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~£500-£600 Intel Pentium G3258 Build

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I recommend if you can get a board that is Asus or Gigabyte at the same price do that instead.  Also for the psu go with Antec or SeaSonic.  The odds of finding a SeaSonic cheap are not good but Antec psus often go on sale.  In regards to the cooler you picked a very popular choice.  There is nothing wrong with that.

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May I ask why Asus or Gigabyte motherboards over the one I have listed?

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A tiny bit more expensive, but will be better and have a SSD as well

 

 
CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  (£97.00 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard  (£66.61 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£97.69 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card  (£164.70 @ More Computers) 
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£30.25 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£49.93 @ CCL Computers) 
Total: £609.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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May I ask why Asus or Gigabyte motherboards over the one I have listed?

No reason. MSI is perfectly fine. 

 

I would, however, aim for a cheaper case--NZXT Source 210, and a cheaper psu,an EVGA 500w or Corsair CSM550. Then get an r9 280. 

 

 
Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£99.85 @ More Computers) 
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£56.34 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card  (£164.70 @ More Computers) 
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£30.25 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/RSBS DVD/CD Writer  (£12.76 @ CCL Computers) 
Total: £611.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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EDIT: YOU SHOULD GET A Z97 BOARD SINCE Z87 WILL REQUIRE A BIOS UPDATE FOR G3258 (to update the bios you either need a usb-flashable bios--ASUS, or a cpu that will work on z87)

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CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  (£97.00 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£45.36 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£88.91 @ Amazon UK) 


Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card  (£188.74 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Case: Antec Three Hundred Two ATX Mid Tower Case  (£54.99 @ Amazon UK) 


Total: £576.58

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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A tiny bit more expensive, but will be better and have a SSD as well

 

 
CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  (£97.00 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard  (£66.61 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£97.69 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card  (£164.70 @ More Computers) 
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£30.25 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£49.93 @ CCL Computers) 
Total: £609.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Would it be better to have separate SSD and HDD, or a hybrid drive like I have listed?

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Would it be better to have separate SSD and HDD, or a hybrid drive like I have listed?

Well... you kinda missing the point here, a hybrid SSHD will perform better than an HDD, but slower (way slower) than an SSD since it's basically an HDD with a big cache, so the point of getting a seperate SSD is to only install the OS and maybe a few (1 or 2 at most) program that can benefit from running on SSD on the SSD, and the rest just leave it on the HDD, that way your boot up time will be alot faster and the rest the HDD can handle. just get a good HDD with 7200rpm and you are fine.

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Here is a better build 

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£130.98 @ Scan.co.uk) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler  (£48.79 @ CCL Computers) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£99.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£59.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card  (£149.99 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  (£44.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£49.93 @ CCL Computers) 
Optical Drive: Lite-On IHAS324-07 DVD/CD Writer  (£17.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £601.65
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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I made a build for a mate that works out to be very close in price

 

http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/nzxBGX

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 Anniversary Edition

CPU COOLER: Corsair H55

MOTHERBOARD: Asus B85M-G M-ATX

RAM: Kingston Fury Black 8GB

SSD: Corsair Force LS 60GB (for OS)

HDD: WD Caviar Blue 1TB

GPU: MSI R9 280 Gaming Edition 3GB

CASE: Fractal Design Core 1000

PSU: Corsair CS450M 80+ Gold PSU

 

TOTAL: $961.00AUD or £531GBP

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Motherboard: MSI Z97-G55 SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£88.76 @ Scan.co.uk) 



Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card  (£188.74 @ Scan.co.uk) 



Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/RSBS DVD/CD Writer  (£12.76 @ CCL Computers) 

Total: £587.51

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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