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I am trying to decide on parts for my first gaming PC but I am in a budget of around £650 - £700 and there are a few things that I would like in it.
1. A full size ATX motherboard which can use DDR4 RAM (or DDR3 in the case of the AMD processor)
2. An AMD Radeon RX card with 8GB of VRAM (Either 480 or 470, whichever would fit in budget)
3. An Intel i5 CPU (Sky-lake or Kaby-lake) or an AMD fx 8350/837
4. A case with front panel USB

I don't know that much about the market so any compromises I should make to get the build more suitable for the budget I would be interested to know.
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-7500 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£191.98 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250-HD3P ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£87.77 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£73.13 @ Misco UK)
Storage: ADATA Ultimate SU800 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£65.99 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Toshiba 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 470 4GB Triple X Video Card (£173.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: BitFenix Nova ATX Mid Tower Case (£23.04 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX XT 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£45.94 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £697.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-16 20:18 GMT+0000

atx board, good 1920x1080 gpu
 
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logainofhades

logainofhades

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£189.59 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£39.98 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£73.13 @ Misco UK)
Storage: Toshiba 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 480 8GB G1 Gaming Video Card (£239.92 @ More Computers)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H25 ATX Mid Tower Case (£37.56 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£68.80 @ Alza)
Total: £684.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-16 20:25 GMT+0000
 
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Pandooo

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Thinking more about it I only have a 1080p monitor and currently play games which aren't graphically demanding such as CS:GO and Rocket League so the cheaper GPU is probably more suitable for its use and the motherboard has good expand-ability options if I choose to add more RAM or extra storage etc. I might remove the SSD and get 8GB of ram as I am a first time builder and looking at reviews the BitFenix Nova is hard to build in due to lack of cable management so I will probably invest the extra money into a slightly higher quality case and possibly a semi-modular power supply if it's possible.
Thank you for the build suggestion.

Edit: Probably a build along the lines off this https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/63s9RG
 
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