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Ok, what do you guys think of this one?

 

 
CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£48.38 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£59.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Superclocked Video Card  (£109.97 @ Aria PC) 
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£24.95 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  (£32.80 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £376.14
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Hi! I'm looking to build a very cheap gaming PC that, over time, I can upgrade. I live in England and am looking to spend under £400 on this build.

 

I plan to use this build to mainly play CSGO and a bit of light photoshop. CSGO will need to run at high FPS on low settings while background programs are running such as Google Chrome and other applications. I will only be using one monitor for this setup. I will need to buy windows along with all the other components. Apart from that I don't need any other peripherals. 

 

Some of the features I know I want are;

- 8GB of RAM.

- A 1TB hard drive. (I don't want an SSD, I don't care about load times either)

 

Apart from that i'm clueless on what I should get! Thanks for reading.

 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  (£79.19 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Pro3 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£48.26 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston Beast 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£39.39 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.99 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: HIS Radeon R9 270X 2GB IceQ X² Video Card  (£103.09 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£24.90 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£64.99 @ Aria PC)
Total: £399.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-06 18:46 BST+0100

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CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£48.38 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£24.98 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£58.76 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury White 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£38.48 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.99 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 270X 2GB PCS+ Video Card  (£119.99 @ CCL Computers)
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£57.98 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£52.03 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £440.59
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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4690K // 212 EVO // Z97-PRO // Vengeance 16GB // GTX 770 GTX 970 // MX100 128GB // Toshiba 1TB // Air 540 // HX650

Logitech G502 RGB // Corsair K65 RGB (MX Red)

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http://pcpartpicker.com/p/YJjvt6

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($166.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-GAMING 3 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($54.45 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill NS Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($44.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($46.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($194.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Cooler Master Silencio 352 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $608.24
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-06 14:15 EDT-0400

 

LGA 1150 for upgradeability. A GTX 960 for solid 1080P gaming performance. Join the Windows Insider Program and you get a free copy of Windows 10 on July 29th.

 

EDIT: Sorry for not putting this in pounds, but I think it's around 410 pounds.

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Buying Windows from Retail pushes £18 over budget which could be fixed by getting it from places mentioned above, or being savvy and shopping around yourself.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£84.53 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£30.20 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: *Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  (£34.72 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£32.40 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: HIS Radeon R9 270X 2GB IceQ X² Video Card  (£103.09 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£24.90 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  (£32.80 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit)  (£75.20 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £417.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-06 19:27 BST+0100

 

You get an upgrade path to an i5 later on (Say, a 4460. Getting a K series or an i7 would need a motherboard upgrade) and the option to upgrade to 16GB RAM by adding another 8GB stick.

LTT's fastest Valley 970, slowest Valley Basic and Extreme HD scores

 

Desktop || CPU - i5 4690k || Motherboard - ASUS Gryphon Z97 || RAM - 16GB Kingston HyperX 1866MHz || GPU - Gigabyte G1 GTX 970 *Cough* 3.5GB || Case - Fractal Design Define R5 || HDD - Seagate Barracuda 160GB || PSU - Corsair AX760
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You should get a APU build such as A10-7870K + 2400MHz ram! ;)

Lake-V-X6-10600 (Gaming PC)

R23 score MC: 9190pts | R23 score SC: 1302pts

R20 score MC: 3529cb | R20 score SC: 506cb

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Case: Cooler Master HAF XB Evo Black / Case Fan(s) Front: Noctua NF-A14 ULN 140mm Premium Fans / Case Fan(s) Rear: Corsair Air Series AF120 Quiet Edition (red) / Case Fan(s) Side: Noctua NF-A6x25 FLX 60mm Premium Fan / Controller: Sony Dualshock 4 Wireless (DS4Windows) / Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo / CPU: Intel Core i5-10600, 6-cores, 12-threads, 4.4/4.8GHz, 13,5MB cache (Intel 14nm++ FinFET) / Display: ASUS 24" LED VN247H (67Hz OC) 1920x1080p / GPU: Gigabyte Radeon RX Vega 56 Gaming OC @1501MHz (Samsung 14nm FinFET) / Keyboard: Logitech Desktop K120 (Nordic) / Motherboard: ASUS PRIME B460 PLUS, Socket-LGA1200 / Mouse: Razer Abyssus 2014 / PCI-E: ASRock USB 3.1/A+C (PCI Express x4) / PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA G2, 850W / RAM A1, A2, B1 & B2: DDR4-2666MHz CL13-15-15-15-35-1T "Samsung 8Gbit C-Die" (4x8GB) / Operating System: Windows 10 Home / Sound: Zombee Z300 / Storage 1 & 2: Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD / Storage 3: Seagate® Barracuda 2TB HDD / Storage 4: Seagate® Desktop 2TB SSHD / Storage 5: Crucial P1 1000GB M.2 SSD/ Storage 6: Western Digital WD7500BPKX 2.5" HDD / Wi-fi: TP-Link TL-WN851N 11n Wireless Adapter (Qualcomm Atheros)

Zen-II-X6-3600+ (Gaming PC)

R23 score MC: 9893pts | R23 score SC: 1248pts @4.2GHz

R23 score MC: 10151pts | R23 score SC: 1287pts @4.3GHz

R20 score MC: 3688cb | R20 score SC: 489cb

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Case: Medion Micro-ATX Case / Case Fan Front: SUNON MagLev PF70251VX-Q000-S99 70mm / Case Fan Rear: Fanner Tech(Shen Zhen)Co.,LTD. 80mm (Purple) / Controller: Sony Dualshock 4 Wireless (DS4Windows) / Cooler: AMD Near-silent 125w Thermal Solution / CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600, 6-cores, 12-threads, 4.2/4.2GHz, 35MB cache (T.S.M.C. 7nm FinFET) / Display: HP 24" L2445w (64Hz OC) 1920x1200 / GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 OC "Afterburner" @1450MHz (T.S.M.C. 28nm) / GPU: ASUS Radeon RX 6600 XT DUAL OC RDNA2 32CUs @2607MHz (T.S.M.C. 7nm FinFET) / Keyboard: HP KB-0316 PS/2 (Nordic) / Motherboard: ASRock B450M Pro4, Socket-AM4 / Mouse: Razer Abyssus 2014 / PCI-E: ASRock USB 3.1/A+C (PCI Express x4) / PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA G2, 550W / RAM A2 & B2: DDR4-3600MHz CL16-18-8-19-37-1T "SK Hynix 8Gbit CJR" (2x16GB) / Operating System: Windows 10 Home / Sound 1: Zombee Z500 / Sound 2: Logitech Stereo Speakers S-150 / Storage 1 & 2: Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD / Storage 3: Western Digital My Passport 2.5" 2TB HDD / Storage 4: Western Digital Elements Desktop 2TB HDD / Storage 5: Kingston A2000 1TB M.2 NVME SSD / Wi-fi & Bluetooth: ASUS PCE-AC55BT Wireless Adapter (Intel)

Vishera-X8-9370 | R20 score MC: 1476cb

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Case: Cooler Master HAF XB Evo Black / Case Fan(s) Front: Noctua NF-A14 ULN 140mm Premium Fans / Case Fan(s) Rear: Corsair Air Series AF120 Quiet Edition (red) / Case Fan(s) Side: Noctua NF-A6x25 FLX 60mm Premium Fan / Case Fan VRM: SUNON MagLev KDE1209PTV3 92mm / Controller: Sony Dualshock 4 Wireless (DS4Windows) / Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo / CPU: AMD FX-8370 (Base: @4.4GHz | Turbo: @4.7GHz) Black Edition Eight-Core (Global Foundries 32nm) / Display: ASUS 24" LED VN247H (67Hz OC) 1920x1080p / GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 OC "Afterburner" @1450MHz (T.S.M.C. 28nm) / GPU: Gigabyte Radeon RX Vega 56 Gaming OC @1501MHz (Samsung 14nm FinFET) / Keyboard: Logitech Desktop K120 (Nordic) / Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING, Socket-AM3+ / Mouse: Razer Abyssus 2014 / PCI-E: ASRock USB 3.1/A+C (PCI Express x4) / PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA G2, 850W PSU / RAM 1, 2, 3 & 4: Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1866MHz CL8-10-10-28-37-2T (4x4GB) 16.38GB / Operating System 1: Windows 10 Home / Sound: Zombee Z300 / Storage 1: Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD (x2) / Storage 2: Seagate® Barracuda 2TB HDD / Storage 3: Seagate® Desktop 2TB SSHD / Wi-fi: TP-Link TL-WN951N 11n Wireless Adapter

Godavari-X4-880K | R20 score MC: 810cb

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Case: Medion Micro-ATX Case / Case Fan Front: SUNON MagLev PF70251VX-Q000-S99 70mm / Case Fan Rear: Fanner Tech(Shen Zhen)Co.,LTD. 80mm (Purple) / Controller: Sony Dualshock 4 Wireless (DS4Windows) / Cooler: AMD Near-silent 95w Thermal Solution / Cooler: AMD Near-silent 125w Thermal Solution / CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K Black Edition Elite Quad-Core (T.S.M.C. 28nm) / CPU: AMD Athlon X4 880K Black Edition Elite Quad-Core (T.S.M.C. 28nm) / Display: HP 19" Flat Panel L1940 (75Hz) 1280x1024 / GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SuperSC 2GB (T.S.M.C. 28nm) / GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 OC "Afterburner" @1450MHz (T.S.M.C. 28nm) / Keyboard: HP KB-0316 PS/2 (Nordic) / Motherboard: MSI A78M-E45 V2, Socket-FM2+ / Mouse: Razer Abyssus 2014 / PCI-E: ASRock USB 3.1/A+C (PCI Express x4) / PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA G2, 550W PSU / RAM 1, 2, 3 & 4: SK hynix DDR3-1866MHz CL9-10-11-27-40 (4x4GB) 16.38GB / Operating System 1: Ubuntu Gnome 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) / Operating System 2: Windows 10 Home / Sound 1: Zombee Z500 / Sound 2: Logitech Stereo Speakers S-150 / Storage 1: Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD (x2) / Storage 2: Western Digital My Passport 2.5" 2TB HDD / Storage 3: Western Digital Elements Desktop 2TB HDD / Wi-fi: TP-Link TL-WN851N 11n Wireless Adapter

Acer Aspire 7738G custom (changed CPU, GPU & Storage)
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CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo P8600, 2-cores, 2-threads, 2.4GHz, 3MB cache (Intel 45nm) / GPU: ATi Radeon HD 4570 515MB DDR2 (T.S.M.C. 55nm) / RAM: DDR2-1066MHz CL7-7-7-20-1T (2x2GB) / Operating System: Windows 10 Home / Storage: Crucial BX500 480GB 3D NAND SATA 2.5" SSD

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Apple A4 - Apple iPod touch (4th generation)
Apple A5 - Apple iPod touch (5th generation)
Apple A9 - Apple iPhone 6s Plus
HiSilicon Kirin 810 (T.S.M.C. 7nm) - Huawei P40 Lite / Huawei nova 7i
Mediatek MT2601 (T.S.M.C 28nm) - TicWatch E
Mediatek MT6580 (T.S.M.C 28nm) - TECNO Spark 2 (1GB RAM)
Mediatek MT6592M (T.S.M.C 28nm) - my|phone my32 (orange)
Mediatek MT6592M (T.S.M.C 28nm) - my|phone my32 (yellow)
Mediatek MT6735 (T.S.M.C 28nm) - HMD Nokia 3 Dual SIM
Mediatek MT6737 (T.S.M.C 28nm) - Cherry Mobile Flare S6
Mediatek MT6739 (T.S.M.C 28nm) - my|phone myX8 (blue)
Mediatek MT6739 (T.S.M.C 28nm) - my|phone myX8 (gold)
Mediatek MT6750 (T.S.M.C 28nm) - honor 6C Pro / honor V9 Play
Mediatek MT6765 (T.S.M.C 12nm) - TECNO Pouvoir 3 Plus
Mediatek MT6797D (T.S.M.C 20nm) - my|phone Brown Tab 1
Qualcomm MSM8926 (T.S.M.C. 28nm) - Microsoft Lumia 640 LTE
Qualcomm MSM8974AA (T.S.M.C. 28nm) - Blackberry Passport
Qualcomm SDM710 (Samsung 10nm) - Oppo Realme 3 Pro

 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£48.38 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£24.98 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£59.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  (£34.72 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Sandisk Solid State Drive 64GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£29.26 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£32.40 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 370 2GB Video Card  (£119.16 @ Aria PC)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  (£51.80 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£36.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £437.67
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-06 22:08 BST+0100

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Thanks for all the replies! What do you guys think of this build I put together from your suggestions?

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/VqFHTW
 
CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  (£79.25 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Pro3 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£48.11 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury White 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£38.45 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£40.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: HIS Radeon R9 270X 2GB IceQ X² Video Card 
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£24.95 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£52.03 @ Amazon UK) 
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series SP120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 37.9 CFM 120mm  Fans  (£21.58 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £304.37 (This is excluding the video card for some reason. It would be just over £400 with it)
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-07 10:26 BST+0100
 
For the OS I will do this; 

 

 

Join the Windows Insider Program and you get a free copy of Windows 10 on July 29th.

 

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Thanks for all the replies! What do you guys think of this build I put together from your suggestions?

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/VqFHTW
 
CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  (£79.25 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Pro3 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£48.11 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury White 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£38.45 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£40.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: HIS Radeon R9 270X 2GB IceQ X² Video Card 
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£24.95 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£52.03 @ Amazon UK) 
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series SP120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 37.9 CFM 120mm  Fans  (£21.58 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £304.37 (This is excluding the video card for some reason. It would be just over £400 with it)
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-07 10:26 BST+0100
 
For the OS I will do this; 

 

 

I have personally used an FX-6300, and I didn't really like it. It caused significant stuttering with my GTX 960 (the AMD was sitting with only a +0.4GHz overclock). The Intel chip (being the G3258) would be better for upgradability, but you may struggle in some AAA titles. I'm not sure how it performs in CS:GO, but I don't see why it wouldn't be able to handle it.

I would personally go for the Intel chip with a Z97 board (so you can get something like a 4690K down the road) with an R7 260X/360 or GTX 750 Ti (which will be able to handle CS:GO just fine) and you're golden. For some AAA titles, you may struggle with that setup, but Source games are so undemanding that you should be fine.

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CPU | i7-4790k | GPU | Nvidia GTX Titan X | Motherboard | MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition | Memory | 2x8GB Kingston HyperX Fury DDR3 1866MHz | PSU | EVGA 650 G2 | Storage | Crucial BX200 240GB + Toshiba 3TB | Case | Cooler Master MasterCase Pro 5 | CPU Cooler | Noctua NH-D15

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Ok, what do you guys think of this one?

 

 
CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£48.38 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£59.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Superclocked Video Card  (£109.97 @ Aria PC) 
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£24.95 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  (£32.80 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £376.14
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-07 14:55 BST+0100
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Do you guys think some money could be saved on the graphics card?

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