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CPU -AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £119.00
Motherboard - MSI 970A-G46 AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £64.99
Graphics Card - MSI Radeon R7 260X OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £119.00
Ram - Avexir MPower Yellow Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CM) £55.99
Power Supply - Aerocool Strike-X 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £47.97
Hard Drive - Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
Case - Galaxy Evo Gaming Case USB3.0 3x Red/Blue LED Switchable Fans £34.99
Optical Drive Samsung SH-118AB/BEBE SATA 18x DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM £12.95
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit £67.99
Total Price 568.87

Budget was £550, but it can be over a bit but not much as i still need to get a monitor
 
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How about this for a more rounded build.
Dropped down one notch on the CPU, up one the GPU and grabbed a more reliable PSU:

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS Radeon R9 270X IceQ BOOST 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 450W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £53.99
Total : £303.56 (includes shipping : £8.00).



Add an extra £30 if you can for a reasonably capable CPU cooler and you should be able to get a nice overclock on the 6300.
 
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Thermaltake Contac 21 CLP0600 CPU Cooler £24.19

is that a capable one, will i need any other cables for the PSU going to the motherboard.
 
Over your budget a bit. Does`nt seem to be any decent budget cases in stock. I hav`nt included an OS, as you could use Windows 8 Enterprise Evaluation for 3 months. This will give you time to save and get a feel for Win8.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/evalcenter/hh699156.aspx

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS Radeon R9 270X IceQ BOOST 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £119.99
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CW) - Blue Light £55.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 550W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £49.99
1 x BitFenix Outlaw Gaming Case 3.0 USB - Black £44.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 412S CPU Cooler £28.99
Total : £588.92 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
AMD A8-6600K 3.90GHz £79.99
Sapphire HD 6670 "Ultimate Edition"1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £74.99
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM £67.99
Gigabyte F2A88XM-D3H AMD A88X Chipset (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £59.99
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - £35.99
TeamGroup Elite 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit £32.99
OcUK Value Imp MicroATX Tower Case (500w PSU) £31.99
TP-Link 150Mbps High Gain Wireless-N USB Adapter - with Cradle £9.98

Total Cost £393.91

Budget is now only £400, i have came across these parts, the CPU has an onboard IGP, the HD 8570D, so with a HD 6670 Graphics Card aswell.

Its for gaming mainly and doing basic graphic desgin, it dosent need to run BF4 on ultra high settings or anything like that.
 
If you add a seperate gfx card (especially one that costs £75) you may as well get a ATX 900 chipset board and a FX4300/6300 and a GTX650 or other £70-80 card.
 
MSI GeForce GTX 650 Black Knight OC 1024MB £79.99
AMD Piledriver FX-4 Quad Core 4300 3.80GHz £ 79.99
MSI 970A-G46 AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £64.99

So replace the Graphics, CPU and motherboard with the above 3, is that a better idea

So this is the following specs with the above parts

MSI GeForce GTX 650 Black Knight OC 1024MB £79.99
AMD Piledriver FX-4 Quad Core 4300 3.80GHz £ 79.99
MSI 970A-G46 AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £64.99
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM £67.99
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - £35.99
TeamGroup Elite 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit £32.99
OcUK Value Imp MicroATX Tower Case (500w PSU) £31.99
TP-Link 150Mbps High Gain Wireless-N USB Adapter - with Cradle £9.98

Total Cost £403.92
 
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Thats a better idea.

Have a look in the clearance section as there is a 7770 GHz edition from MSI for £65
 
 
 
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