Got a parts list, want opinion on it before it's built.

Burt159

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Jun 15, 2013
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PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/17k2y
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/17k2y/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/17k2y/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£83.94 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£69.00 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£53.97 @ Dabs)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£50.06 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card (£244.30 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Zalman Z11 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£49.97 @ Dabs)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£77.69 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£13.15 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£68.35 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £710.43
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-06-20 16:26 BST+0100)

That's the build, not planning on spending much more than than £720. Going to be playing games like Crysis 3 and Battlefield 4. Not going to overclock may later on.
 
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Better CPU, better motherboard and better VGA card for the same cost:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£113.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£77.96 @ Dabs)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£41.77 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£50.06 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card (£217.40 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Zalman Z11 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£49.97 @ Dabs)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W...
Better CPU, better motherboard and better VGA card for the same cost:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£113.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£77.96 @ Dabs)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£41.77 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£50.06 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card (£217.40 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Zalman Z11 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£49.97 @ Dabs)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£77.69 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£13.15 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£68.35 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £710.34
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-06-20 16:45 BST+0100)
 
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