~£500 Gaming PC for a friend. - Hardware & Software

He's willing to stretch a little bit further, but I've made up this list for him. He knows he cannot expect much from a build this cheap, but I'm trying my best for him. I just need some feedback to see if I'm putting my money in the right things. [url=http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/w2vVGX]PCPartPicker part list[/url] / [url=http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/w2vVGX/by_merchant/]Price breakdown by merchant[/url] / [url=http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/w2vVGX/benchmarks/]Benchmarks[/url] [b]CPU:[/b] [url=http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646i54430]Intel Core i5-4430 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor[/url] (£119.99 @ Aria PC) [b]Motherboard:[/b] [url=http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-b85g41pcmate]MSI B85-G41 PC Mate ATX LGA1150 Motherboard[/url] (£53.44 @ CCL Computers) [b]Memory:[/b] [url=http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-memory-cmz8gx3m2a1600c9b]Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory[/url] (£55.34 @ Scan.co.uk) [b]Storage:[/b] [url=http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd10ezex]Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive[/url] (£39.50 @ Amazon UK) [b]Video Card:[/b] [url=http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-n760tf2gd5oc]MSI GeForce GTX 760 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card[/url] (£176.11 @ Scan.co.uk) [b]Case:[/b] [url=http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-case-200r]Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case[/url] (£44.95 @ CCL Computers) [b]Power Supply:[/b] [url=http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-cx600m]Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply[/url] (£49.93 @ CCL Computers) [b]Total:[/b] £539.26 [i](Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)[/i] [i](Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-07 10:13 BST+0100)[/i] I tried to compromise on the CPU to get a 760 over a 750Ti to fit in his budget. Is it worth it? Or is the 760 not worth the extra price over the 750 Ti, thereby allowing me to go for a 4670K/Z87 ? Or heck, should I be going AMD? I'm not familiar with AMD products, I've never really put serious thought into them, but at this price range it might be worth looking into.

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Looks good. I'd switch the HDD to the seagate barracuda and the corsair to the 500 watt model if it's cheaper though

A saving of £2, it turns out as. I'd rather have an extra 100W for that money :v: I assume you're then in agreement of my weighting towards GPU? I wasn't sure if 760 was worth skimping out on CPU for, over the 750 Ti.

It would be worth investing a bit more in a 280x and dropping down to a micro atx case and mb since there's no real difference between them and the ones you chose. [url=http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/tRwYQ7]PCPartPicker part list[/url] / [url=http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/tRwYQ7/by_merchant/]Price breakdown by merchant[/url] / [url=http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/tRwYQ7/benchmarks/]Benchmarks[/url] [b]CPU:[/b] [url=http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646i54430]Intel Core i5-4430 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor[/url] (£119.99 @ Aria PC) [b]Motherboard:[/b] [url=http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-b85mg43]MSI B85M-G43 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard[/url] (£46.90 @ Amazon UK) [b]Memory:[/b] [url=http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-memory-cmz8gx3m2a1600c9b]Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory[/url] (£55.34 @ Scan.co.uk) [b]Storage:[/b] [url=http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd10ezex]Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive[/url] (£35.99 @ Aria PC) [b]Video Card:[/b] [url=http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-video-card-r9280xtdfd]XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card[/url] (£209.98 @ Amazon UK) [b]Case:[/b] [url=http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-case-nse200kkn1]Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case[/url] (£31.44 @ Aria PC) [b]Power Supply:[/b] [url=http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-cx600m]Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply[/url] (£49.93 @ CCL Computers) [b]Total:[/b] £549.57 [i](Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)[/i] [i](Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-11 00:27 BST+0100)[/i] E: there's no real difference in most games between the 4430 and 4670, it's much better to invest in a good gpu, and the 280x is much better than the 760 (similar to a 770) [url]http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core-i5-4670k-4670-4570-4430_5.html[/url]