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Thank for the help man, really appreciate it! I was close to going for the 8320 combo but I really do prefer intel, plus being a 1150 socket means I have more room to upgrade in the future.

Ok will do but the CPU+Mobo look okay? Something that will last me a long time without the need to upgrade any time soon.

An intel build I drafted up, for about the same price. The CPU+Mobo are used from Amazon. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£113.59) Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£28.24) Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory (£31.49 @ Amazon UK) Power Supply: EVGA 600W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£40.09 @ Amazon UK) Other: CiT Case (£22.49) Other: WD 3TB HDD (Purchased) Total: £235.90 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-25 17:20 BST+0100

I'm seeing an intel i5 4590 on amazon, used for £100. Would that be an ok alternative?

So here's the build: PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: AMD Athlon X4 880K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£70.98 @ Novatech) CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£26.99 @ Novatech) Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard (£34.49 @ Ebuyer) Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£29.17 @ Novatech) Power Supply: EVGA 600W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£40.09 @ Amazon UK) Other: CIT case (£21.99) Total: £223.71 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-25 14:37 BST+0100 I'm going to wait until the RX 480 drops and see what the price to performance is on that card, the plan is to pick up an RX 480 to finish this build. My goal ideally is 1080p gaming, high-maxed out if possible. Looking at benchmarks the 880k seems good enough for what I'll need for a while, I'm planning on OC'ing it to around 4.5ghz, that's what the cooler's for. Is it worth spending the extra £12 on the 880k or should I just buy an 860k and save the little cash? My budget to begin with for everything sans the GPU was around the £300 mark so I'm thinking maybe a cheap boot drive SSD and possibly upgrade the RAM to 16GB? I have a couple of 1TB-3TB WD & Samsung drives I'll use for storage. What upgrades would you make to this system? Change it in anyway you like, £300 isn't a set in stone budget. I'd rather spend double and get over double the performance if possible. I'm not an expert at builds as it's been a while. I'm in talks with someone about a used 8320 and an Asus Sabertooth mobo for £140 shipped. Would that be a better buy? £40 more expensive than my current CPU+Mobo combo.

Thanks for the help man, I really appreciate it. I really dig the white case too, think I'm going to switch it up to that!

Sounds like a good idea, will the 8320 be a decent enough CPU to last me another couple of years? I don't mind waiting a few months for a new GPU. I'll pick up the CPU+Mobo deal for £136, grab some decent RAM for £25, looking at this cooler for £20 and the case for £35. Oh and a better PSU. Around £250 in total? I have a crappy r7 250 laying around that will hold me over for graphics until I get a new card

Yeah from what I've seen, the CPU + Mobo for less than £140 is too good a deal to pass up. I can't see myself getting a brand new top of the line card being dropped this month but will it drop more mid-range card prices? I'm only looking for high 1080p gaming, if i can go ultra, great, high would be fine for me...going from xbox one graphics. I have around a week to decide as the guy selling the GPU/PSU has exams until Saturday so I have time to think. From comments it looks like I should go for something else.

That's a pound sign roughly $500. Parts just seem to be a bit more expensive over here compared to the US. For comparison, this 960 is around £95. A new 750ti is around £100. I'll have to take a look at the PSU, see what I can do.

So I'm currently trying to make a new build, on a budget. So after going through different new builds I could make I wasn't quite happy with the specs I was coming up with. My ideal budget at the time was around £300 but I'm bumping that up to £500. To begin with I wanted the most budget gaming rig I could build but decided instead of being a cheapass I should spend a little extra cash to get a rig that will last a little longer. I saw a few posts on on the hardware swap reddit page that caught my eye and planned up a mid-range build that I'm quite happy with but am I paying a good price on these parts? The build: CPU: Used - AMD FX 8320 - £68.5 - (This is in a bundle with my motherboard, paying £132 + paypal fees of £4.85 for a total of £136.85 or £68.5 per part if you look at it that way. The CPU was bought new by the seller 2-3 years ago with a small OC. Watercooled until 6 months ago, after that the seller used a Hyper 212 until 1 month ago, after he stopped using it.) Motherboard: Used - ASUS Sabertooth 990FX - £68.5 - (Said he bought the motherboard off Ebay around 1 year ago, unsure of how long it was used before that.) Memory: New - Kingston HyperX Fury Black (2x4GB) DDR3-1866 - £29.63 - (Just cheap RAM at a decent speed from a good manufacturer.) Video Card: Used - Zotac GTX 960 2GB - £95 - (This was from another seller, selling his video card and PSU for a total of £140 including shipping. The card looks in good condition and comes in box with all accessories included.) PSU: Used - Seasonic G450 80+ Gold Modular - £45 - (Not much to say, he sent me a link to his ebay listing of this and he has 100% feedback with hundreds of items sold, sounds like a promising guy to purchase used parts from. The PSU looks a lot better than the budget EVGA 430w model I was looking at.) Case: New - Corsair SPEC 01 Red - £35.99 - (I just like the look of this case and it's not too expensive. Would be open to suggestions.) I have a couple of HDD's and an SSD here ready to use for data. The only thing I'll need to purchase is a CPU cooler. Looking at all these parts new on pcpartpicker you're looking at around £524 PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£112.96 @ Amazon UK) Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£139.87 @ Amazon UK) Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£29.63 @ More Computers) Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card (£143.99 @ Ebuyer) Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case (£35.99 @ Amazon UK) Other: SEASONIC G450 80+ Gold Modular (£61.00) Total: £523.44 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-20 00:57 BST+0100 but used it comes to a total of around £343 PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£29.63 @ More Computers) Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case (£35.99 @ Amazon UK) Other: AMD FX 8320 (£68.50) Other: ASUS Sabertooth 990FX (£68.50) Other: ZOTAC GTX 960 2GB (£95.00) Other: SEASONIC G450 80+ Gold Modular (£45.00) Total: £342.62 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-20 01:00 BST+0100 A total saving of £181 TL:DR Am I getting a good deal on these used parts?