New PC build. What components should I pick?

[steviet32]

Hi All,
I am thinking of upgrading my system with the following:

1) Graphics Card
2) CPU
3) Motherboard
4) RAM

I have £500 to £600 quid to play with and was thinking of going down the AMD route.

All other components are not required.

What components would you pick?

 

[snips86x]

What will the PC be used for?

 

[RJC]

A little over:

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280X Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £259.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £173.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G2400HC11CDC01) £65.99
Total : £629.56 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 

[SiDeards73]

+1 for RJC basket

 

[ShivP]

+1 also, that RAM is freaking hyperspeed!

 

[Idleman]

AMD.

YOUR BASKET
1 x VTX3D Radeon R9 290 X-Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Battlefield 4 Included £323.99
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 TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £53.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £17.99
Total : £605.54 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 

[SiDeards73]

The AMD offering is savage also with plenty of room to OC that badboy.