Need advice on a £500 build.

technubcake

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So I'm planning to build a new pc and I'm on a tight budget. £500 would normally be around $760, but since there is 20% VAT and no rebates, it's more expensive here in the UK. So it's more like $650 to $760.

Planned build:

CPU- FX 6300
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B009O7YORK/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

GPU- GTX 660 2gb
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0099AOAUI/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

Motherboard- AsRock 970 Extreme3 Motherboard
http://www.amazon.co.uk/ASRock-970-EXTREME3-Extreme3-Motherboard/dp/B005POPRG8/ref=lh_ni_t?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A38UDII8M9Z5GS

Hard drive- Western digital caviar blue 500gb
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-Caviar-SATAIII-Internal/dp/B00461G3MS/ref=lh_ni_t?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

Dvd writer- Samsung 24x SATA DVD Writer
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-24x-SATA-DVD-Writer/dp/B0095MGUSU/ref=cm_cr_pr_pb_t

PSU- Corsair Builder Series CX 500 Watt ATX/EPS 80 PLUS Bronze
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-Builder-Series-Bronze-Supply/dp/B009RMP2VE/ref=lh_ni_t?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

RAM- Corsair 8GB 1600MHz CL9 DDR3 Vengeance Memory Two Module Kit
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9-1600MHz-Vengeance-Memory/dp/B004CRSM4I/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1369919375&sr=1-1&keywords=8gb+ram

DVD writer- Samsung 24x SATA Retail DVD Writer
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-SATA-Retail-Writer-Bezels/dp/B009DF373A/ref=lh_ni_t?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A2EHRJY7YUH6ZT

Grand total- £481.19 or $730

So yeah, thanks for taking the time to read this. I would appreciate any improvements or replacements of these products to make a better PC. I will be using this PC mostly for gaming, some recording and school work. The highest budget my dad said he could go up to was £1000 which was including the keyboard etc. So I can push it up to £700ish but it's not ideal. So yeah, thanks for taking the time to read this.

 

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