£550 Gaming Rig Help!

gregeroler

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Is this set up a good gaming rig that could play games at maxed out settings?

Set Up:

CPU- AMD FX6300 Black Edition 6 Core £82.49
Motherboard- Gigabyte SKT-1155 Z77X-D3H Motherboard £98.98
Memory- Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 Vengeance 8GB £67.99
Graphics card- Sapphire 11200-07-20G Graphics Card £124.35
Storage- Seagate ST1000DM003 £42.99
PSU- orsair Builder Series CXM 500W £46.57
Chassis- CiT Vantage Midi Mesh Gaming Case £35.01
OS- Windows 8 £85.71
Total: £584.09
 
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amd build

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2tND2
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2tND2/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2tND2/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£82.49 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£59.00 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£56.91 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card (£149.12 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£38.65 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply...

bodeen2012

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amd build

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2tND2
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2tND2/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2tND2/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£82.49 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£59.00 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£56.91 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card (£149.12 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£38.65 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£46.57 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHDS118-04 DVD/CD Drive (£10.78 @ Scan.co.uk)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£70.30 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £556.81
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-01 18:01 GMT+0000)

intel build
PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2tNLK
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2tNLK/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2tNLK/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4430 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£131.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock H87M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£60.00 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£56.91 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7850 2GB Video Card (£107.20 @ Dabs)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£38.65 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£46.57 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHDS118-04 DVD/CD Drive (£10.78 @ Scan.co.uk)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£70.30 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £565.39
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-01 18:07 GMT+0000)
 
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