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So I have a budget of around £350, I play GTAV, Minecraft, CS:GO and will be playing other major games. If you can offer me any other upgrades go for it but the main thing is the GFX.

My specs are;
Operating System:
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
CPU
Intel Pentium G860 @ 3.00GHz
Sandy Bridge 32nm Technology
RAM
4.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 666MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
MSI H61M-P31 (G3) (MS-7788) (SOCKET 0)
Graphics
VE228 (1920x1080@60Hz)
1024MB ATI AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series (XFX Pine Group)
Storage
465GB Seagate ST500DM002-1BD142 ATA Device (SATA)
Optical Drives
ATAPI iHAS124 W ATA Device

I realise they are not the best but I built this two years ago so..
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whats the make and model of your psu and case?

May be worth getting a CPU upgrade + GPU upgrade tbh.
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I can't remember I'll try find out and the current one I have only busts out 500W but I have a 700W spare that I haven't got round to fitting.
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Ask scan to update the bios before shipping it.

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Will these be able to run said games on good FPS?

Also, they say pre-order, I plan on buying parts next week so I need parts I can buy right now.
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Hands down what you should be buying IMHO. You'll want to add another 4GB RAM asap though, and an SSD when you can.

After you get this, sell your current CPU, PSUs, case, and GPU for some $$, use the money made to buy another 4GB RAM and maybe an SSD, since you should have enough for something decent.
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Hands down what you should be buying IMHO. You'll want to add another 4GB RAM asap though, and an SSD when you can.

After you get this, sell your current CPU, PSUs, case, and GPU for some $$, use the money made to buy another 4GB RAM and maybe an SSD, since you should have enough for something decent.
Damn that r9 290 is cheap af, hope when it comes back into stock the price doesn't shoot back up though.
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I'm not sure if they'll get any more in stock. Everywhere has stopped selling the 200 series cards. Check PCPP for 290's if that one is out of stock, there should be some for just a little more. Definitely worth it if you can get a 290 for about £200.
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So, my PSU is 500W Storm Silent LPJ19-25 and my case is Fractal Design Core 1000.

And folks, the stuff your linking is great and I appreciate it but it's not in stock. I need stuff in stuck so I can buy it this week/next.
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Case is fine. If you can manage £20 over budget;
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