500$ gaming pc part help

MrWoodblock

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Thinking of building a gaming pc to replace an old acer laptop. My budget is 500$ and so far, these are the specs for it
CPU- AMD FX-6300 120$
GPU- PowerColor Radeon 7850 2GB 140$
RAM- Adata XPG 1600 mhz 30$
Motherboard- ASUS M5A97 R2.0 60$ with combo
Hard Drive-Toshiba 1TB 7200rpm 60$
Power Supply- Raidmax RX-700AC Modular 80+ 40$
Case- Thermaltake Commander MS-I USB 3.0 32$
I plan on getting a hyper 212 when i get the money so would the asus board be good enough for an overclock to 4.2 ghz or should i go with something like an asrock extreme3 for the same price. Any other suggestions regarding the parts would be great.
 

Dark Lord of Tech

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($117.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Xigmatek LOKI SD963 52.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($79.98 @ Outlet PC)
Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($52.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7850 1GB Video Card ($120.80 @ Newegg)
Case: Zalman Z12 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case ($38.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: Enermax 450W ATX12V Power Supply ($43.97 @ Outlet PC)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer ($15.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $555.67
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-23 12:34 EDT-0400)
 

MrWoodblock

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Thanks for the part list! However i will most likely be changing the mobo to MSI 970A-G43 and the psu to the raidmax RX700AC because its cheaper. Also i found an optical drive at a thrift shop so i wont be using that as well. Is a 1gb card good enough for single monitor 1080p?
 

Dark Lord of Tech

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Don't buy a Raidmax PSU.

Tier 5 - Other than the units listed above for any of these brands, NOT RECOMMENDED. Replace ASAP if you have one.

A-TOP Technology
Apevia
APEX (SUPERCASE/ALLIED)
Aspire(Turbo Case)
ATADC
Athena Power
ATRIX
Broadway Com Corp
Coolmax
Deer
Diablotek
Dynapower USA
Dynex
EagleTech
FOXCONN
FSP Everest
HEC Orion
Hiper Type-R
Huntkey
I-Star Computer Co. Ltd
In Win
JPAC COMPUTER
Just PC
Kingwin Inc.
Linkworld Electronics
Logisys Computer
MGE
MSI
NMEDIAPC
Norwood Micro/ CompUSA
NorthQ
NZXT
Okia
Powmax
Q-Tec
Raidmax
Rocketfish
Rosewill
SFC
Shuttle
Skyhawk
Spire Coolers
Star Micro
STARTECH
Thermaltake Purepower NP
Thermaltake Purepower RU
Thermaltake TR2 (and TR2-RX)
TOPOWER TOP
Ultra X-Connect
Ultra X2 >greater than 700 watt
Ultra LSP
Wintech
XION
YoungYear
Zebronics

 

MrWoodblock

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