600$ Novice Gamer Build W/ SSD Help

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yanceyraider24

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Hey Guys

So I'm currently running all my games through a macbook pro 2009 13.... Yea thats a good enough reason to upgrade if i've heard one.
I WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE THIS BUY THE END OF THE WEEK. My price limit is between 600-650. Gaming wise I really just need high or highest quality for Dota2/LoL/SCII, and would like to have the ability to play skyrim and bf4 relatively well at a standard graphics standpoint. I would really prefer the SSD operations capabilities. I have chosen an amd cpu, was told it was risky with the build I had, so any upgrades or changes to this build would help tremendously. PLEASE HELP IM IN THE FINAL STAGES OF THE PURCHASE

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2uKm1
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2uKm1/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2uKm1/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($76.97 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card ($136.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($19.99 @ Microcenter)
Optical Drive: Pioneer BDC-207DBK Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer ($38.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $647.88
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-03 12:45 EST-0500)
 
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yanceyraider24

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Not sure what you mean by hard drive, as I thought the Kingston SSd would handle that (plus for now I was planning on working with an external until i purchased a second hard drive). OS is still up in the air, I believe it will be Ubuntu

I ALSO MIGHT BE WRONG ABOUT THE SSD CUZ I'VE NEVER HAD ONE, ADVISE WOULD BE APPRECIATED
 
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yanceyraider24

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Ok so went in and made some changes with /\ /\ this help. Please let me know what yall think now:
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2uXUe
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2uXUe/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2uXUe/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($76.97 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Patriot G2 Series 8GB (4 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($68.81 @ Amazon)
Storage: Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270 2GB Video Card ($185.66 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Core 3000 USB 3.0 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($54.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($19.99 @ Microcenter)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $626.38
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-03 13:02 EST-0500)
 
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I wouldn't advise going with Ubuntu, you would be a lot better off with Windows 7 or 8. The SSD probably won't be enough storage for everything alone, especially games - buy a cheap 1TB WD Blue.
 
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yanceyraider24

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I'll keep the ubuntu comment in mind, i'm still gonna wait to chose the OS. Heres the updated cart, but now I believe I would need help lowering the price. Any product advise?

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2uYcp
 
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Just drop back to a 260x. Ou'll still get decent performance out of it, just not as much as a 270 (obviously) This'll put you back under $650

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2uYoe
 
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yanceyraider24

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Is it worth the extra 40 bucks though? I don't believe I'll have a problem scrounging up 40 extra dollars but I just had a goal of 650. Basically could you explain the performance differential between the two product lines?

Also, would it be wise to maybe consider dropping down to the fx4300 to save money?
 
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A 7970 is more closely related to a 280x, I doubt it will be close to the $180 range.

And about dropping to the 4300, I wouldn't suggest it. You'd only save a little, but lose a good deal of performance. I say if $650 was your goal, and we were able to upgrade your GPU and keep you an SSD (and you're happy with it :p) just go for it. We can banter on and on over different ways to do things, but I think for keeping your original price, while giving you extra storage and more performance, it's about as close to perfect as you'll get at $650.

The 270 will max out Skyrim easily over 60 fps, and should do BF4 in at least High. Here are some benchmarks of what you can expect out of the 270. (I would take about 5-10% off of these numbers, as their system is a bit better, but you get the idea)
 
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