£500 gaming pc . any advice? Improvements?

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MrSubZer04

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This is my build so far, It is my first so please any advice would be greatly appreciated.

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1dWaZ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1dWaZ/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1dWaZ/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i3-3220 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor (£89.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI B75MA-P45 Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£45.55 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£41.77 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£43.19 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 660 2GB Video Card (£168.96 @ Dabs)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£39.58 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply (£49.80 @ Scan.co.uk)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£13.15 @ Amazon UK)
Keyboard: Gigabyte GK-K6800 Wired Standard Keyboard (£9.47 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £501.46
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-07-07 00:20 BST+0100)
 
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haider95

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The era of dual cores is over my friend. The i3 is a dual core where as the FX6300 is a 6 core processor which is capable of being overclocked and being close to the performance level of the i5 in single threaded tests after being OC'd that is.
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Outlander_04

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AMD's FX processors perform better in game engines that can use all the cores . Thats probably every new game , and definitely titles like BF3 , Crysis 3 , etc

An FX 6300 can easily OC , and will absolutelt destroy the intel dual core in non gaming tasks too

Pared with a 970 series board its about the same cost as the intel , or even a little cheaper
 
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The era of dual cores is over my friend. The i3 is a dual core where as the FX6300 is a 6 core processor which is capable of being overclocked and being close to the performance level of the i5 in single threaded tests after being OC'd that is.
 
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