£500 Gaming PC First Build

[alexbristol]

Building a PC for gaming and other general use but on a tight budget, how do these specs look and how well would they preform for gaming? many thanks. (Never built a PC before)

CPU - AMD A8-5600K Quad Core APU 3.6Ghz + Radeon HD 7560D Graphics
Mother Board - ASUS F2A55-M LE: (M-ATX, DDR3, USB2.0 SATA 3Gb/s)
RAM - 4GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz X.M.P (2x2GB)
Graphics Card - 1GB AMD Radeon HD7770 - DVI,HDMI,DP - DX 11 Eyefinity 3 Capable
Hard Disk - 1TB 3.5" SATA-lll 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 32MB Cache
Power Supply - 450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan
OS - Windows 7 Home Premium

Many thanks, any Gaming Builds you have for £500 would be appreciated

 

[alexbristol]

IMPORTANT!!

I ALREADY OWN WINDOWS 7 SO DOESNT HAVE TO BE INCLUDED TO THE BUDGET

 

[mikerockett]

Here's a good build for you at £500

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3470 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£142.20 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI B75MA-E33 Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£41.70 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£34.99 @ Dabs)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£49.98 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7850 2GB Video Card (£138.98 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Zalman Z9 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£44.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£36.98 @ Novatech)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£12.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £502.80
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-01-25 09:46 GMT+0000)