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Be mainly used for Minecraft and every day internet activities!!!

Mac budget is 450 to 480 Euro!!!
 
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Ciaran92, here is something similar to your build but with some improvements:
If you have the cash later on you can add in a 120GB MX100 Crucial SSD, which will cost about £50 but you can use it to put the OS on, and a few games and programs, it will make your PC turn on MUCH faster, and anything you put on the SSD will start & load much quicker.
Also, if you can stretch your budget about £10 more, a FX 6300 is a good upgrade to the FX 4300, it's simply the same CPU but with 6 cores rather than 4 (and a slightly lower clockspeed).
This PC will be able to destroy minecraft, and will perform pretty well in most games. Of course it will struggle with AAA games such as Crysis 3 and Battlefield 4, but I assume you won't be playing those...
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Here you go

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor (£43.19 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£63.56 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Kingston Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£58.18 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital WD Blue 1TB 2.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive (£47.12 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£153.59 @ Aria PC)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case (£59.15 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£44.11 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £468.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
 
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Both of those builds are way, way overkill for your needs, Minecraft is not very graphically intensive AT ALL and you would need something like a R7 260X at the very max, nowhere close to a R9 280, the R9 280 is for playing games like Battlefield 4 and Crysis 3, using it for minecraft would be like buying a Ferrari and only going 10mph.

Also, M0j0, why did you choose to pair that very weak Pentium CPU with a high end GPU like a R9 280? Ciaran92's original build made a lot more sense, with a suitable CPU for the 280, and an SSD.

If you would like, I can put together a much cheaper build which will still fit your needs without being insanely overkill.
 
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Yes please mate, if you could use the same case as I picked I would appreciate it if not then its grand!!
 
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Thanks man no rush, I will be browsing through the forums anyway! I plan on dual monitors to if that makes a difference!!
 
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Do you want to do dual monitors with a game displayed on both monitors, or do you want a game displayed on one monitor then other stuff (browser, music, hardware monitoring software, skype, etc) on the second monitor?

I do option number 2, but it's up to you.
 
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Game on one monitor and then other stuff on the other one
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-4300 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor (£62.99 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Zalman CNPS5X Performa CPU Cooler (£12.14 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£45.36 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory (£27.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£36.56 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R7 240 2GB Video Card (£50.76 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Zalman Z12 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£52.80 @ Kustom PCs)
Power Supply: Fractal Design Integra R2 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£39.00 @ Scan.co.uk)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer (£11.09 @ Aria PC)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN851ND 802.11b/g/n PCI Wi-Fi Adapter (£10.99 @ Aria PC)
Total: £349.68
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
 
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Ah that changes things a lot, this build is a lot more suited to Minecraft, it might even be a bit weak for MC (if you want to always get solid framerates), I can throw together a slightly more powerful build inna minute.
 
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Sorry about that didn't no how to do it.. yes if u can!!
 
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Here, this build will be able to play MC and other games as well smoothly

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-4300 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor (£62.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock 990FX Extreme3 ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard (£75.05 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Kingston Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£58.18 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£36.56 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Dual-X Video Card (£119.00 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case (£59.15 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£44.11 @ CCL Computers)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer (£11.09 @ Aria PC)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN851ND 802.11b/g/n PCI Wi-Fi Adapter (£10.99 @ Aria PC)
Total: £477.12
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
 
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Ciaran92, here is something similar to your build but with some improvements:
If you have the cash later on you can add in a 120GB MX100 Crucial SSD, which will cost about £50 but you can use it to put the OS on, and a few games and programs, it will make your PC turn on MUCH faster, and anything you put on the SSD will start & load much quicker.
Also, if you can stretch your budget about £10 more, a FX 6300 is a good upgrade to the FX 4300, it's simply the same CPU but with 6 cores rather than 4 (and a slightly lower clockspeed).
This PC will be able to destroy minecraft, and will perform pretty well in most games. Of course it will struggle with AAA games such as Crysis 3 and Battlefield 4, but I assume you won't be playing those since you didn't mention it and it isn't really possible to get high settings on them with your current budget.
Multitasking will be a breeze with 4 cores (6 cores if you take the FX 6300 CPU), and 4GB of RAM is more than enough for your needs.
The R7 265 card is very powerful for games like Minecraft.
The case is one that I prefer over the one that you picked, however either should work so pick whichever you want.
The 500W EVGA PSU will last for a long time, and gives you enough room for future upgrades.
The fast 7200RPM hard drive will increase the speed that your PC boots up, and also increase the speed of loading things and starting programs.
Adding the SSD will make the PC even faster, but you will still be fine without it.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-4300 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor (£62.99 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£23.50 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock 980DE3/U3S3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£41.06 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1333 Memory (£31.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£33.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 265 2GB Video Card (£89.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case (£37.99 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£29.40 @ Scan.co.uk)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£11.32 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £362.23
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Feel free to ask any questions you have about the build!
 
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Thanks very much i will take every thing you said into account!!
 
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