Budget PC £300

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Hey, I'm looking to upgrade my system (basically replacing almost everything) with a budget of £300 (possibly £350 at a stretch as long as delivery charge is inclusive of this as I obviously don't qualify for free delivery), so I won't be needing a HDD, optical drive or OS (or a case but I've selected one below because it comes with a 500w PSU). Will be using it mostly for web browsing and software such as photoshop but also some gaming.

I was thinking these:

Xenon AMD Bulldozer FX-4 4100 3.60GHz DDR3 Bundle - Quad Core - £174.00
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-188-OK

OcUK Galaxy III Tower Case - Black (500W PSU) - £34.99
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-017-OP

Sapphire HD 7750 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - £83.99
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-294-SP&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=

Total incl shipping: £307.08

Games I'd likely be playing would include Starcraft II, Counter-strike GO and Battlefield 3 on a 40" TV. (doesn't bother me if the games are on lowest detail tbh)

Basically I'm seeking guidance on what I have selected, if I should go for totally different parts, it looks alright to me but I know very little when it comes to selecting the right parts.

Thanks,
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Thanks for the replies, unfortunately something else came up (as always!) and I've had to put this off for now, will have a bigger budget next time though.
 
Although I can't go ahead with it yet, I've decided to take another look, going for trinity as recommended above a few times. Though at least one of the parts are on sale so the price would rise a little bit. The case isn't required but it's cheap and looks nicer than my current one.

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £95.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A75-D3H AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £61.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED316GM1600HC11DC01) £49.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £40
1 x OcUK Flamingo FM-12A Midi Tower Case - Black/Blue £21.98
1 x Arctic F8 Pro PWM Case Fan - 80mm £3.49
Total : £286.94 (includes shipping : £11.25).



Then once I have more funds, replace the HDD (current is only 160GB), new OS and an SSD for the OS. I figure chuck in the 6670 as well to Crossfire with the CPU, or would it be better to just buy a better card?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Asus HD 6670 SILENT EDITION 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £79.99
1 x Adata Premier Pro SP900 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (ASP900S3-64GM-C) £59.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) £42.98
Total : £274.36 (includes shipping : £9.50).



Any issue I should be aware about with any of these parts? Trying to research as much as possible but it's easy for me to miss something

Thanks
 
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