Friend looking to build £450 Gaming Rig

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I've got a friend who is looking to get a Gaming Rig but wants to buy the components and build it himself. His budget is £450 and doesn't want to spend more than £500.
 
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WildCard999
In the first build the CPU can upgraded to the 8600K/8700/8700K and for GPU's it'll take anything up to the 1080 ti. The second one can be upgraded to the 7700K and will take the same for GPU's. If your friend can get the first build I'd highly recommend it as it has a better upgrade path but also the CPU is much better then the G4560.
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i3-8100 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor (£91.14 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - Z370P D3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£86.92 @ Box Limited)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws 4 series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£59.30 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Mini Video Card (£149.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: BitFenix - Nova ATX Mid Tower Case (£29.94 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£47.92 @ Box Limited)
Total: £501.20
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-03-18 21:12 GMT+0000

Or this.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor (£46.79 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI - B250M PRO-VDH Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£51.99 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws 4 series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£59.30 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Mini Video Card (£149.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: BitFenix - Nova ATX Mid Tower Case (£29.94 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£47.92 @ Box Limited)
Total: £421.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-03-18 21:13 GMT+0000

CPU Difference.
http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Pentium-G4560-vs-Intel-Core-i3-8100/3892vs3942
 
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How much potential does this build have to be improved in the future. RAM is obivoulsy an easy one but what top range CPU's and GPU's are compatible with the MOBO.
 
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Prices for ram on part picker are all wrong.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor (£71.94 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£69.11 @ More Computers)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£85.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Phoenix Video Card (£154.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Other: CiT F3 White Midi Gaming Case With 12cm Blue LED Fan & Black Stripe (£25.00 @ AWD-IT)
Other: Corsair CP-9020120-UK CX Series 450 W CX450 ATX/EPS 80 PLUS Bronze Power Supply Unit - Black (£39.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £483.01
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-03-19 16:36 GMT+0000

Thats what I'd do personally.
 
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Is the ASRock Motherboard good? I heard it has a design flaw that causes it to freeze and crash after a couple of months of use.
 
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