PC specs good enough, any better options?

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Here are specs for a gaming pc I was thinking of buying.
AMD Kaveri A10 - 7870kK Quad Core Processor / CPU running at 3.9Ghz (With 4.0GHz Turbo Mode)
8GB DDR3 1866MHZ RAM
4GB ATI Radeon HD R9 380 Graphics
1000GB Sata Hard Drive

My budget is around £500-£550 could push a small bit higher. Can you suggest any changes or a better option for me on this budget?
I do want to upgrade further in the future it is just to do me for a year or so.
(UK Prices/Sites only)
 
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Barty1884
Do you need an OS with it too? Or just the build? including/excluding a case?

For a year or two, an i3 will serve you fine. then you can just drop a new CPU in there (i5/i7 Skylake) and a new GPU, an SSD would be nice, but not required - the rest you're set for.

Assuming your budget doesn't include an OS, but does include a case:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor (£95.99 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£87.99 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory (£77.02 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM...
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Do you need an OS with it too? Or just the build? including/excluding a case?

For a year or two, an i3 will serve you fine. then you can just drop a new CPU in there (i5/i7 Skylake) and a new GPU, an SSD would be nice, but not required - the rest you're set for.

Assuming your budget doesn't include an OS, but does include a case:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor (£95.99 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£87.99 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory (£77.02 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£32.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£149.99 @ Novatech)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H15 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£32.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£78.31 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £555.23
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-06 20:17 GMT+0000

If you need the OS, you'll need to pick an option. Either run an AMD chip (meaning any upgrade in a year or so would mean a new motherboard, new OS & likely new RAM), push the budget by the 75 required for the OS......or lower your GPU to something like a GTX 950

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor (£95.99 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£87.99 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£40.64 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£32.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 950 2GB Video Card (£120.00 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H15 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£32.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£41.99 @ Aria PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) (£72.30 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £524.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-06 20:19 GMT+0000
 
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The A10 7870k is just an Athlon 860k with good integrated graphics and the integrated graphics won't be doing anything if you have a graphics card. I'd change that CPU to either the 860k or an i3 as suggested above. The i3 costs a bit more but gives better performance.

If the PC is for gaming, the 8GB you had in mind is plenty of RAM though. I wouldn't bother with 16GB.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£155.00 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£53.31 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£34.49 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£32.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 2GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£145.33 @ More Computers)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£29.64 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£51.36 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £502.07
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-06 20:36 GMT+0000



 
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I totally agree with the 8GB comment, the only reason I included 16GB was so the CPU (and potentially the GPU) could be upgraded in future without having to worry about upgrading RAM too - depending how long the rig is expected to last.

The PSU, the motherboard, the RAM etc can all be constant. Replace the i3 with an i5 or i7 down the road & perfect.
 
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