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Wow, that looks fantastic, thank you for the help I will definitely look into this more!

buying a lot of second hand stuff so about £140 left in the budget

Budget at most would be around £300 all in, kid on the way and need to keep costs reasonable to explain to the missus

Hi Folks, looking to build my first computer from scratch and would appreciate any recommendations on parts to get/change from the list below: CPU - Intel core i5-3470s Motherboard - Intel DQ77CP RAM - 2x 4 GB PC14900 DDR3 1866MHz GPU - EVGA GeForce GTX 1050 2GB GDDR5 Power supply - unbranded 450W Boot drive - Kingston 120GB 2.5" SATA III Looking to play most modern games on medium graphics or so, just looking to upgrade from a 5 year old laptop. Budget is kinda a big deal as I want to keep it as cheap as possible so any help appreciated Thanks