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CPU: AMD FX-6300
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G46
Ram: Corsair Vengeance 8GB Single DDR3-1600
Graphics Card: Radeon R9 270X
Hard Drive: WD 3.5" Black 1TB WD1002FAEX SATA3 7200rpm HDD
Power Supply: Corsair CMPSU-600CXV3 600Watt 80Plus Bronze ATX Power Supply Unit
Case: Antec X1-E Gaming
Wifi adapter: TP-LINK TL-WDN4800
 
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The R9-270 and 270X are pretty close, and you can OC the 270 to match the X anyway...

Here are a few changes to trim some:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ TigerDirect)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($76.97 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($68.00 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270 2GB Video Card ($189.99 @ NCIX US)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-N53 802.11a/b/g/n...
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With this budget, your build looks fine as it is.

You could go with a GTX 760 instead of the R9 270x, depends on the 270 you're trying to get your hands on.
If you prefer AMD over NVIDIA get the R9 270x Toxic, this card is pretty impressive for its price.

I would also go with 2x4Gb RAM instead of 1x8Gb to put these in dual channel (which will give you a slight performance boost).
 
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The R9-270 and 270X are pretty close, and you can OC the 270 to match the X anyway...

Here are a few changes to trim some:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ TigerDirect)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($76.97 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($68.00 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270 2GB Video Card ($189.99 @ NCIX US)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-N53 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $584.91
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-09 08:37 EST-0500)
 
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+1

Yeah, the R9 270 and the 270x are really up close, but I would still go for the 270x Toxic from Sapphire, they OC it out of the factory and have imho the best cooling solution for a graphics card these days.
 
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