First PC build. Help appriciated

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yelnats2509

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CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£74.99 EBay)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 PRO3 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£62.00 EBay google shopping)
Memory: Kingston Blu Red Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory (£70.00 CCL computers)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£40.00 EBay)
Graphics Card: Nvidia geforce 770 graphics card (£230 EBay)
Case: AeroCool Strike-X Advance White Mid-Tower Gaming Case USB3 Toolless No PSU (£52.99 EBay)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($50.00 CCL computers)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£13.00 EBay)

here is my initial plan of parts. any improvements or changes anyone who is more experienced would make.
 
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All looks good, only a small piece of advice: Try getting 2x4Gb memory running at 1600MHz, not 1333. And maybe try getting a 1 Tb hard drive since they generally cost the same as the 500 gb variants (never go for Toshiba or Hitachi drives though, they always have low / bad reviews).
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All looks good, only a small piece of advice: Try getting 2x4Gb memory running at 1600MHz, not 1333. And maybe try getting a 1 Tb hard drive since they generally cost the same as the 500 gb variants (never go for Toshiba or Hitachi drives though, they always have low / bad reviews).
 
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Everything looks fine. Sure a FX8320 is better than the FX6300 if you can afford the extra $$$, but the FX6300 is plenty good. There will be ZERO difference in performance between 1333mhz and 1600mhz RAM in this system. I've owned hard drives from Western Digital, Seagate, Hitachi, Toshiba, Samsung, and even HP and they are all roughly equal in terms of performance and reliability. EVERY single manufacture has horrible reviews. All of them have DOAs and sudden failures that lose peoples precious data. Get whichever one is on sale that day when you're ready to buy. Yes 1TB drives are typically the same price as the 500GB drives.
 
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Thanks man, much appriciated ! i will look into the hard drive and memory. Didnt realise this site was so helpful haha
 
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