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So, while working on the current rig i want to build, I took a closer look at mini itx... i fell in love with a lot of the stuff. so i  kind off made this little build with a medium  budget.
case; corair 250D
cpu: a10 7850k, just because i am in love with it and i also found it for 154$ in my country... which is nice and badass
motherboard Gigabyet F2A88XN. comes at around 87 euros, and it is perfect for mini itx fm2+ builds
GPU: the msi r7 265 because of value for money and it just looks REAAAAALLY sexy. it comes at around 150 euros/dollars, and it performs amazingly.
PSU: corsair cx 500M. i have it in my current rig, i love it. around 58 euros
storage: a seagate barracuda 1TB at 53 euros. 7.2k rpm, reliable, just awesome
ram:crucial ballistix sport at 1600 MHZ... i dont think with the gpu you will need higher ram. this build comes in at 660 dollars. i might build this 1 day, but it is unlikeley

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I've made a quick build, it's far better than the APU and the mid end GPU.

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/N6LWf7
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/N6LWf7/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/N6LWf7/benchmarks/

 

I've added a much powerful CPU, a high end GPU and an SSD.

CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£136.79 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus H81I-PLUS Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard (£47.38 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£56.83 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£50.15 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 280X 3GB DirectCU II Video Card (£229.99 @ Dabs)
Case: Corsair 250D Mini ITX Tower Case (£59.99 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£47.20 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £664.27
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-03 22:46 BST+0100)

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OP is in Greece. That means their budget is 660 euros, which = about 540 UK pounds. That being said, here are a couple builds:

 

Intel:

 

 
CPU:  Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor  (€104.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Motherboard:  ASRock H81M-ITX Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  (€59.90 @ Caseking) 
Memory:  Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (€64.90 @ Caseking) 
Video Card:  Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card  (€228.26 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Case:  Corsair 250D Mini ITX Tower Case  (€84.62 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Power Supply:  XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (€58.25 @ Hardwareversand) 
Total: €651.22
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-04 06:01 CEST+0200)
 
 
AMD:
 
 
CPU:  AMD Athlon X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€70.90 @ Caseking) 
CPU Cooler:  Zalman CNPS 7500 AlCu LED Ball Bearing CPU Cooler  (€24.98 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Motherboard:  ASRock FM2A78M-ITX+ Mini ITX FM2+ Motherboard  (€72.89 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Memory:  Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (€64.90 @ Caseking) 
Video Card:  Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card  (€228.26 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Case:  Corsair 250D Mini ITX Tower Case  (€84.62 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Power Supply:  XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (€58.25 @ Hardwareversand) 
Total: €655.19
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-04 06:06 CEST+0200)

My Systems:

Main - Work + Gaming:

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Woodland Raven: Ryzen 2700X // AMD Wraith RGB // Asus Prime X570-P // G.Skill 2x 8GB 3600MHz DDR4 // Radeon RX Vega 56 // Crucial P1 NVMe 1TB M.2 SSD // Deepcool DQ650-M // chassis build in progress // Windows 10 // Thrustmaster TMX + G27 pedals & shifter

F@H Rig:

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FX-8350 // Deepcool Neptwin // MSI 970 Gaming // AData 2x 4GB 1600 DDR3 // 2x Gigabyte RX-570 4G's // Samsung 840 120GB SSD // Cooler Master V650 // Windows 10

 

HTPC:

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SNES PC (HTPC): i3-4150 @3.5 // Gigabyte GA-H87N-Wifi // G.Skill 2x 4GB DDR3 1600 // Asus Dual GTX 1050Ti 4GB OC // AData SP600 128GB SSD // Pico 160XT PSU // Custom SNES Enclosure // 55" LG LED 1080p TV  // Logitech wireless touchpad-keyboard // Windows 10 // Build Log

Laptops:

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MY DAILY: Lenovo ThinkPad T410 // 14" 1440x900 // i5-540M 2.5GHz Dual-Core HT // Intel HD iGPU + Quadro NVS 3100M 512MB dGPU // 2x4GB DDR3L 1066 // Mushkin Triactor 480GB SSD // Windows 10

 

WIFE'S: Dell Latitude E5450 // 14" 1366x768 // i5-5300U 2.3GHz Dual-Core HT // Intel HD5500 // 2x4GB RAM DDR3L 1600 // 500GB 7200 HDD // Linux Mint 19.3 Cinnamon

 

EXPERIMENTAL: Pinebook // 11.6" 1080p // Manjaro KDE (ARM)

NAS:

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Home NAS: Pentium G4400 @3.3 // Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 // 2x 4GB DDR4 2400 // Intel HD Graphics // Kingston A400 120GB SSD // 3x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200 HDDs in RAID-Z // Cooler Master Silent Pro M 1000w PSU // Antec Performance Plus 1080AMG // FreeNAS OS

 

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@Pheonix70 - Don't bother with the A10-7850K APU if you're not going to use the on-board graphics. The CPU portion of the 7850K has about the same performance as the Athlon X4 760K which costs far less (about 80 euros less). 

My Systems:

Main - Work + Gaming:

Spoiler

Woodland Raven: Ryzen 2700X // AMD Wraith RGB // Asus Prime X570-P // G.Skill 2x 8GB 3600MHz DDR4 // Radeon RX Vega 56 // Crucial P1 NVMe 1TB M.2 SSD // Deepcool DQ650-M // chassis build in progress // Windows 10 // Thrustmaster TMX + G27 pedals & shifter

F@H Rig:

Spoiler

FX-8350 // Deepcool Neptwin // MSI 970 Gaming // AData 2x 4GB 1600 DDR3 // 2x Gigabyte RX-570 4G's // Samsung 840 120GB SSD // Cooler Master V650 // Windows 10

 

HTPC:

Spoiler

SNES PC (HTPC): i3-4150 @3.5 // Gigabyte GA-H87N-Wifi // G.Skill 2x 4GB DDR3 1600 // Asus Dual GTX 1050Ti 4GB OC // AData SP600 128GB SSD // Pico 160XT PSU // Custom SNES Enclosure // 55" LG LED 1080p TV  // Logitech wireless touchpad-keyboard // Windows 10 // Build Log

Laptops:

Spoiler

MY DAILY: Lenovo ThinkPad T410 // 14" 1440x900 // i5-540M 2.5GHz Dual-Core HT // Intel HD iGPU + Quadro NVS 3100M 512MB dGPU // 2x4GB DDR3L 1066 // Mushkin Triactor 480GB SSD // Windows 10

 

WIFE'S: Dell Latitude E5450 // 14" 1366x768 // i5-5300U 2.3GHz Dual-Core HT // Intel HD5500 // 2x4GB RAM DDR3L 1600 // 500GB 7200 HDD // Linux Mint 19.3 Cinnamon

 

EXPERIMENTAL: Pinebook // 11.6" 1080p // Manjaro KDE (ARM)

NAS:

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Home NAS: Pentium G4400 @3.3 // Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 // 2x 4GB DDR4 2400 // Intel HD Graphics // Kingston A400 120GB SSD // 3x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200 HDDs in RAID-Z // Cooler Master Silent Pro M 1000w PSU // Antec Performance Plus 1080AMG // FreeNAS OS

 

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maybe as a later upgrade.

 

You could build something like this, run your games off the 7850K on it's own and add a more powerful GPU later on. It just doesn't make sense to run an APU with a low to mid-range GPU when you could run the Athlon X4 760K instead and use the money saved for a much stronger GPU.

 

 
CPU:  AMD A10-7850K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€151.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
CPU Cooler:  Zalman CNPS 7500 AlCu LED Ball Bearing CPU Cooler  (€24.98 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Motherboard:  ASRock FM2A78M-ITX+ Mini ITX FM2+ Motherboard  (€72.89 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Memory:  G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory  (€81.85 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Case:  Corsair 250D Mini ITX Tower Case  (€84.62 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Power Supply:  XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (€58.25 @ Hardwareversand) 
Total: €524.88
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-05 05:15 CEST+0200)
 
That ram is CL9 at 2133mhz so it would help that APU perform quite nicely in games for the time being. 

My Systems:

Main - Work + Gaming:

Spoiler

Woodland Raven: Ryzen 2700X // AMD Wraith RGB // Asus Prime X570-P // G.Skill 2x 8GB 3600MHz DDR4 // Radeon RX Vega 56 // Crucial P1 NVMe 1TB M.2 SSD // Deepcool DQ650-M // chassis build in progress // Windows 10 // Thrustmaster TMX + G27 pedals & shifter

F@H Rig:

Spoiler

FX-8350 // Deepcool Neptwin // MSI 970 Gaming // AData 2x 4GB 1600 DDR3 // 2x Gigabyte RX-570 4G's // Samsung 840 120GB SSD // Cooler Master V650 // Windows 10

 

HTPC:

Spoiler

SNES PC (HTPC): i3-4150 @3.5 // Gigabyte GA-H87N-Wifi // G.Skill 2x 4GB DDR3 1600 // Asus Dual GTX 1050Ti 4GB OC // AData SP600 128GB SSD // Pico 160XT PSU // Custom SNES Enclosure // 55" LG LED 1080p TV  // Logitech wireless touchpad-keyboard // Windows 10 // Build Log

Laptops:

Spoiler

MY DAILY: Lenovo ThinkPad T410 // 14" 1440x900 // i5-540M 2.5GHz Dual-Core HT // Intel HD iGPU + Quadro NVS 3100M 512MB dGPU // 2x4GB DDR3L 1066 // Mushkin Triactor 480GB SSD // Windows 10

 

WIFE'S: Dell Latitude E5450 // 14" 1366x768 // i5-5300U 2.3GHz Dual-Core HT // Intel HD5500 // 2x4GB RAM DDR3L 1600 // 500GB 7200 HDD // Linux Mint 19.3 Cinnamon

 

EXPERIMENTAL: Pinebook // 11.6" 1080p // Manjaro KDE (ARM)

NAS:

Spoiler

Home NAS: Pentium G4400 @3.3 // Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 // 2x 4GB DDR4 2400 // Intel HD Graphics // Kingston A400 120GB SSD // 3x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200 HDDs in RAID-Z // Cooler Master Silent Pro M 1000w PSU // Antec Performance Plus 1080AMG // FreeNAS OS

 

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