What do you guys think?

BradWilliams

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I am wanting a good/reliable gaming pc for a beginner (me) and I dont really know much about building a pc or it's components. I've read some articles online about building a gaming pc and what to look for but I only understand a little bit and I'm hoping you people would help. So here's what I've chosen on pc part picker uk---

(I've made a few changes and took in the suggestions you gave me, so thanks for the help)

AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor
£97.99


Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler
£22.63


Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard
£106.49


Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
£59.98


Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
£37.14


XFX Radeon R9 270 2GB Core Edition Video Card
£124.00


NZXT Phantom 410 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case
£65.99


Corsair CSM 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply
£53.14


LG UH12NS30 Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer
£39.48


Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)
£59.00


LG 22MP55HQ-P 60Hz 22.0" Monitor
£99.99


Asus Xonar DGX 24-bit 96 KHz Sound Card
£21.68


Gigabyte GM-M6900 Wired Optical Mouse
£16.61



Gigabyte GK-FORCE K7 Wired Gaming Keyboard
£30.60


The total price is £834.72
Feel free to suggest anything I should change.
 
Solution
No need for 16gb ram, get 8, use money saved on a lower watt, maybe 550w good psu, like seasonic, superflower or xfx, rest is fine, maybe get a r9 280/x