How's this build for roughly $550 budget?

Grant Durant · Jan 1, 2014

AMD Athlon X4 760K CPU: http://bit.ly/19Baf3P

MSI A78M-E35 Motherboard: http://bit.ly/1i5hNjP

Radeon R7 260X: http://bit.ly/1knwNcD

8GB Crucial Ballistix Sport RAM: http://bit.ly/19g9ejF

1TB Western Digital Caviar Blue HDD: http://bit.ly/1bTXUUt

430W Corsair CX430 PSU: http://bit.ly/18UZgyn

Rosewill Line-M Case: http://bit.ly/1erNC5S

I still don't have a monitor, a keyboard or a mouse. I also need to find out how to get windows for free. I'm trying to figure out how to use my TV as a monitor. I haven't bought any of these parts yet.

nickbachu · Jan 1, 2014

well its fine but if you are going to overclock the cpu you need a better cooler than the stock one

Sylvanriv · Jan 1, 2014

It's not bad, but you could get an FX-6300 for the same price if you go with a 7850, which is about the same, if not better, performance.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ TigerDirect)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($92.99 @ NCIX US)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Asus Radeon HD 7850 1GB Video Card ($134.98 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($37.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $545.91
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-01 22:33 EST-0500)