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Hi guys, I'm looking to build my first gaming rig. I'll mostly be using it to surf the internet, website design and also play casual games like CS:GO. The budget for it would be around £600 (not including OS). I'm also a really big fan of the Fractal Design R5 case so if it could be built around that it would be much appreciated.

I've got no preference on graphics cards in terms of manufacture, so feel free to put forward suggestions. Thanks in advance. :)
 
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With the R5 but with slightly worse GPU

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£139.97 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£69.56 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£45.83 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£40.78 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card (£152.09 @ More Computers)
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Titanium) ATX Mid Tower Case (£77.44 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+...
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With the R5 but with slightly worse GPU

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£139.97 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£69.56 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£45.83 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£40.78 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card (£152.09 @ More Computers)
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Titanium) ATX Mid Tower Case (£77.44 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£36.60 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £562.27
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-25 15:04 BST+0100

or this one, with better GPU though with a Zalman Z3 (it's still a nice case nothing wrong with it)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£139.97 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£69.56 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£45.83 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£40.78 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Palit GeForce GTX 970 4GB JetStream Video Card (£245.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: Zalman Z3 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£25.29 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£36.60 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £604.02
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-25 15:06 BST+0100
 
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+1; Both of these are great builds for the price!
 
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Both of those look great! thanks very much. Just one issue is that on the first build (the one which i'm probably going to go with) it has come up with a compatibility note about the gtx960 potentially not fitting the FD5 case? just wondering if this would be fine before I purchase all this!
 
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Sweet! thanks very much for your help.

 
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