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Can someone confirm my component choices for my first build please !

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May 27, 2014 11:06:09 AM

I am about to order the components for my first build. As follows:
PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3R9IR
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3R9IR/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3R9IR/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 EVO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£68.98 @ Dabs)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory (£57.46 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Mushkin 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£43.19 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.50 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Dual-X Video Card (£203.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 300R Windowed ATX Mid Tower Case (£64.13 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Fractal Design Integra R2 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£47.58 @ Scan.co.uk)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.79 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) (£68.69 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN722N 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adapter (£7.01 @ Aria PC)
Total: £739.76
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-27 19:03 BST+0100)

Can someone confirm my parts choices and if necessary bring up any changes that are needed.
It would be nice to reduce the price if possible but i do not want to go any higher please.
Cheers

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May 27, 2014 12:06:09 PM

Do the good job for pick the parts, and I recommend to pick this MB Gigabyte 970A-UD3P http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00F5R9O46/?tag=pcp0f-21 it has more power phase (8+1) that is good for oc the the CPU, but you can keep the MB if you don't like it.
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May 27, 2014 12:50:17 PM

Would this build be a lot better ?
PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3S25v
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3S25v/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3S25v/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-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: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£78.92 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory (£57.46 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Mushkin 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£43.19 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Dual-X Video Card (£203.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 300R Windowed ATX Mid Tower Case (£64.13 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Fractal Design Integra R2 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£47.58 @ Scan.co.uk)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.79 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£49.99 @ Amazon UK)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN781ND 802.11b/g/n PCI Wi-Fi Adapter (£7.91 @ Aria PC)
Total: £758.34
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-27 20:49 BST+0100)
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May 27, 2014 1:22:54 PM

You may know there is the topic, amd or intel cpu for games. On the paper yes, intel is better but depends on what games because they are different from games to games.
The true is that intel is the expensive one and amd is budget one. And for most games GPU is more important. If you get the right PC components then intel or amd will be similar with the same GPU.
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