost.

Gratis Windows 10 til Windows-brugere

Microsoft præsenterede også en ny udrulningsplan for Windows 10, der til stor glæde for mange bliver helt gratis.
Alle, som nu bruger Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Phone 8.1 og ikke mindst Windows 7, vil få lov til at opgradere kvit og frit til Windows 10 indenfor det første år efter lanceringen, som i øvrigt forventes at finde sted til sommer.

http://www.edbpriser.dk/Articles/Art...E114A22B055%7d

Translated means:
If you upgrade to win 10 from windows 7 8 and 8.1 within the first year of release it will be free. Which is subjected to arrive in summer.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant


CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor (£84.16 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£66.17 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£54.00 @ Kustom PCs)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.97 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Superclocked Video Card (£109.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£27.68 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Antec EarthWatts Green 380W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£42.70 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£74.09 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £501.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-01 13:25 GMT+0000

[stickyjam]

With operative system it barely goes above the budget. Without it you have plenty to spare.

Personally i would recommend not going for the operative system since when windows 10 comes out I have heard a rumor that all win7 and win8 users can upgrade to it for a highly reduced cost.



http://www.edbpriser.dk/Articles/Art...E114A22B055%7d

Translated means:
If you upgrade to win 10 from windows 7 8 and 8.1 within the first year of release it will be free. Which is subjected to arrive in summer.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant


CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor (£84.16 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£66.17 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£54.00 @ Kustom PCs)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.97 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Superclocked Video Card (£109.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£27.68 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Antec EarthWatts Green 380W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£42.70 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£74.09 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £501.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-01 13:25 GMT+0000

No OS == i5 too. Stick with windows 7, as matey says free update to win10 if you don't like 7.

Just get the CD Key from your laptop for windows, download windows from microsoft servers and re-use the key. Not how its supposed to work but does result in a copy of windows from microsoft servers i.e. no crap, and key from last laptop == get updates.