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This would perform much better and has a good upgrade path. The CPU is bang for buck and outperforms the FX6300 at stock clocks. You can OC to 4.2 with the stock cooler to get a pretty damn good budget CPU! Check out the toms hardware review they did on it. You can easily upgrade to a newer i5 with the 97 motherboard. R9 280 is a brilliant card still and will max out anything at 1080p.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($88.00 @ Centre Com)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($109.00 @ CPL Online)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($88.00 @ CPL Online)
Storage:...

Jezza1

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You'll need to post the permalink for pcpartpicker, not the url at the top of the page. The permalink can be found on the top left corner of the page just below the 'CPU' selection button.
 

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This would perform much better and has a good upgrade path. The CPU is bang for buck and outperforms the FX6300 at stock clocks. You can OC to 4.2 with the stock cooler to get a pretty damn good budget CPU! Check out the toms hardware review they did on it. You can easily upgrade to a newer i5 with the 97 motherboard. R9 280 is a brilliant card still and will max out anything at 1080p.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($88.00 @ Centre Com)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($109.00 @ CPL Online)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($88.00 @ CPL Online)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($67.00 @ PLE Computers)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Black Edition Double Dissipation Video Card ($269.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($55.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($115.00 @ CPL Online)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($19.00 @ CPL Online)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($119.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Total: $929.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-03 22:27 EST+1100
 
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