Budget build for friend

[Laputa]

Hello,

I was wondering what you think of this build for my friend whom is still on last gen and so to get him into pc gaming.

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3xFG2
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3xFG2/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3xFG2/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor (£58.05 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: MSI FM2-A75MA-E35 Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard (£42.90 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£55.87)
Storage: Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£55.07 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£41.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card (£96.41 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£32.99 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£31.99 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £415.26
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-24 17:03 BST+0100)

Thanks

 

[AMDThunder]

IMHO, for a budget build, drop the SSD. There is no performance increase in gaming.

Something like this: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3xG7X

 

[filippi]

This is a great option for a budget gaming build:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£76.79 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£48.85 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£52.30 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.73 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£129.59 @ Aria PC)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£38.65 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.98 @ Aria PC)
Total: £435.89
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-24 17:26 BST+0100)

 

[HiTechObsessed]

You can swap the HDD for a Black series for a good speed upgrade, and go the Intel route:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor (£77.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£32.05 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£52.30 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£55.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£129.59 @ Aria PC)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£31.73 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£35.34 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £414.99
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-24 17:32 BST+0100)

Keeps the same case, if you liked that too.