Are these good parts for a budget gaming PC etc?

[GamingPC 4]

I am going to build a PC for gaming as well as Photoshop and programs like Blender. I am pretty sure that these parts will work for that but, without resorting to Pentium, can I make it better without spending over £400?

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/nd8Rpg
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/nd8Rpg/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD FX-4300 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor (£59.46 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£52.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury White 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£28.98 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.95 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270X 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£109.55 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: Cooler Master N300 ATX Mid Tower Case (£36.48 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£52.99)
Total: £380.40
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-05 19:59 BST+0100

Thanks in advance

 

[WildCard999]

It's not bad for a budget system but there's really no upgrade path besides adding in more RAM and a SSD. Personally I would go for a Pentium or i3 Skylake and DDR4 RAM. If you could increase your budget a i3 6100 is a lot faster then that FX-4300.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor (£97.26 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Asus B150M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£56.00 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£32.99 @ Novatech)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.95 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270X 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£109.55 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: Cooler Master N300 ATX Mid Tower Case (£36.48 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£52.99)
Total: £425.22

 

[Rogue Leader]

It's not bad for a budget system but there's really no upgrade path besides adding in more RAM and a SSD. Personally I would go for a Pentium or i3 Skylake and DDR4 RAM. If you could increase your budget a i3 6100 is a lot faster then that FX-4300.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor (£97.26 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Asus B150M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£56.00 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£32.99 @ Novatech)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.95 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270X 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£109.55 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: Cooler Master N300 ATX Mid Tower Case (£36.48 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£52.99)
Total: £425.22

Good buy small change to the PSU, the CX is not good

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor (£97.26 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Asus B150M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£56.00 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£32.99 @ Novatech)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.95 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270X 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£109.55 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: Cooler Master N300 ATX Mid Tower Case (£36.48 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Antec 550W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£49.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £422.22
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-05 20:41 BST+0100

And I agree with WildCard, the i3 is WORLDS faster than the FX-4300 its a night and day difference. And this system has a good upgrade path if you want to get a better processor or more ram some day.

 

[Barty1884]

Can actually squeeze a better GPU in there, but I agree, the i3 is the way to go.
Marginally over 400. To avoid going over, you can switch out the 380 in this build for the 270X = 380GBP or so.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor (£97.26 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-HDV Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£44.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Panram Ninja-V 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£27.90 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.98 @ Novatech)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 2GB Video Card (£139.96 @ Amazon UK)
Case: BitFenix Nova ATX Mid Tower Case (£23.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£42.61 @ More Computers)
Total: £414.69
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-05 20:50 BST+0100

 

[maddogfargo]

If you are going to build an AMD setup for gaming, an FX 6300 is the minimum I would recommend.

If you are lucky to get an i3 and motherboard that will let you overclock, then the i3 build is worth it.

A nicely cooled and overclocked FX 6300/6350 will be plenty powerful for modern games. But for the same price, I honestly think you should go for the i3 instead. When overclocked, the i3 6100 runs at the same level as an AMD FX 8300. ( Check this reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLkaNWo0EV0 ). So it's definitely the better value at the moment.

 

[GamingPC 4]

It's not bad for a budget system but there's really no upgrade path besides adding in more RAM and a SSD. Personally I would go for a Pentium or i3 Skylake and DDR4 RAM. If you could increase your budget a i3 6100 is a lot faster then that FX-4300.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor (£97.26 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Asus B150M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£56.00 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£32.99 @ Novatech)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.95 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270X 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£109.55 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: Cooler Master N300 ATX Mid Tower Case (£36.48 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£52.99)
Total: £425.22

But would the i3 work well with light multitasking, i.e. gaming chrome, music etc.?

 

[Rogue Leader]

It's not bad for a budget system but there's really no upgrade path besides adding in more RAM and a SSD. Personally I would go for a Pentium or i3 Skylake and DDR4 RAM. If you could increase your budget a i3 6100 is a lot faster then that FX-4300.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor (£97.26 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Asus B150M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£56.00 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£32.99 @ Novatech)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.95 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270X 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£109.55 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: Cooler Master N300 ATX Mid Tower Case (£36.48 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£52.99)
Total: £425.22

But would the i3 work well with light multitasking, i.e. gaming chrome, music etc.?

Yes definitely its dual core with hyperthreading so kit can behave in some aspects like a quad core. Its far faster and more powerful than the 4300 or 6300.

 

[Outlander_04]

The intel stronger individual cores are what you need here.