Spec my friend a build! £650 max

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NE-Hops

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Hey guys,

My friend is looking to get into PC gaming. He has a monitor, and the cost of windows is separate from the £600-£650 budget. He's asked me for help picking parts, but I'd rather ask here so he can get the most out of his budget.

Cheers
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 Geforce GTX 770 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - OEM (77XPH6DV6KVX) £179.99
1 x Intel Core i3-4350 3.60GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £104.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Avexir Gold Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21331104G-2CEY) - Yellow/Gold Light £65.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £61.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £53.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £39.95
1 x Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - Black £39.95
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
Total : £656.42 (includes shipping : £8.00).




or better CPU/slightly worse GPU, probably the better option

YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 280 TurboDUO 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £155.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4430 3.00GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £134.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Avexir Gold Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21331104G-2CEY) - Yellow/Gold Light £65.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £61.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £53.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £39.95
1 x Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - Black £39.95
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
Total : £662.42 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
 
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YOUR BASKET
1x Palit GeForce GTX 970 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £251.99
1x Intel Core i5-4430 3.00GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £134.99
1x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £61.99
1x TeamGroup Xtreem LV "Frost Edition" 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit £59.99
1x Silverstone Strider Essential Bronze - 600W (SST-ST60F-ESB) £44.99
1x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £42.95
1x Aerocool V2X Green Edition Midi-Tower - Black / Green £19.99
Total: £633.38 (includes shipping: £13.75).

If your friend don't want to use Intel supplied CPU cooler then he wont mind to spend bit more for awesome water cooler below.

YOUR BASKET
1x Palit GeForce GTX 970 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £251.99
1x Intel Core i5-4430 3.00GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £134.99
1x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £61.99
1x TeamGroup Xtreem LV "Frost Edition" 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit £59.99
1x Silverstone Tundra Series TD03 Liquid CPU Cooler £49.99
1x Silverstone Strider Essential Bronze - 600W (SST-ST60F-ESB) £44.99
1x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £42.95
1x Aerocool V2X Green Edition Midi-Tower - Black / Green £19.99
Total: £683.38 (includes shipping: £13.75).
 
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I wouldn't spend £50 on a water cooler for a cpu that can't be overclocked personally.

The pallit 970 is a bit cheaper, but the MSI has a better cooler and power delivery for overclocking.

I do also think the build needs a ssd rather than the cheaper bigger mechanical hdd for a better experience in general.
 
I think an AMD build is completely pointless now. Theres no upgrade paths at all and AM3+ is effectively a dead socket, but athlonxp's first build + SSD would be great
 
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