Super Cheap Amd Build £350

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Hi All!

Posted a few weks ago about build an amd build and wanted some opinions.
unfortunatly, im poor, so i have a new build, shopped for cheap componants and i've found something in my price range of £350, just for a few weeks until i can upgrade, but i really don't have time to wait. is this really worth building for the cheap price?

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

CPU: AMD FX-4300 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor (£57.17 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: MSI 760GMA-P34(FX) Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£39.31 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Mushkin Essentials 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory (£56.01 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£40.39 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card (£89.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£26.99 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: be quiet! 350W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£32.39 @ Aria PC)
Total: £342.25

Thank you all!

Edit: Revised some stuff, got it cheaper.
 
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That's actually quite a capable machine for £350! Nice :)

My only issue is the 350W power support.... that's a bit low for an FX and 260X (neither are low power parts).
I'd recommend getting a reasonably 500W supply, should only cost you another £15 and will be much less hassle. The Corsair CX500 is a decent budget supply that would handle that fine (I run an FX 8320 + R9 280 on one of those).
 
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that look like a good list but one thing to note do is your not gonna be able to boot the card that power supply is only 350 watt and i know that the R9 260x there need more power then that i suggest going with a TX650 watt psu from corsair instead or atleast a power supply of 500 watt minimum
 
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Get this memory instead: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f314900cl9d8gbxl

Get this power supply instead: http://www.cclonline.com/product/99687/CCL-9020009/Power-Supplies/CCL-Choice-450W-80-High-Efficiency-PSU/PSU0505/

(it's a VS450, two pcie connectors and 34a on the +12v should be plenty )

Consider skipping the graphics card and running on integrated graphics if it's only for a month eg an i3 or i5 with HD4600 graphics. That way you can just slap in a GPU when you get the cash
 
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I'm not opting to go with intel because this is literally just for Gaming, im in the process of build a mini itx portable work station for the office, nothing fancy for that either, but I'm going for intel on that.

I went for a 500w PSU firstly anyway, but I didn't notice the wattage of the build, oops aha. And I should probably clarify, I have a few weeks to wait till I can build this system, my brain lasped in what I was saying, but yeah then I have to wait a long time till I can upgrade.

Thank you all for the helpful answers!

Edit: Swapping the RAM over is a good idea, i don't really know if the brand i picked was decent or not.
 
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The other issue with your build is that there's no room for overclocking. Literally, that case won't take a full height cooler. Plus, that mobo's chipset doesn't lend itself to overclocking. You could consider going for an AMD athlon 860k over the FX-4300, something like this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor (£57.03 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88M EXTREME4+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard (£49.08 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£56.57 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card (£89.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£29.77 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: Corsair VS 450W ATX Power Supply (£30.00)
Total: £348.38
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-07 16:33 GMT+0000

I changed the case because the FD core 1000 won't fit a full height cooler and you would want one if you want to do serious overclocking (you should get a moderate OC even on the stock cooler though).

Just food for thought.
 
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If your not intending to upgrade the machine, then this is a better option. The 860K is Kaveri based (I believe) which is slightly faster CPU core to the FX. One word of warning however- make sure whatever motherboard you get for it has an up to date bios that supports the 860k.
 
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Doesn't the TX650 use poor capacitors?
 
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I will be upgrading constantly until I'm happy with the specs. With the Upgrades I have in mind though, this build may end up being another, less powerful build to the what i want to upgrade too. So really, as much as you've given me helpful comments(I'm currently looking at cases for a CPU cooler)this is literally going to be a gaming pc until I manage to save the extra £600 - £700 pounds, I just want something I can get decent mid setting FPS so I can finally join my friends playing, being able to play properly, because currently I use an acer aspire i3 laptop with integrated graphics and a 500gb hdd, which cannot even run the least demanding games out! so it's pretty sucky.
Thank you for your help everyone!
 
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If you're planning to upgrade as you go but still need to game now I would actually suggest the pentium G3258, with an upgrade to an i3 or i5 later. The 860k doesn't have an upgrade path and although the FX-4300 does you should spend a bit more on a motherboard now as the one you've picked would struggle with an FX-8xxx chip.

As for cases - go on pcparpicker, add the coolermaster 212 evo, then start looking for cases - the compatibility filter will then kick in and remove any cases that can't fit the evo 212 (159mm tall). Hope this helps.
 
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