Sub £550 gaming pc - Spec OK?

super-saint

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Think I am finally ready to puchase the following on Black Friday .... any last minute tweaks I need to make?

CPU - AMD FX-6300 3.5ghz 6 core £85
Mobo - ASUS M5A78L-M USB3 Micro ATX £50
RAM - Corsair Vengance 8gb (2x4gb) £63
Storage - WD Cavier Blue 1tb £47
Graphics card - Powercolor HD 7870 2GB GDDR5 Myst £148
Network - TPLink TL-WN781ND £9
Case - CIT Vantage Type R Gaming Case £33
PSU - OCZ CoreXStream Series 500w £38
OS - Windows 8.1 64 bit £77
 

Rammy

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The case and PSU are pretty crappy, even on a budget build, I'd definitely look into swapping those.
You can save around £10 on memory.

HD7870XT is still a great value card but HD7950 prices are falling dangerously close, and you get a bigger variety of coolers and manufacturers to chose from.