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Aerocool Qs-101 Micro-ATX Case - Black/ Aerocool Qs-102 Micro-ATX Case - Black
CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor (£49.57 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-L9i 57.5 CFM CPU Cooler (£34.68 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£56.27 @ More Computers)
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£30.58 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£63.00 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 260X 2GB Core Edition Video Card (£76.14 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: Silverstone 450W 80+ Bronze Certified SFX Power Supply (£66.75 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £376.99

Aerocool Qs-101 Micro-ATX Case - Black/ Aerocool Qs-102 Micro-ATX Case - Black
CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor (£64.80 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Asus A88XM-PLUS/CSM Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard (£54.78 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston Black Series 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£40.77 @ PC World Business)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£63.00 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 260X 2GB Core Edition Video Card (£76.14 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: Silverstone 450W 80+ Bronze Certified SFX Power Supply (£66.75 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £366.24

Which one of the builds should I choose? Primarily I want to be able to play @ 1680x1050 resolution but then I might upgrade to a 1080p monitor, so it should be kind of 1080p ready. Other than that I plan to overclock the G3258 to 4.0 GHz and the leave the AMD running at default clock. Also I might add a second R7 260X for 2-way XFire. Would I need a better power supply? (Please note the specific case I have chosen only supports SFX power supplies.

thanks in advance
 
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zeyuanfu

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If you can go above 400 pounds, this is what I'd do:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor (£83.99 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Asus H81M-E Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£38.55 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£32.00 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 760 2GB Superclocked ACX Video Card (£156.59 @ Aria PC)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£25.98 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£35.09 @ Aria PC)
Total: £408.14
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-19 12:35 BST+0100
 
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Good choices but I need the extra PCI express slot in case I need to XFire in the future. What PSU would you reccomend for R7 260X's in XFire?
 
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Hmm what about the Athlon x4 860K? It has better performance than the Pentium and is around the same price range. Also would it be a 'wrong' move to pair up an AMD cpu with an Nvidia card?
 
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Well, unless you want to be stuck with the 860K until you decide to build a new computer, Intel is my choice.

There is no ''limitations'' on what GPUs you can use with what CPUs, if AMD did that, their sales would drop as nVidia makes very good cards (they don't have a lot of variety, though).
 
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Yeah I completely agree with you. What about the power supply? Is 450 watts enough for a build like this? By the way this build is intended to beat the "next gen" game consoles(PS4/XBOXONE) so that's why I thought of AMD.
 
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