Is this a good gaming pc build (this is my first time building)

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Case:Sharkoon Vaya II ATX Mid Case Black w/o PSU
CPU:Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 S1150 Haswell Dual Core 3.2GHz, OC up to 4.5GHz, 5 GT/s DMI, 32x Ratio, Retail
GPU:3GB XFX Radeon R9 280 Black, 5.2GHz GDDR5, GPU 1000MHz, 1792 Streams, DVI/HDMI/mDPort
HDD:1TB Seagate ST1000DM003 Barracuda 7200.14 SATA 6Gb/s 7200rpm 64MB Cache 8ms NCQ OEM
Motherboard:MSI H97M-G43, Intel H97, S1150, DDR3, PCIe 3.0 (x16), 2 Way CrossFireX, D-Sub, DisplayPort, DVI-D, HDMI, Micro ATX
RAM:8GB (2x4GB) Corsair DDR3 Vengeance Racing Red, PC3-12800 (1600), Non-ECC, CAS 9-9-9-24, XMP, 1.5V
PSU:500W EVGA 100-W1-0500-KR, 80PLUS, Single Rail, ATX, PSU
OS:Microsoft Windows 8.1 64Bit DVD English International OEM
 
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This is my best suggestion for a £530 gaming build from those sites.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£132.18 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 V2 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£34.57 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£32.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£149.99 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Cooler Master K280 ATX Mid Tower Case (£30.84 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B...
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G3258 OC up to 4.5GHz is a nice idea.
In order to improve your chances you could buy a z-97 mobo at same price and a good and cheap cpu cooler.
I think you need a 600W psu for your build. And for a budget oriented build a Corsair Builder 600W isnt a bad choice.
If you could spend a little more: EVGA 100-B1-0600-KR for $45 and a (really good) SeaSonic SSR-650RM for only $60 (bargain).


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($16.98 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $141.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-10 14:34 EDT-0400

PS. G3258 is a nice idea. Why? Because you can easily upgrade for a i5 next year If you cannot get a i5 right now.
 
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can i not overclock for now since i am on a tight budegt and the motherboard ,psu and cooler will increase my price a lot and my budegt is 530 sterling which will cost me 760 euros.But i will change the motherboard and get a Z97.Can i get a 550w psu?

 
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This is my best suggestion for a £530 gaming build from those sites.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£132.18 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 V2 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£34.57 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£32.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£149.99 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Cooler Master K280 ATX Mid Tower Case (£30.84 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£45.12 @ Scan.co.uk)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£44.00 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £529.67
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-10 22:59 BST+0100
 
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That's a pretty good build in my opinion. I think you would definitely need an i5-4460 instead of that processor; it would perform much better and I doubt that you would need to overclock it.
 
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i am gonna upgrade to i5 or i7 6 months after i get this build
 
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Than I would personally say that it is a decent build. I am not too sure whether you will experience some overclocking or not.
 
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