help with parts for building gaming pc

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i got 2 sets of parts to choose from but i dont understand it my self so i was wondering which one to choose or if there is anything better and my budget is £450

AMD Bulldozer FX-4 Quad Core 4100 Black Edition 3.60Ghz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail
MSI HD 7770 GHz Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G160C9K)
Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020047-UK)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD
Gigabyte 78LMT-USB3 AMD 760G (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard
Cooler Master K380 Midi Tower Black Windowed Case - Black (RC-K380-KWN1)
OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM

or

1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £99.95
1 x Gigabyte F2A85XM-D3H AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 micro ATX Motherboard £61.99
1 x MSI HD 6670 2048MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £59.99
1 x Adata XPG Gaming v2.0 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AX3U1866GC4G9B-DG2) £55.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) HDD £43.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L7 430W '80 Plus' Power Supply £39.95
1 x Aerocool Qs-200 Lite Midi Tower Case - Black £34.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £427.44 (includes shipping : £10.50).
 
A tiny bit over, but well worth it.

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 Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020047-UK) £49.99
1 x Gigabyte H61MA-D3V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £47.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £43.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-252-SE) £30
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £460.88 (includes shipping : £12.50).




The 7850 eclipses they other two options (is even better than both put together, if that were possible)..

The i3 also out-performs the 4300 (which is much better than the 4100)..
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/700?vs=677

Don't be worried about B grade components, they do work but may have packaging missing/damaged (slightly).
 
The top one is better, but maybe think about FX6300 (cheaper than the I3 and I believe better?) or FX6350.
Agrred with the 7850 is much better.
 
The top build is pretty bad, the 7770 is by no means a gamers GPU, it is to a degree but really if you want any decent FPS with good settings a 7850 or 650ti boost minimum. Even more so if you are gaming at 1080p.

The Trinity build is purely budget based, if you can afford at least £450 you are looking at a dedicated GPU build.

Not sure about the FX6300 being cheaper/better than the i3, the reason for picking intel over AMD in this situation is for the Z77 chipset, at the time of typing this there is a Z77 D3H B-Grade for £60, later on you can throw a 3570 into this when a bunch of them flood into the market due to the release of Haswell. Then sell the i3 on.

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 £60.00
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £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) £30.00
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Midi Tower Case - Black £28.99
Total : £455.90 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
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7850 I3 is the way to go if you can stretch, if not go for the A10 with no GPU and save up for a 7850 as the 6670 is not much more powerfull than the A10 onboard
 
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