£350 gaming pc help

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CPU:
AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor
£64.80 £64.80 Scan.co.uk

MOBO:
MSI A88XM-E45 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard
£44.00 FREE £44.00 Amazon UK

RAM:
G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
£62.39 £62.39 Aria PC

HDD:
Samsung Spinpoint F1 DT 750GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
£24.98 £4.99 £29.97 Overclockers.co.uk

GPU:
MSI Radeon R9 270 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card
£114.99 £114.99 Ebuyer

PSU:
Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX

Base Total: £348.42
Shipping: £4.99
Total: £353.41
WITHOUT CASE BECAUSE THAT YOU SHOULD CHOOSE YOURSELF

drkatz42

Honorable
PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/VgVnNG
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/VgVnNG/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£73.36 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock 980DE3/U3S3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£47.75 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory (£56.39 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Scorpio Black 320GB 2.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£22.97 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270X 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£129.98 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£35.09 @ Aria PC)
Total: £365.54
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-05 12:50 BST+0100
 

plywrlw

Admirable
The above build is missing a case and has a laptop HDD which will be dreadfully slow. You'll want a better cooler for the FX 6300 as the one it comes with is not good at all

What you're asking is basically impossible, you either need to cut back to an R7 265 or R9 270 or consider an Intel pentium G3258

The best I can do

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£73.36 @ CCL Computers)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 Evo 43.1 CFM CPU Cooler (£16.25 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Pro3 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£50.32 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£57.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 250GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£18.97 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270X 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£129.98 @ Novatech)
Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case (£28.79 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£35.09 @ Aria PC)
Total: £410.75
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-05 13:04 BST+0100

Or go for the overclockable Pentium...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor (£47.94 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-DGS R2.0 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£38.07 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£57.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 250GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£18.97 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270X 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£129.98 @ Novatech)
Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case (£28.79 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£35.09 @ Aria PC)
Total: £356.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-05 13:07 BST+0100
 

voyboyfan

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Aug 29, 2013
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CPU:
AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor
£64.80 £64.80 Scan.co.uk

MOBO:
MSI A88XM-E45 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard
£44.00 FREE £44.00 Amazon UK

RAM:
G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
£62.39 £62.39 Aria PC

HDD:
Samsung Spinpoint F1 DT 750GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
£24.98 £4.99 £29.97 Overclockers.co.uk

GPU:
MSI Radeon R9 270 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card
£114.99 £114.99 Ebuyer

PSU:
Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX

Base Total: £348.42
Shipping: £4.99
Total: £353.41
WITHOUT CASE BECAUSE THAT YOU SHOULD CHOOSE YOURSELF
 
Solution

drkatz42

Honorable


Agreed! It always amuses me on this forum that when you attempt to stay within(or close to) someone's budget, someone else slams the choices. Budget means making compromises. I would have wanted an SSD in this persons build but that would have put him woefully over budget. ;-)

 

plywrlw

Admirable


No one suggested an SSD, just to include all the parts like the case and that a smaller capacity (250gb) desktop drive would perform better than a slightly larger laptop drive.

Don't take criticisms of the builds you post personally, everyone is just trying to help the OP get the most performance for their budget!