Budget gaming build. First build

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#1 conortehgamer
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Ram:Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600MHz CL9 1.5v 240pin Price: £26.08
Case:Coolermaster Elite 430 Black: £34.99
GPU:XFX AMD Radeon 7850 HD 860MHz PCI-Express 3.0 HDMI: £143.98
PSU:Corsair Memory 600W Builder Series CX V2 ATX PSU:49.99
DVD Drive:Sony Optiarc 24x Internal DVD Multi Writer (DVD-RW/RAM) with Black Bezel Bare:£12.99
HDD:Seagate 1TB Barracuda SATA 6Gb/s 64MB 7200RPM Hard Drive:£58.99
CPU:AMD A10-5800K 3.8GHz FM2 4MB 100W Black Edition:£95.98
Mobo:ASRock FM2A55M AMD FM2 A55 DDR3 mATX:£41.98
Total:£468.36
I already have a OS

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#2 Grey_Eyed_Elf
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Looks great. As its a budget build I wouldn't change a thing you seem to have found the best performing budget components your self. The CPU is a great budget CPU and is far better than the FX4100/6100 offerings and the HD 7850 is as fast a GTX 560Ti so its excellent performance for the price. You have the right amount of ram and a good PSU. Go for it... :). Enjoy your first build.
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#3 ionusX
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about the only thing i might change is the case. jsut not my kind of case. id sleep better with 2 quid more down on the table and a nicer case.

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/in-win-mana-136-all-black-mid-tower-gaming-case-with-usb-30-w-o-psu

tghis right here is the best ~50 quid gaming cases money can get you, on this earth (the other two being the rosewill challenger U3 and the coolermaster centurion 5)

simply put if you dont plan on water cooling and dont have alot to spend on a case this has few substitues. i can happily go grab the hardwareheaven review where they practically wanted to make love to this piece of metal. when/if my antec 900 case ever bites the dust, im going with an in-win case. likely and ironclad or a dragon rider

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#4 adamosmaki
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if its for gaming and you are adding a dedicated GPU then i would suggest a phenom II. More or less they are the same speed as that 5800k ( in fact in some cases they are faster ) but a phenom II 955/965 is only 70-75 pounds ( of course you will need to change the motherboard to an AM3+ as well )
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#5 ionusX
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if its for gaming and you are adding a dedicated GPU then i would suggest a phenom II. More or less they are the same speed as that 5800k ( in fact in some cases they are faster ) but a phenom II 955/965 is only 70-75 pounds ( of course you will need to change the motherboard to an AM3+ as well )adamosmaki
you would need to OC the 965 to get it to match the 5800k. the 5800k breaks more evenly with a phenom II x4 980 or 975

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#7 novelton111
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you would need to OC the 965 to get it to match the 5800k. the 5800k breaks more evenly with a phenom II x4 980 or 975

I also agree with you and appreciate you. and wish you all the best for your first build conortehgamer.