Budget Gaming PC (£500-£600) Need Advice

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This is my second thread, my first being one to see how well I could make a gaming PC under £800. However, I have decided to keep my system low to mid end, and upgrade it in the future. Any ways on how to make my current build any better and stay in the same budget are needed. I do not plan on getting an AMD GPU and will not be overclocking anything either. I would also like to know how well you think it woill run Dark Souls 2 when it EVENTUALLY comes out for PC (Urgghh).
My build:http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3msN3
The reason I chose such a large PSU for such a low wattage system is because of my plans to upgrade it in 2-3 years to come. My friend recently built his own gaming PC and he got the same CPU I plan to get from the same place (Amazon, my preferred site for getting the pieces) and it came with a cooler, which is why I haven't included one in the build.
 
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Well we thought it is better to have good motherboard, like the Asus M5A97 Evo R.2.0 , Asus M5A99X Evo R.2.0, so you will overclock better and in the future if you upgrade to AMD FX 8300 series, those 2 motherboard are also good for FX8300 series and were perfect for £600 budget

Btw, here is something else with the FX 6350

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CPU: AMD FX-6350 3.9GHz 6-Core Processor (£91.19 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler...

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PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3mt6P
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3mt6P/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3mt6P/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£77.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.45 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£53.95 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Kingston HyperX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£56.47 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card (£151.97 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£45.90 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.98 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.69 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£69.96 @ CCL Computers)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN722N 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adapter (£7.96 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £591.31
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-05 18:53 BST+0100)
 

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I don't need an OS or wireless card, and as stated in first post do not want an AMD GPU. Thanks anyway, and sorry about not giving you guys the proper link to the part list I have just updated it so it should be fine now.
 

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Oh sorry about that. I shall put together an Nvidia build
 

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CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£77.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.45 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£94.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£63.91 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card (£179.95 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 300R Windowed ATX Mid Tower Case (£63.97 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.98 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.69 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £607.92
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-05 19:04 BST+0100)
 

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

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£77.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£53.95 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Kingston HyperX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£56.47 @ 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: MSI GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card (£179.95 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£45.90 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.98 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.69 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £563.91
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-05 19:11 BST+0100)
 

maurelie

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Spot on £600 :)
It would have been cheaper with XFX 550w, but since you want some more headroom in the future, i picked the 650w version
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CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£104.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.45 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£68.62 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: GeIL EVO CORSA Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£55.00 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive (£59.40 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card (£173.98 @ Dabs)
Case: Zalman Z5 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£38.68 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£59.98 @ Ebuyer)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-222BB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£14.95 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £600.06
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-05 19:08 BST+0100)
 

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I'd rather have an FX 8350 CPU and an SSHD in return for a GTX 750 Ti GPU.
 

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CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£104.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.45 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£64.75 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£63.91 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card (£179.95 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£45.90 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.98 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.69 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £585.62
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-05 19:11 BST+0100)
 

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There's not really much need for an fx 8350 or fx 8320 because you won't really benefit in games
 

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That's quite a nice build, and if I got an FX 8350 it would come with a cooler (My friend's did) so I would be just £5 over budget and with a much nicer graphics card.
 

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Also added a nice Windowed Corsair case.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor (£131.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.45 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£64.75 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£63.91 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card (£128.44 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 300R Windowed ATX Mid Tower Case (£63.97 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.98 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.69 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £580.17
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-05 19:15 BST+0100)
 

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Well it will either be an fx 8320 with a proper cooler or an fx 8350 with the cooler it comes with, which will be fine as I won't be overclocking my rig. I have seen the benchmarks, and I think that the marginal performance increase will be worth it.
 

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I like cases where you can see everything :)
 

Get the 8320. Personally, to me, the 8350 is not worth the extra money.
 

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What about the 6350? Would that be better than the 8320?
 

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If you will be using the system just for gaming, FX 6300 series are great, not much need for FX 8300 series. I picked FX 8320 because i saw that you had firm stand about FX 8320/8350.
 

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Please can you all tell me why the majority of you have changed the motherboard? As far as I know, it doesn't effect performance if you don't plan on overclocking, and the one I chose includes all the necessary ports.
 

maurelie

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Well we thought it is better to have good motherboard, like the Asus M5A97 Evo R.2.0 , Asus M5A99X Evo R.2.0, so you will overclock better and in the future if you upgrade to AMD FX 8300 series, those 2 motherboard are also good for FX8300 series and were perfect for £600 budget

Btw, here is something else with the FX 6350

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6350 3.9GHz 6-Core Processor (£91.19 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.45 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£68.62 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: GeIL EVO CORSA Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£55.00 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive (£58.50 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card (£179.95 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Thermaltake Chaser A21 ATX Mid Tower Case (£44.06 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£59.98 @ Ebuyer)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.69 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £594.44
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-06 10:33 BST+0100)
 
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Well I probably will eventually upgrade my CPU which makes me wonder if I would be better off choosing intel because I don't really want to change the motherboard and when I have a larger budget later on when I don't need all the additional parts intel would seem better as I frequently hear AMD products aren't as expensive or reliable as other brands. But I probably won't have to use my gaming rig for everyday stuff as I have a laptop for that, so maybe if I got a 6350 I would be able to get a GTX 760 after all, and that would mean that I would be able to keep my original graphics card rather than having to get rid of it like I would if I got a GTX 750 Ti when I upgrade the GPU.
 

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I like the Zalman Z11 and the Samsung RW Drive, so I changed it and now it is narrowly edging over my budget which doesn't really bother me as I have a better GPU than I originally intended on getting.
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3mSTT