Low-budget gaming build. Suggestions?

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Hello all,
I am looking to build a gaming pc for around 400 euros (Hungarian pricing), but I haven't been looking at the market for years (since I built my old pc about 5 years ago). I want it to run Witcher 3, so using that as a condition, I have come up with this so far.

CPU: AMD FX-8350
MB: ASRock 970 Extreme3
RAM: Kingston Hyper-x Fury 1x8gb
GPU: SAPPHIRE Radeon rx560 Pulse

I am really worried about getting a bad PSU, and I don't know what I am looking for there. I have bad experience with my previous build with overheating (same processor, fx7970 GPU with a 450W PSU... works for 2 years, then this summer it goes crazy and dies every 2 hours...).
Also to do with this, I'm afraid that getting the wrong case would result in bad heat management, so perhaps a few low-budget case suggestions?
Anything else I should be looking for?
All help is much appreciated.
 
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elbert
I wouldnt suggest the old FX with AM3+. Get a AM4 so new CPU's will be avalible over next 4~6 years.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1400 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (€162.89 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Motherboard: ASRock - A320M-DGS Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (€59.44 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory (€68.89 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Video Card: Sapphire - Radeon RX 560 2GB PULSE Video Card (€109.90 @ Caseking)
Case: BitFenix - Nova ATX Mid Tower Case (€29.90 @ Caseking)
Power Supply: Antec - EarthWatts Green 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power...
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I wouldnt suggest the old FX with AM3+. Get a AM4 so new CPU's will be avalible over next 4~6 years.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1400 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (€162.89 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Motherboard: ASRock - A320M-DGS Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (€59.44 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory (€68.89 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Video Card: Sapphire - Radeon RX 560 2GB PULSE Video Card (€109.90 @ Caseking)
Case: BitFenix - Nova ATX Mid Tower Case (€29.90 @ Caseking)
Power Supply: Antec - EarthWatts Green 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (€28.00 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €459.02
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-15 23:46 CEST+0200
 
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True that.
I dont see a storage there so might be a bit higher than 400€ mark.
^You could do also this:

PCPartPicker part list: https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/3k2B6X
Price breakdown by merchant: https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/3k2B6X/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor (€64.90 @ Caseking)
Motherboard: ASRock - H110M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (€53.12 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Memory: Crucial - 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (€59.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€45.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Video Card: PowerColor - Radeon RX 560 2GB Red Dragon OC Video Card (€117.45 @ Mindfactory)
Case: BitFenix - Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case (€39.90 @ Caseking)
Power Supply: Corsair - VS 450W ATX Power Supply (€44.84 @ Mindfactory)
Total: €426.10
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-15 23:55 CEST+0200

Obviously not as good but you have the storage and around 400e
 
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Yep the OP never requested one. I just wonder if the 7970 is still good. Its an equal to my R9 280 and faster than the rx560. The GPU would need a 550w so I would think the 450w PSU is whats bad. May be worth getting ths PSU first to test the old video card.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (€65.56 @ Mindfactory)
Total: €65.56
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-16 00:21 CEST+0200
 
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I have literally built a few 8350s with that 970 and a 990 model (200 bucks) with great success, but everyone is suggesting large upgrades with Ryzen so you will be in the clear for the next few years.
I would suggest a fully modular PSU 80+ ceritfied. If you keep having issues with PSU's chances are you aren't keeping your case clean and probably should invest in compressed air and clean regularly.
I think the cosair will have better heat management but you have to pay a little more. Most likely if you're having heat issues it's because you're simply not cleaning out your PC enough.

A 560 is a bit of overkill if you're going with an 8350 because you're not going to get the performance out of it anyways - it bottle necks.

For about 250 the 8350 + 990 series mobos make a great upgrade without having to completely go full Ryzen.

For about 500 euros you can get a good build that will last you for a few years.
https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/sWMmZ8
 
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I think I might go with this one. It is a bit over-budget, but looking around it seems Amazon Germany puts a few more euros on the price compared to Hungary. Comes to about 440 euros like this. Not convinced about reducing the GPU to 2gb instead of 4, but I think that's the easy part of it all. I have a leftover WD Blue 500gb HDD,from a year back, so luckily that keeps my budget down.

And thank you Faike as well, I think following your advice I can keep the old pc up for a few more years too.
 
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