Sub £600 gaming build?

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Vindaloovians

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I already have 2x500gb hardrives and an OS, with £580 (Maybe more) lying around please suggest exactly what you'd do, to max out the budget. I'm thinking of building a Kaveri build, waiting then adding a high end GPU and maybe a new CPU in 5 months?
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£104.39 @ 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: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£52.10 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 280X 3GB DirectCU II Video Card (£229.99 @ Novatech)
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: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£11.52 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £570.28
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-28 13:44 BST+0100)

Alternate with FX-6300 and SSD:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£76.79 @ 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: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£52.10 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£59.94 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 280X 3GB DirectCU II Video Card (£229.99 @ Novatech)
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: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£11.52 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £602.62
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-28 13:45 BST+0100)
 
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+1 to this build, it should run any game that you want.
 
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I would NOT recommend the Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 motherboard. It lacks VRM heatsinks so the VRMs can easily overheat, especially if you try overclocking which will definitely make the VRMs overheat.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£77.95 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.95 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£98.98 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£54.30 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280X 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£234.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£45.90 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£47.47 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.79 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £597.33
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-29 06:25 BST+0100)

This motherboard is much better and would actually allow you to overclock. You should obtain at least 4.5ghz with this set-up.
 
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