Extremely budget AMD gaming build.

James_

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I'm planning on building my first pc and have come up with a list of components, is this an alright (yet cheap) build and will it work?

AMD
Phenom II X4 965 Black

Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3

G.Skill 8GBXL Main Memory DDR3 8 GB PC1600 CL9 Ram Kit 2x 4 GB

MSI HD7850 OC AMD/ATI Graphics Card - 2GB

1TB Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 3.5" SATA III Hard Drive - HDD

620W Seasonic S12II-620 80PLUS Bronze Power Supply

(my budget is around £425)

(i chose a higher wattage psu to allow for future upgrading meaning i don't have to fork out as much money in the future)
 
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IMHO you should build something like that:

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

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£85.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£76.76 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£55.00 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£48.36 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7850 2GB Video Card (£125.37 @ Dabs)
Case: Antec Three Hundred Two ATX Mid Tower Case (£58.04 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified...
IMHO you should build something like that:

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

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£85.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£76.76 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£55.00 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£48.36 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7850 2GB Video Card (£125.37 @ Dabs)
Case: Antec Three Hundred Two ATX Mid Tower Case (£58.04 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply (£40.47 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £489.99
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-30 17:34 BST+0100)

Eventually you can even overclock. (You will have to buy a good cpu cooler though)
 
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