2016 looking for a budget £500 gaming build help pls

Dracian

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hi guys thanks for taking the time to help me out. i originally planned on buying a xbox one bundle for £450 but since i play 80% of my games on my laptop i thought about building a pc instead. I'm a new person towards pc building I've been researching components but I always get confused. i decided that i wanted a strix gtx 960 4gb version as that can play any game ( witcher 3 , the division, rise of the tomb raider etc.. ) at 1080p but i plan on using medium settings unless i get the option for better.
i would like full system builds that are placed around the strix gtx 960 4gb version. i don't mind either amd or intel cpus. i don't plan on overclocking but if the option is available i don't mind.

my budget is about £500 but if it is less than £550 i can still manage but cheaper the better. its going to be only gaming. pls make sure i can purchase it online from the uk( amazon , aria, etc..)
i only need the hardware no need the peripherals
and thanks again for your help
 
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I don't recommend anything less than an Intel i5 for a gaming system and this is about as cheap as I could make it with quality parts.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£144.99 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£69.66 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£33.48 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.98 @ Novatech)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card (£166.98 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case...

Mr Hat

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Hello! Maybe you can take a look at this: http://youtu.be/uom9SsPocCE. Since £ is worth more than $, you should be able to take that $500 build, and swap the 960 2G with a 960 4G. I hope this helps!
 
I don't recommend anything less than an Intel i5 for a gaming system and this is about as cheap as I could make it with quality parts.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£144.99 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£69.66 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£33.48 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.98 @ Novatech)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card (£166.98 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case (£29.49 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£69.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Total: £552.17
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-11 10:40 GMT+0000
 
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