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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Rammy

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I ditched the CPU cooler and thermal paste. You aren't going to be doing any serious overclocking on a $10 cooler, you might as well stick with the stock one. Alternatively, spend a bit more for something like a Hyper 212 Evo.

If you want to go fancier with the motherboard, you can swap the one below for a 970 Extreme 4. Right now there is a combo discount of $20 with this memory and that motherboard, makes it pretty well priced.

For a graphics card, I'd probably go for a HD7950 as they start at $220 (only $10 more), but to sneak it under the budget I dropped to a fairly similar HD7870XT.

Your PSU is very good, but the deal on the Capstone makes it hard to ignore.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($64.86 @ 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: PowerColor Radeon HD 7870 XT 2GB Video Card ($209.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Rosewill Capstone 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $599.78
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-27 03:58 EST-0500)
 
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Outlander_04

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The cpu cooler is a little different to anything I have seen b4 . Have you read some reviews?

Ditch the arctic silver . Its not even a good paste let alone a premium one . Ideally use the one that ships with whatever cooler you buy

Use a dual channel RAM kit . 2 x4 gig not 1 x 8 gig

The Radeon R7 260X is a rebadged 7790
Its possible to buy a more powerful 7850 for less
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/powercolor-video-card-ax78502gbd5dh

The Corsair 200R case is $30
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-case-200r
 
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