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Are these good? What would you change? £500 budget

I think you could go i5 for that budget

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor (£122.00 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-D2V Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£40.08 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£60.92 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£36.00 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Zalman Z9 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£43.24 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.91 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £349.15
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-01 14:09 BST+0100

Then add that XFX r9 280 from ebuyer
 


i think ill keep that case the other one was overkill thanks

Your not getting much from that i5 - http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i5-4440-vs-AMD-FX-8350