£800 budget for gaming rig - Any ideas?

[nhornby51743]

I'm looking to build a new rig for between £600-800 and there's a few things I'd like clarification on. Firstly here's the spec I was thinking;

Case
COOLERMASTER ELITE 311 BLUE CASE

Processor (CPU)
AMD FX-6300 Six Core CPU (3.50GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3+)

Motherboard
ASUS® M5A97 (DDR3, USB3.0, 6Gb/s)

Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB)

Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 760 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
500GB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 16MB CACHE

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT

Power Supply
450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan

Processor Cooling
Super Quiet 22dBA Triple Copper Heatpipe AMD CPU Cooler (£19)

Extra Case Fans
1 x 12CM Black Case Fan (configured to extract from rear/roof) (£5)

Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Network Facilities
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs

Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED

Total inc. VAT - £629

3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)


As for clarifying a few things, here's what I'd like to know

1. Amd FX6350 or Intel i5 for the processor?

2. Is it worth getting 16gb RAM over 8gb?

3. For 1080p gaming should I get the gtx 760 or 770.

I don't intend to overclock my system and I'd like the build to offer decent fps on high settings on newer games like Crysis 3/Metro/Battlefield.

Replies appreciated, Many thanks

 

[Yamikotai]

1. Intel i5

2. Not for gaming

3. GTX770, if you're gonna be playing Crysis 3/Metro:LL/Battlefield 3

 

[keynes]

For your budget getting the GTX 770 would be compromising on other components. For a gaming rig you may want to consider a much better case for cooling/airflow. If you have a budget of around £1000 I'd suggest an i5 + GTX 770, for your budget FX-6350 + best gpu you can afford.

 

[nhornby51743]

For your budget getting the GTX 770 would be compromising on other components. For a gaming rig you may want to consider a much better case for cooling/airflow. If you have a budget of around £1000 I'd suggest an i5 + GTX 770, for your budget FX-6350 + best gpu you can afford.

Any ideas on the case as I don't really want to be spending more than £60 on a case. I looked at the InWIN Mana 136 and it looks like it could be sufficient. Sorry for all the questions, I'm a noob and just want as much advice as I can get

 

[keynes]

Any ideas on the case as I don't really want to be spending more than £60 on a case. I looked at the InWIN Mana 136 and it looks like it could be sufficient. Sorry for all the questions, I'm a noob and just want as much advice as I can get

The inwin Mana, Corsair 200r or PCS Maelstrom.