Building budget AMD based gaming system - thoughts?

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Ello people :)

I have the task of building my friend a cheap gaming system. He wants to spend £400 but can push £450 if completely necessary. I have thrown together some parts which I am thinking about using but wanted some input.

His requirements are pretty easy:
"I want to play 1080p at good graphics"

So my thoughts were:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 7770 GHz Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £95.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £83.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3 AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £43.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite Power 500W Power Supply £32.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Midi Tower Case - Black £28.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £434.34 (includes shipping : £17.85).

 
YOUR BASKET
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showd (GX-100-GI) £129.95
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £92.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £43.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020058-UK) £39.98
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 (MB-364-GI) £35
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £455.99 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 
YOUR BASKET
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showd (GX-100-GI) £129.95
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £92.99
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £60
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £54.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £43.99
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-252-SE) £30
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Midi Tower Case - Black £28.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £472.90 (includes shipping : £12.50).



This will be more powerful, if you don't mind a couple B grade items, Sata cables may be missing on the Mobo so if you have some spare that will save you £30.

EDIT: Damn you Idleman!
 
solado said:
Isn't the 6300 better than the i3-3220 in terms of raw power + it's cheaper ?
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Upgrade path is also kinda better with the FX-6300, as you can go 8 Core Piledriver or Steamroller when released.

I know what you guys will say, IPC blah blah blah, but the i3 will perform just as good in games. But what they dont tell you is, while gaming you can do other things with the FX-6300 as it has 6 physical cores, rather than 2 "boosted" Cores.

You can upgrade to an i7 with the i3 builds, but that socket is now dead as Haswell, the next intel Gen CPU, uses a different socket. So you are left with only whats on the current market, or a new system.
 
OliverDavis said:
But what they dont tell you is, while gaming you can do other things with the FX-6300 as it has 6 physical cores, rather than 2 "boosted" Cores.
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Do you know why we don't tell people that? Because its not true...

The 6300 (as with the 6100) is a 3 Module CPU with 2 threads in each (in AMD's eyes) making 6 Cores. Where relating it to intel makes 3 cores and 6 threads...

It is on par performance wise with the 3220 though it does shoot ahead in a few multi-thread applications due to the extra threads. Even though it has more cores and more threads than the 3220, the 3220 is built on better architechture... (overclocking aside obviously)..

the 3570k (4570k) will easily match/beat the 8350 (4 module, 8 thread CPU).. and the i7 is in a league of its own.
 
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OliverDavis said:
Also you can overclock the FX-6300 to 4.6Ghz with a reasonable cooler!
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Not with that motherboard, you cant upgrade to to 8 core either with that motherboard, I would recommend trying to find another, maybe look at the FX6350? I dont know the price difference though
 
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