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Hello, I've meant to build a PC last September but sadly, I have to cancle my project and yield to my wife to avoid starting a conflict. Then, Alas! She gave me the GO signal to proceed. So, in good faith, I am grabbing this opportunity to buy the parts tonight before she change her mind hehe :)

Approximate Purchase Date: e.g.: from tonight

Budget Range: around £600

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming-League of Legends, Total War, and others

Are you buying a monitor: No,will use TV



Parts to Upgrade: none

Do you need to buy OS: Yes

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: any

Location: Essex, England

Parts Preferences: any

Overclocking: Yes

SLI or Crossfire: No

Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080

Additional Comments: WD Caviar Blue is quite popular but expensive compared to Samsung Spinpoint 750GB, is it worth it?

I chose these parts after doing research and weighing in delivery charge then using the money to get a better one with free shipping

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/kbk799
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/kbk799/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£75.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.90 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£71.29 @ Dabs)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£55.00 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£40.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card (£146.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Cooler Master N300 ATX Mid Tower Case (£32.00 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£38.80 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.50 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£74.95 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £571.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-12 18:24 GMT+0000
 
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See the big heatsink above the CPU socket? That is where your VRM's are. They control voltage. Keeping those cooler is a very good thing. That is my main reason for suggesting that board, over the one you picked. That and it was the least expensive board to have M.2 slot. If M.2 slot does not matter to you, then get this one. It has 4 phase power vs the 3 phase of the MSI board.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£64.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £64.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Try to get a fx 8320.Everything else is good.
 
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Why fx- 8320 instead? I first chose fx-6300 because of the price then paired it with the highest GPU it can handle.. I might be tempted to upgrade the GPU too if I go for the fx 8320 though
 
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I suggested fx 8320 so that it can later be overclocked when needed.As you don't want to upgrade the gpu in near future,there's no need for fx 8320.FX 6300 is plenty.
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£143.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£63.95 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston Fury Red Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£49.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card (£146.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Cooler Master N300 ATX Mid Tower Case (£32.00 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£38.80 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.50 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£74.95 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £599.16
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Im doung my research on logainofhades' suggestion.. I5-4460 gives better performance for the money i will spend on fx-6300, quality mobo and aftermarket cooler. Im still reading up though
 
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the motherboard is expensive though, 74.85 GBP with shipping. I've read that any H87/97 will do but with all the choices and cross referencing with MeteorsRaining motherboard list.. its quite a handful.. any other motherboard recommendations?
 
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Hi, last check before commiting.. I changed the case to a smaller and cheaper one to shed some cost and picked Kingston RAM instead because they offer a lifetime warranty as well. This is it!

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

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£143.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock H87M Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£56.44 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£50.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£34.45 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card (£146.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Zalman ZM-T3 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£19.68 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£38.80 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.50 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£74.95 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £576.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-13 16:24 GMT+0000
 
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Changed to MSI H97 motherboard as I have read that I cant update BIOS using the CPU.

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/bL7g4D
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/bL7g4D/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£143.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI H97M-E35 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£59.94 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£50.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£34.45 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card (£146.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Zalman ZM-T3 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£19.68 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£38.80 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.50 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£74.95 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £580.29
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-13 19:03 GMT+0000
 
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I would change the motherboard to at least this one.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£143.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI H97M-G43 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£64.99 @ Novatech)
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£50.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£34.45 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card (£146.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Zalman ZM-T3 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£19.68 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£38.80 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.50 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£74.95 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £585.34
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-13 19:41 GMT+0000
 
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I read the specifications and other stuff and cant come to my own conclusion. Then, I looked at the picture, the one you suggested looks posh compare to the one I picked :)

Is there another reason?
 
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See the big heatsink above the CPU socket? That is where your VRM's are. They control voltage. Keeping those cooler is a very good thing. That is my main reason for suggesting that board, over the one you picked. That and it was the least expensive board to have M.2 slot. If M.2 slot does not matter to you, then get this one. It has 4 phase power vs the 3 phase of the MSI board.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£64.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £64.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-13 21:10 GMT+0000
 
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The FX-8320 is a lot stronger than the FX-6300 though.
 
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Depends on the application. It really isn't any better in poorly threaded apps and games.
 
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