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I have decided to build a pc instead of buying a ps4. I have never built a pc before, so I read alot of forums on this site about budget gaming pcs. I put some of the parts from each forum together on pcpartpicker and the result was this:

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2DVgQ7

Is this a good build? My budget is around €500 to €550 ($680 - $750 , £400 - £440). If you have any suggestions for different components or if you think this is fine the way it is, let me know. Thanks in advance.
 
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Slight tweaks, same overall cost.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£103.19 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 45.0 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler (£14.98 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£52.00 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£56.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Dual-X Video Card (£127.00 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Cooler Master K380 ATX Mid Tower Case (£33.59 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£60.06 @ CCL Computers)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer (£14.89 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £498.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-19 20:42 BST+0100

Better Cpu, better quality Psu. Cheaper Gpu for less money, same chipset though. Better motherboard slightly. Like I said, just more of a tweak all around.
 
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That CPU is a bit too expensive for me. Is the motherboard a part I should be spending a lot of money on? And why do I need such a big Psu when the wattage is only about 390?
 
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So just change the power supply? Is that just for if/when I upgrade parts or would 430W not be enough in the first place?

 
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Btw, Sourodip's link is broken. It takes me to my last saved build on uk.pcpartpicker.com , so if were using it, it's not going to show you what he actually changed on it.

Also, why is the Cpu in my build too expensive when the overall cost for the build is the same? WoW is more Cpu dependent for fps boosts than most games, so you'll want the strongest cpu you can get(without sacrificing the gpu of course).
 
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The overall cost was £50 more. From what I've gathered from reviews on the fx-6300 I think it will suit my needs fine, so I couldn't really justify spending £40 more than I need. I've changed the motherboard and some other things as you suggested. Here's the link if want to see (the budget was only for the components and not the OS and peripherals) http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/byron969/saved/dKrmP6 . P.S why do you think I'm going to be playing world of warcraft? :)
 
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Bah, getting confused with another post that was Diablo 3 and WoW-centric. Build looks nice though, although if the cost is the same I'd just buy Win8.1. You can download something that adds the classic windows button, and after that it behaves just like a *normal* WinOS. I've got 0 complaints with it honestly.
 
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