Which £450 PC?

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You have to shop around for the best deals at low budget.

Something like this would be a bit better for you.

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CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor (£77.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£31.85 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£57.52 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card (£146.22 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Zalman Z5 ATX Mid Tower Case (£31.04 @ Amazon UK)...
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Nathan Willis

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I would go with this...

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Having 2 stick of RAM will let you run them in dual channel.
Other then that the 2 system are practically the same.
 
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Only real difference between the 2 is the single stick ram vs dual ram. You always want dual channel ram, you get roughly an extra 13% performance out of having 2 sticks vs 1. Overall the build looks pretty good for the price, if you can afford an extra 50 GBP then I would grab a fx-8320.

Also, I will have to take a look at that mobo since I am not familiar with that specific board's quality.
 
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In the[strike] first[/strike] second build you have picked what looks like 1x8GB ram, this would run in single mode since it's only one stick. 2x4GB RAM will run in dual mode which is faster.
 
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You have to shop around for the best deals at low budget.

Something like this would be a bit better for you.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor (£77.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£31.85 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£57.52 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card (£146.22 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Zalman Z5 ATX Mid Tower Case (£31.04 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.98 @ Aria PC)
Total: £427.54
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-08 19:13 BST+0100)

550W PSU> More room to upgrade.

Intel i3 4130 > Faster than the FX-6300 unless the FX-6300 is overclocked in terms of gaming performance(and it has a noteably quieter stock cooler)

The Intel path also has better upgrade options than AM3+ and It's sad to say as I like AMD products.

Oh and this is cheaper.
 
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I just bought almost this exact system. Unfortunately not all parts have arrived, so no time to test it.
 
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Aw. It'll obviously perform well though; at least in my opinion, especially due to the R9 270x.
 
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