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My budget system (£420~)

baardie12

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So, I have some parts spare (Like PSU, Optical Drive)...

My pc is currently broken, the parts are old so I though I needed an upgrade! (I have Intel 2 Quad Q8200 2.33GHz, GT 9500, 8GB Ram)

What do you think of the budget rig I am buying? And will everything fit in the case? 180mm x 405mm x 400mm

CPU: AMD FX 8320 (£109)
CPU COOLER: Scythe Shuriken Rev.B (Already have, going to use it in new build)
GPU: XFX 2GB Radeon 7870 (£130)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Pro3 R2.0 (Ordered it today) (£51)
HDD: 1TB Western Digital 7200 RPM (£42)
RAM: 8GB 2x4 Patriot Viper 3 1600 (£59.99)
Case: GT Advance White (£30) (It came with 2 fans, both 12cm but I might switch for 14cm fans)
PSU: Corsair CX 600 (Already have in current PC)

Will I play new games max/semi max? I play at 1280 x 1024 and have another monitor that I will hook up that is also 1280 x 1024 but will only use 1 for games, the other internet/music/stream
 
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You will play almost all at max with that GPU, save for like BF4, Crysis 3 but should expect high on those.

Good choice on the CPU, GPU, HDD, RAM and PSU look good. Do you have a link to the case so I can answer that more definitively? Looks like a good budget system for just over 400 :)
You will play almost all at max with that GPU, save for like BF4, Crysis 3 but should expect high on those.

Good choice on the CPU, GPU, HDD, RAM and PSU look good. Do you have a link to the case so I can answer that more definitively? Looks like a good budget system for just over 400 :)
 
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