What do you think of my 600$ budget build? It is for gaming/editing

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Fredkilljoy

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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/29sa6
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/29sa6/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/29sa6/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($117.96 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Thermaltake CL-P0401 86.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($9.99 @ Newegg)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste ($6.74 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($82.55 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card ($145.38 @ Newegg)
Case: Silverstone SST-RL01B-W-USB 3.0 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($42.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $587.55
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-27 01:23 EST-0500)
 
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Don't go for an i3, the FX-6300 is a much better choice. Also, don't go for socket LGA 1155 as it will soon have no upgrade options.

Here: PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($119.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard ($62.55 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($52.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI...
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KaiGaming

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Hi, you might want to get these over the ones you chose.

Video Card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127722 OR http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131510
Processor: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116775
Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131837 OR http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157293&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL112513&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL112513-_-EMC-112513-Index-_-IntelMotherboards-_-13157293-L0G

I took some money away from the GPU and redstribute it into the motherboard.
 
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realchaos

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Don't go for an i3, the FX-6300 is a much better choice. Also, don't go for socket LGA 1155 as it will soon have no upgrade options.

Here: PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($119.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard ($62.55 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($52.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB Video Card ($129.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 300R Windowed ATX Mid Tower Case ($62.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $580.45
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-27 02:28 EST-0500)

Better cpu cooler.
2x4gb for dual channel memory.
Much stronger gpu.
Better quality case.
 
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