First time builder, £500 to £600 gaming desktop

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Looking for a decent build within the £500 - £600 price range.

I'll need all the components including the os (a monitor reccomendation would be great but is optional), the only things I won't need will be the mouse and keyboard.

I'll be hoping to play games like TF2, War thunder, Warframe and basically most steam games at high graphics settings with about 60 fps.
I hope this request isn't too demanding and if I've missed out anything I need to specify please tell me, I'm quite new to this. : )
 
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Quaoar

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A 24" monitor and windows is pushing £200, so you will not get much of a gaming rig with the remaining £400. not as you describe playing games, anyway.
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Well, the monitor isn't included and i don't mind pushing it to about £650 if It really will cost that much
 
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It isn't difficult to achieve a solid gaming rig, for £600. You just have to get a bit creative, and be a bit cheap in some areas.


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£144.00 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-E34 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£38.17 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Kingston Savage 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£49.34 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.34 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (£255.00 @ Aria PC)
Case: Zalman ZM-T4 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£14.50 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£51.54 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-118CB/BEBE DVD/CD Drive (£9.98 @ Novatech)
Total: £600.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-14 21:21 BST+0100
 
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Quaoar

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http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/Quaoar/saved/ZrKdnQ

Just changed it a little, would this work as a good build? It says in the compatibility check that the Zalman case and the cooler are not confirmed to be compatible (I'm sure it is but I just wanted to check).
 
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logainofhades

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UK board prices are crazy.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£144.00 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£62.36 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£48.23 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.34 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280X 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£169.99 @ Novatech)
Case: Zalman Z3 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£26.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£60.98 @ Dabs)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-118CB/BEBE DVD/CD Drive (£9.98 @ Novatech)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£74.95 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £635.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-14 22:46 BST+0100
 
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Looks like a great build, but isn't a cpu cooler needed? I can just choose one but I was just wondering because there wasn't one on the list (sorry for the dumb question, I'm new to this).

 
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http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/Quaoar/saved/YfQxFT

Just took your advice and changed the parts list around a bit, The total price will be cheaper because I'll be looking for a cheaper 280X on ebay and if I can't, too bad. I also found some windows 7 os on ebay selling for about £40, about £35 cheaper than the normal ones.
By the way, with this build, will the zalman zm t4 case be too small? It has some issues in the compatibility notes.

The Zalman ZM-T4 MicroATX Mini Tower Case supports video cards up to 300mm long, but video cards over 250mm may block drive bays. Since the MSI Radeon R9 280X 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card is 269mm long, some drive bays may not be usable.
Unable to verify the Zalman ZM-T4 MicroATX Mini Tower Case and the Arctic Cooling Alpine 11 Pro Rev. 2 36.7 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler are compatible.
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Just wondering whether I should buy a slightly bigger case without those risks for slightly more instead of trying to fit it all into the ZM-T4.
 
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