Gaming pc for £500 help...

Helpme1235

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hey i was planning to build a gaming pc around £500
i thought about some parts for this build, is this ok or any improvements?
-AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor £83
-Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO £27
-Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard £64
-Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory £26
-Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive £40
-Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 4GB Video Card £166
-Deepcool TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case £30
-Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply £40

the rest of the budget will be spend on os...
Thanks!
 
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This would be a very nice build:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor (£95.51 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Gigabyte G1.Sniper B7 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£76.68 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£23.67 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.88 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case (£29.99 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£54.95 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Other: AMD RX 480 (£180.00)
Total:...

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Here, this is a better performer gamer build

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor (£95.51 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: MSI H110M Pro-VD Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£47.94 @ More Computers)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£49.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.88 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 4GB Video Card (£159.98 @ Novatech)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case (£29.99 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£61.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Total: £485.28
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-12 21:21 BST+0100
 
This would be a very nice build:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor (£95.51 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Gigabyte G1.Sniper B7 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£76.68 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£23.67 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.88 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case (£29.99 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£54.95 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Other: AMD RX 480 (£180.00)
Total: £500.68
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-12 22:43 BST+0100

You don't want that AMD CPU. Nice MB with M.2, USB 3.0, ALC 1150 codec for upgraded sound. Excellent GPU. Quality PSU. Was the OS supposed to be included in that budget? Its only £24 over your original build. The build will really suffer if it does.
 
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