Christmas gaming PC build, £600 budget?

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I want to change from my Xbox instead of getting a next gen console, I want to be able to game at 1080p preferably and ill also use the computer for normal use and for school work.

WOULD PUSH TO £650

I plan to build it myself and buy the parts in the sales just after Christmas.

Just love to see some opinions on what I could best build for my money to give me the best gaming experience possible obviously excluding peripherals.

Thank you for your help in advance!
 
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With the £50 bump in the budget, I'd suggest something along these lines:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£82.79 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£23.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 EXTREME4 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£76.15 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£56.49 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£44.35 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card...
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£82.79 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£23.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£70.76 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£76.86 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£43.68 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card (£155.12 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Antec One ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£47.50 @ Ebuyer)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£13.18 @ Scan.co.uk)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - OEM (64-bit) (£85.66 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £599.53
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-16 17:44 GMT+0000)

Edit: I see that the Antec 1 isn't sold there, which means a case puts you over budget. There aren't many places to trim on this build, you would likely have to drop down to a lower GPU or go with an Athlon CPU.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 640 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£55.73 @ Maplin Electronics)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£23.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£70.76 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£76.86 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£36.00 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card (£155.12 @ Scan.co.uk)
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 (£47.50 @ Ebuyer)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£13.18 @ Scan.co.uk)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - OEM (64-bit) (£85.66 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £603.44
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-16 17:48 GMT+0000)
 
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Cheers for that, that's very useful, I'd definitely push to 650, maybe slightly more if I really had to, I was definitely thinking of getting that processor, if I spent an extra 50 on a GPU how much of an in game performance ncrease would I find?
 
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With the £50 bump in the budget, I'd suggest something along these lines:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£82.79 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£23.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 EXTREME4 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£76.15 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£56.49 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£44.35 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card (£189.50 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£47.98 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£47.67 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£11.98 @ Ebuyer)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£67.93 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £648.82
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-16 20:42 GMT+0000)
 
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i myself, just got my fx 6300 in the mail today. Buying a gtx 760 also after xmas :) However i would recommend the MSI TF OC edition just for how cool it is and how quiet the fans are
 
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What sort of frame rates and graphics do you think that sort of build will get:)
 
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What sort of frame rates and graphics should I expect:)
 
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