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Exactly, the fx-8350 will not bottleneck any gpu on the market, the g3258 sure will though.

Now an i5 or better is going to be stronger then the fx-8350 so the intel route will be better for upgradeability.

You should at least get a R9-280 or 280x. You could drop the cpu to an fx-8320 (which is just an underclocked 8350) and then use the savings to get the better gpu.
To further make your budget, paying a little more for a case that supports the 212 evo would save you some money over the water cooler.
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What will you be using it for?

As it is, your graphics card is going to bottle neck the shit out of your processor for gaming. Typically you want to spend 1.5x as much on the GPU than the CPU (MSRP). I would recommend going to an intel based system.
G3258 Overclocked
Any of the following motherboards:
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2389948
Get rid of that expensive but shitty water cooler and get an cooler master 212 evo. Cheaper, better.
Last but not least, upgrade your graphics card to your newly found budget. You may be able to get an r9 290 or 280x.

Hope this helps =)
 
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Thanks for the suggestions. I will be using the PC for gaming, hopefully. Firstly, I have already tried to use the 212 EVO but it doesn't fit in my case. I was considering changing my case to a 420 Phantom instead. I don't know whether to spend £190 on a 280x Graphics card though. I don't have a budget but, as it is my first PC, I don't want to spend too much. Finally, why will my GPU bottleneck with my CPU? I would really like to know.
Cheers for the suggestions.

Ok, so I have changed the Case to a Phantom 420 (white), the GPU to a Sapphire Radeon R9 280x, and the cooler to a 212 EVO. although i have kept the CPU the same, now will it bottleneck?
 
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I would recommend to switch to Intel also but to say the 8350 will be a bottle neck for the 270x..

The G is not a bad cpu for someone that wants to upgrade to a i5 but it will be a bottle neck for sure especially with a gpu over the 270x.
 
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Well in simple terms, @1080p, that CPU can play just about any game on the market provided the right graphics card. On the other hand, the R9 270x cannot play any game on the market, even with the most powerful of CPUs accompanying it. The MOST important item in a gaming build is the graphics card. The second most important is the CPU but it can be relatively cheap.
So when you play games, your CPU will be fine, while your GPU will be running a mile a minute trying to keep up. That is why I am saying to balance the power between the CPU and GPU to bring more weight on the GPU end.
 
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Exactly, the fx-8350 will not bottleneck any gpu on the market, the g3258 sure will though.

Now an i5 or better is going to be stronger then the fx-8350 so the intel route will be better for upgradeability.

You should at least get a R9-280 or 280x. You could drop the cpu to an fx-8320 (which is just an underclocked 8350) and then use the savings to get the better gpu.
To further make your budget, paying a little more for a case that supports the 212 evo would save you some money over the water cooler.
 
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Thank you for the suggestions, now is it better, or have I completely cocked it up:
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/Oblivious_God/saved/LHqwrH

Would you suggest me going down to an fx-8320?
 
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If you have no budget then you should get a i5 k.. even a evo can get it to 4.6ghz if you hit the silicone lottery since it is a lower wattage cpu.
270x is more so entry level for the latest games to play well. The r9 290 with 3 fans is going for like 250us right now but the king of gpu's at the moment is the gtx 970.
 
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I doubt you will have regrets with the 280x
 
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what about the thermalright cooler?
 
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Thank you for your suggestion but I am sticking with the AMD. I don't have a budget although I don't really want to spend much more than £680 as it is my 1st PC. also, do correct me if I am wrong (I probably am), but isn't having a higher CPU clock speed and more cores better in a CPU?
 
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For a gaming cpu what matter is ipc (instructions per clock cycle) also roughly translatable to single thread performance.
A i5 has much stronger cores(threads) with better ipc so it makes it a better gaming cpu especially in games that are not optimized to use 5 or more threads witch is most and even in the ones that are the i5 still comes out ahead.
You can really only compare clock rate of cpu's from the same architecture and generation.
 
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Right, cheers for that. What CPU would you suggest I use? AND What GPU would you suggest I use with that? AND what Motherboard would you suggest I use with that? Alhtough Don't make it tooooo expensive.
 
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Piledriver and Haswell are not same, Piledriver are composed by 4 modules, each one of them have 2 cores
In other side, Haswell have 4 cores more powerful, but generally
1 AMD module = 1 Intel core


 
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i5-4690K on a z97 motherboard. You could match it with 2 $1000 gpu's and have no worries but that is overkill of course haha

A 3 fan r9 290 is a good cheaper option for a top end gpu but like I said the gtx 970 is a champ and will be better if you want to add another one due to its better efficiency and less heat.
 
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For the cooling performances :
Thermalright Macho :
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Hyper 212 Evo :
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Bruit = Noise
Echec = Fail
 
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