£550/$856 Entry Level Gaming PC. No monitor/OS/other Peripherals needed

BennCon

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Hi, I'm looking for a gaming PC build at around £550/$856. This will be used for a mixture of gaming and light video editing and music creation. Note: I already have a 500gb HDD for storage, but I'd like an SSD (only 120gb) for Windows, and I already have an optical drive. Thanks in advance.
 
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Brand new skylake i5 build
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor (£143.42 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170-HD3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£80.52 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Kingston FURY 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory (£42.96 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Sandisk Ultra II 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£44.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card (£159.34 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£47.03 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (£37.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £556.25...

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Brand new skylake i5 build
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor (£143.42 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170-HD3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£80.52 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Kingston FURY 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory (£42.96 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Sandisk Ultra II 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£44.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card (£159.34 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£47.03 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (£37.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £556.25
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-18 18:08 BST+0100
 
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The above build looks pretty good, I'd get 2133Mhz RAM though because that 2666Mhz is more expensive and would run at 2133Mhz with that CPU/motherboard anyway.

At 1080P this is going to give you the same gaming performance for less cash, if you plan to play at 1440P or higher than I'd stick with the 4GB card.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor (£143.42 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: ASRock B150M-HDV ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£58.51 @ More Computers)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£39.58 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£34.98 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 2GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£144.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Silverstone Precision Series PS05B-USB3.0 ATX Mid Tower Case (£29.60 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (£37.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £489.07
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-18 18:39 BST+0100
 

BennCon

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I think I'll drop down to that Ram, but as I have the money, I'll keep the rest