Any improvements to this £550 AMD build used for gaming and photoshop

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CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£82.68 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£59.00 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£51.93 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£47.78 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card (£203.66 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£38.65 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£49.00 @ Ebuyer)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£12.98 @ Novatech)
Total: £545.68
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-09-28 20:16 BST+0100)

Looks good don't know what I should change :)
 
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looks very good

i can only help reducing price with some parts
ram
hdd
gpu

and add cpu cooler :) have fun

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CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£82.68 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£23.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£59.00 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Mushkin Blackline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£37.46 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£46.68 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video...
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looks very good

i can only help reducing price with some parts
ram
hdd
gpu

and add cpu cooler :) have fun

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£82.68 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£23.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£59.00 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Mushkin Blackline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£37.46 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£46.68 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card (£173.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£38.65 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£49.00 @ Ebuyer)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£12.98 @ Novatech)
Total: £524.41
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-09-28 20:25 BST+0100)
 
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How is the GPU and those RAM sticks? never heard of mushkin

 
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CPU: Intel Core i5-4430 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£130.79 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85-HD3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£67.60 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: GeIL Enhance CORSA 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£40.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£47.39 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card (£173.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Zalman Z9 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£43.90 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£48.96 @ CCL Computers)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer (£11.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £565.60
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-09-29 14:40 BST+0100)


overclocking not needed.
 
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Mushkin is great, but everywhere you look your going to find it out of stock ;)
 
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Yes unfortunately I am on quite a tight budget but If I did have the extra £ I would've gone with Intel but AMD apparently is the better bang for your buck but I'm stuck on what 7950 to get for this build ;(
 
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Yes unfortunately I am on quite a tight budget but If I did have the extra £ I would've gone with Intel but AMD apparently is the better bang for your buck but I'm stuck on what 7950 to get for this build ;(
 
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The cheapest one.
 
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You recommend the sapphire one £175 ? why
 
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Because it's the best option for the price. This one is also great:

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-video-card-fx795atdjc

You will barely see a difference among the cards performance wise, hence go for the cheapest.
 
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I heard the XFX has bad VRM compared to the others
 
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Their VRAM is also a bit suspect IMO, I have a 7790 that can't handle the speed that XFX set it at.
 
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Hmm I'm seriously stuck on what HD 7950 to get man what one would you recommend for overclocking ability and just a good all round card for my system.
 
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I can't in good faith recommend an AMD card because of the issues I have had with the 7790 that I bought (with my own money) a couple of months ago.
 
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