Hi I'm looking for opinions on my build and the components I have chosen.

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Hi I'd like some opinions on my build and the components I have chosen, will it be able to run games such as GTA 5 and Fallout 4 on high settings? my budget is £600-£680.
Also I'm a bit stuck on my choice of case. I'd like one that will be able to fit the r9 380 in without having to remove the driver cages and also come with fans. Looking to spend around £40 on the case. Also can I just put case fans in by themselves or do I need to buy anything else to use extra fans?
CPU: AMD FX 8350
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
Motherboard: MSI 970 Gaming
RAM: GSkill Ripjaws V 8gb 2x4gb DDR3-1333
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB Internal Hard Drive
Graphics Card: Asus Radeon R9 380 4GB
Case: Unsure at the moment
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (is this enough wattage? Will add case fans)
I'd appreciate any comments or opinions. Thanks :)
 
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Sure.

CPU - Prior generation i5 priced nicely. A bit lower clock speed with the i5-6400, but keeps you from having to go back to an i3 and will still perform well.
MB - I don't typically like the H110 / H210 chipset because they only have two memory slots. Any upgrades later and you have to replace instead of add.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor (£154.00 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£39.98 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£51.47 @ BT Shop)...
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A few things...

CPU + MB - Investing in the AMD AM3+ platform is not the best of ideas. First, the platform is effectively dead and its successor is coming out very soon. Second, the FX 8000 series CPU is easily outdone while gaming with a non-overclocked Intel i5.
MEM - DDR3-1333 is fairly slow. Not that this would be a problem, but not ideal. ..especially on an AMD platform.
GPU - Fairly old technology and it is power hungry.
PSU - Not a quality unit. XFX, Seasonic, the EVGA G2 / G3 lineup, or filter through the Tier 1 or Tier 2 list. Light reading => www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html

The system below would game better at every turn.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-7500 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£193.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£69.35 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£51.17 @ More Computers)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£45.70 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB WINDFORCE OC 6G Video Card (£229.88 @ Ebuyer)
Case: BitFenix Neos Black/Blue ATX Mid Tower Case (£26.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX XT 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£47.91 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £664.99
 
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Would you be able to put together a cheaper build for me around £600?
 
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Sure.

CPU - Prior generation i5 priced nicely. A bit lower clock speed with the i5-6400, but keeps you from having to go back to an i3 and will still perform well.
MB - I don't typically like the H110 / H210 chipset because they only have two memory slots. Any upgrades later and you have to replace instead of add.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor (£154.00 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£39.98 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£51.47 @ BT Shop)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£45.78 @ Misco UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB WINDFORCE OC 6G Video Card (£240.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: BitFenix Neos Black/Blue ATX Mid Tower Case (£26.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX XT 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.29 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £605.50
 
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Thanks a lot do you think this will be able to handle games such as GTA 5,Fallout 4 etc on high settings?
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-7400 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£182.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock B250M-HDV Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£76.57 @ More Computers)
Memory: PNY Anarchy 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£39.55 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Transcend 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£45.00 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Toshiba 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 470 4GB Triple X Video Card (£167.16 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Zalman ZM-T3 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£23.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Antec EarthWatts Green 380W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£37.97 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £609.17
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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