Looking to see whether anyone can advise me on this new build.

HI, I'm looking to see if this build will be able to run recent games on medium settings. I have a budget of around £600 and appreciate any advice and improvements that can be suggested.

Processor (CPU)
AMD FX-8350 Eight Core CPU (4.00-4.20GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3+)
Case
STYLISH PIANO BLACK ENIGMA CASE + 2 FRONT USB
Motherboard
ASUS® M5A97 LE R2.0 (DDR3, USB3.0, 6Gb/s)
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 960 - 2 x DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
1st Hard Disk
1TB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 32MB CACHE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 450W VS SERIES™ VS-450 POWER SUPPLY
Processor Cooling
STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI CARD
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence

You may want to get a better case, the one you selected is not suitable for a gaming rig due to limited cooling provided

I wouldn't run that CPU with a stock cooler, it'll get very hot. Even an Intel i5 would get hot with a stock cooler when gaming.

Ok, thanks for the advice guys, I appreciate it.

Oscar Ellis said:

Ok, thanks for the advice guys, I appreciate it.

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You're welcome