Advice needed on ~£550 build

Ashurias

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I'd like to know if I've picked good components - if anyone could suggest better ones for the price, etc. and where in the UK to order them, it would be very much appreciated. I'm sorry - this is my first build, and I'm not very experienced:

Corsair Builder Series CX 600 Watt ATX/EPS 80 PLUS Bronze Power Supply Unit
PowerColor R9 270 2GB GDDR5 DVI HDMI DisplayPort PCI-E Graphics Card
WD 1TB 3.5 inch Internal Hard Drive - Caviar Blue
Asus DRW-24F1ST Retail Silent Optical drive
G.Skill 8GB DDR3 2133MHz RipjawsX Memory
Gigabyte GA-H81M-H Socket 1150 VGA HDMI HD Audio Micro ATX Motherboard
Intel Core i5 4440 3.10GHz Socket 1150 6MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor

At the moment, I've calculated the whole thing at around £550. I'm not looking to spend more than that. (I already have case in case you're wondering). If you suggest different components, please link where to order them in the UK. Thanks.
 

PepitoTV

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Here's a suggestion:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£101.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.45 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£59.61 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory (£57.46 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 760 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£168.91 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£39.95 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£45.98 @ Dabs)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.84 @ Dabs)
Total: £546.13
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-27 16:26 BST+0100)
 
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PepitoTV

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Ok, without the case, you have some headroom. Now, for this price point, I'd still pick the AMD processor and bump the GPU so, this is what I'd recommend:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£101.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.28 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£61.99 @ Dabs)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory (£57.46 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£203.99 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£45.98 @ Dabs)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.84 @ Dabs)
Total: £543.47
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-28 18:49 BST+0100)