Who thinks they can make this better?

Nick Young

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Would ideally like to spend under £400 but I can be flexible, quick list I put together to show you a base build of what I would like.

Who thinks they can make these better?:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£83.70 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£32.49 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£56.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Red 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£35.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£41.99 @ Novatech)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card (£117.76 @ CCL Computers)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£60.54 @ More Computers)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£37.71 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £467.17
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor (£61.00 @ CCL Computers)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£32.49 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£72.90 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Red 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£35.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Toshiba Product Series:DT01ACA 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card (£117.76 @ CCL Computers)
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£63.87 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£47.59 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £471.59
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Better by miles, in whiechever way possible. About twice as powerful.
Don;t you even think about cutting from your GPU or CPU to spend on a case.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor (£105.59 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: *Gigabyte GA-H110M-S2H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£46.38 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: *Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£25.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 470 4GB NITRO+ Video Card (£188.48 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£19.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX TS 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£36.88 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £466.30
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
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