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Case preference?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£144.00 @ Novatech)

Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 V2 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£38.17 @ Scan.co.uk)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£57.36 @ Scan.co.uk)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£43.04 @ Scan.co.uk)

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280X 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£175.54 @ Scan.co.uk)

Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£34.99 @ Kustom PCs)

Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£60.60 @ Kustom PCs)

Total: £553.70

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-27 17:14 GMT+0000

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Case preference?

 

Corsair AIR 540 or just a nice case with good cable management and good air flow

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A bit over budget but this would fit you perfectly. The case is a bit low end but at the budget you have to cut corners and its better to have great internals and an ok case then a great case with ok internals.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£143.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£33.72 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: Kingston Fury Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£47.24 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 290 4GB PCS+ Video Card  (£221.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£33.85 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£50.19 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £569.32
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-27 17:13 GMT+0000
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Corsair AIR 540 or just a nice case with good cable management and good air flow

Too expensive for such a small budget

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Hmm how about 600-650 ?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£144.00 @ Novatech)

Motherboard: MSI H97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£62.39 @ Scan.co.uk)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£57.36 @ Scan.co.uk)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£43.04 @ Scan.co.uk)

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280X 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£175.54 @ Scan.co.uk)

Case: Corsair Air 540 ATX Mid Tower Case (£115.72 @ Dabs)

Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£51.00 @ Scan.co.uk)

Total: £649.05

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-27 17:18 GMT+0000

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Hmm how about 600-650 ?

For 650 you could fit in a 540 instead of the source 210 of my build. The 540 is a bit expensive though. If you make a bit of compromise you can get a much better build.

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£143.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£33.72 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: Kingston Fury Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£47.24 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 290 4GB PCS+ Video Card  (£221.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Corsair Air 540 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£104.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£50.19 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £640.46
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-27 17:20 GMT+0000
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£144.00 @ Novatech)

Motherboard: MSI H97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£62.39 @ Scan.co.uk)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£57.36 @ Scan.co.uk)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£43.04 @ Scan.co.uk)

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280X 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£175.54 @ Scan.co.uk)

Case: Corsair Air 540 ATX Mid Tower Case (£115.72 @ Dabs)

Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£51.00 @ Scan.co.uk)

Total: £649.05

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-27 17:18 GMT+0000

Do you think maybe the EVGA GTX 960 is better?

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Here is what you can get with a bit of compromise. The 290 is much better than either the 280x or 960. Its almost twice as fast. You also are getting an unlocked i5 so you can overclock this for more performance. The case is an nzxt s340. Its an amazing case for the price and has great cable management.

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£173.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: ASRock Z97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£66.83 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Kingston Fury Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£47.24 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 290 4GB PCS+ Video Card  (£221.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£59.10 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£50.19 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £656.69
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-27 17:21 GMT+0000
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Here is what you can get with a bit of compromise 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£173.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: ASRock Z97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£66.83 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Kingston Fury Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£47.24 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 290 4GB PCS+ Video Card  (£221.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£59.10 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£50.19 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £656.69
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-27 17:21 GMT+0000

 

Ive never heard of that GPU brand so I won't be getting that..

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Do you think maybe the EVGA GTX 960 is better?

No.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor (£143.99 @ Ebuyer)

Motherboard: MSI Z87-G55 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£56.24)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£57.36 @ Scan.co.uk)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£43.04 @ Scan.co.uk)

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280X 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£175.54 @ Scan.co.uk)

Case: Corsair Air 540 ATX Mid Tower Case (£115.72 @ Dabs)

Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£51.00 @ Scan.co.uk)

Total: £642.89

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-27 17:26 GMT+0000

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