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Hello I posted on the 16th of july asking for a really tight budget build but I have double to spend now and I am wondering what is the best pc I can get for my money.
I need:-
Windows 7 x64bit os
I dont need:-
keyboard or mouse or monitor
I would like something that can be upgradable in the future pleaee
im open to sli / crossfire if you think its worth it I would prefer not to overclock but I may just do it a tiny little bit not insanely though I will be playing games like world of warcraft mists of pandaria, battlefield 4, and new (er) games comming out like destiny and so on. I would like to atleast high / max settings please if at all possible.

But I am looking for a decent build that can be upgraded please thank you very much for reading
 
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Nope, not really there both really good choices.

Hope this helps :)

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I did the best I could, here it goes.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor (£81.78 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.13 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£104.36 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£60.92 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.70 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 760 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£169.91 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case (£84.40 @ More Computers)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£90.78 @ Scan.co.uk)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/RSBS DVD/CD Writer (£12.76 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£35.96 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £704.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-30 20:32 BST+0100
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor (£117.45 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock 990FX Extreme3 ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard (£74.24 @ More Computers)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory (£70.68 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.70 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 760 2GB Dual Superclocked ACX Video Card (£222.26 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£44.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£62.54 @ Aria PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£69.65 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £700.51
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-30 20:44 BST+0100
 
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http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/MYyYmG

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£97.00 @ Scan.co.uk)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.13 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£63.56 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£60.92 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.98 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Tri-X Video Card (£283.14 @ Aria PC)
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£79.69 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.74 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£35.96 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £697.12
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-30 20:56 BST+0100

You can change the case if you don't want to remove the drive bays or if you don't like the look of it.
 
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You cant buy that PSU from that website
 
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Whoops let just amend the build that throws the price off a bit. Thanks for letting me know :)
 
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No problem, just wanted to bring that to attention
 
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The_Freeman

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Here's the updated build. Had to remove the OD to get in just above the £700 budget.

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/Y8hbTW

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£97.00 @ Scan.co.uk)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.13 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£63.56 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£60.92 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.98 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Tri-X Video Card (£283.14 @ Aria PC)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£44.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£62.98 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£35.96 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £713.66
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-30 21:08 BST+0100
 
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Hello thank you for the reply's im just wondering how well that it can run the gsmes I mentioned please and also I would like something pretty quiet please.
also what about a sound card will that make muchdifference to music / gameplay thank you
 
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The_Freeman

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It can run games much better than the previous other builds, due to the fact the GPU is so much better. here is a link containing benchmarks for the GTX 760 and the R9 290: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1038?vs=1056.
From there you can also view individual game benchmarks as well.

As far as a sound card is concerned, you don't need one as this motherboard alongside both have intergraded sound chips the perform quite nicely. BUT if you have unless you have £200 speakers and need the best performance out of the speakers or you really need to have optical out then you don't.
 
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Improved build

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor (£117.45 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Extreme3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£53.31 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory (£70.68 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.70 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 290 4GB PCS+ Video Card (£279.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£44.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£62.54 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHDS118-04 DVD/CD Drive (£9.58 @ Scan.co.uk)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£69.65 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £746.49
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-31 13:44 BST+0100

This would perform better in games and other tasks than freemans build but around the same price
 
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I agree it is a improved build and a better CPU but the overall build is over budget so its up to the OP if he/she wants to spend that amount extra. BUT the 8320 is basically just an under clocked version of the 8350 so with a slight OC it would be on par if not better than the 8350 and still saving you money for better components or other things.

The RAM you have listed is listed at 2133 which is unnecessary 1600 or 1866 would do the job just fine. The motherboard is good value but Asus does have better QC , so there products generally last longer. An OD is also unnecessary as you can use a USB stick to install windows/ any other OS.

The GPU has been know to produce black screens randomly and some cant get the card to work properly at all, that being said some people have fixed it with a BIOS update and/or reverting to the older stable drivers but others can't. The R9 290 also can get quite hot with out adequate cooling and although PowerColor has good cooling, the Tri-X or the Vapor-X from Sapphire is better.
 
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Really Ram is Ram its a good price anyways so it doesnt matter. Motherboard is about preference. And brand for GPU doesnt matter i dont know where your getting your "facts" from

and mine is only 10 euros over yours

edit* and you didnt include an optical drive
 
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While it's true that the AMD based recomended by Somber does have much better gaming performance due to the graphics card it has no room for improvement in the CPU socket in the future. Here is one Hybrid intel/amd that will run very good for you: good CPU, can upgrade, same GPU as the somber build (great game performance). Which makes it a jack of all trades compared to the previously recommended two builds.

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/BzpXJx
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/BzpXJx/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£130.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.98 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock H81 Pro BTC ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£32.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£53.15 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Tri-X Video Card (£283.14 @ Aria PC)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£44.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£62.98 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.98 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£69.65 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £713.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-31 18:23 BST+0100

Oh man! I forgot the HDD, you can get one Hard drive for about 40 more, however that would leave this over the budget so you should decide then if go over the budget or use a little less video card, one 280 should still max out games with no problem. Think about it.
 
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£30 actually not £10. Mine didn't include an OD as you don't need one. And I agree with you statements and RAM and Mobo its entirely up to the OP. As for the GPU brand, to some extent it does matter as brands can have better heatsinks and fans which provide a cooler and quitter experience and also some have a higher clock speed to others so the card is faster in some aspects.

The information I posted about the PowerColor GPU you linked came from 2 places:

1.) I have one, so I had the same troubles that I posted above.

2.) http://www.newegg.com/global/uk/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131549&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID= Every else that experienced issues and problems stated in the review section.
 
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I don't see how that is as the GPU that we listed is both an R9 290 and the CPUs can we OC the give round about the same performance. Sorry if I'm missing something and please do correct if I'm wrong.

 
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