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MasterOshawott

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I'm going to build my first pc and I've set my budget at around £750.
I will be using the pc for work and gaming. I'd like good performance in games like planetside 2 with hopefully high to ultra graphics.

So far I'm looking into an AMD based pc with a fx8320 and a R9 270x.

I don't want a stupidly big case because I have limited space. I was looking at a corsair carbide 300r.

The parts have to be available in the UK (obviously).

An aftermarket cooler for the cpu is not essential because I'll use the stock one until I can afford an all in one liquid cooler.

I would prefer a monitor and an OS included but I can get Windows 7 for about £40.

So, any suggestions?
 
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With that budget you can get the H100i and a 280x, much better :)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£105.59 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£83.88 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£71.99 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£58.96 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£47.99 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card (£229.78 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case (£59.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£44.98 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHDS118-04 DVD/CD Drive (£10.78 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £756.93
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-17 16:18 GMT+0000)
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£105.59 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£53.95 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£62.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 290 4GB Video Card (£299.51 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case (£59.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£59.35 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.79 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £756.15
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-17 16:42 GMT+0000)
 
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Both answers are good but neither include a monitor or an OS. I've come up with:

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3bttq
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3bttq/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3bttq/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£105.59 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£71.99 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£58.96 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 60GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£37.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£55.00 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card (£153.92 @ Amazon.co.uk) This comes with BF4 free.
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 300R Windowed ATX Mid Tower Case (£63.97 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Zalman 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£57.18 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHDS118-04 DVD/CD Drive (£10.78 @ Scan.co.uk)
Monitor: AOC E2243FW 21.5" Monitor (£100.98 @ Aria PC)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-N10 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£13.20 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £723.56
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-17 16:57 GMT+0000)

What do you think?
 
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My bad, didn't notice on the monitor:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£105.59 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£71.99 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£58.96 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 60GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£37.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£55.00 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card (£147.92 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 300R Windowed ATX Mid Tower Case (£63.97 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£59.35 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHDS118-04 DVD/CD Drive (£10.78 @ Scan.co.uk)
Monitor: AOC E2243FW 21.5" Monitor (£100.98 @ Aria PC)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-N10 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£13.20 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £725.73
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-17 17:01 GMT+0000)

Same as yours except the power supply, the SeaSonic will be much better.
 
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Really sorry I missed that you also need a monitor and OS. You dont need a 600w psu for the 270x, go with the xfx 550 its more than enough. Also I would recommend the 840 Evo above the kingston ssdnow.
 
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