Suggestions for $400-$500 dollar gaming build

laudreuil

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I am looking for a $400-$500 gaming build. I already have a harddrive (3.5'', SATA I, Windows 7), monitor, keyboard, mouse.

I don't really know where to start with the CPU/motherboard/video card... if you could make some suggestions for decent reasonably priced components, I can use pcpartpicker to figure out the rest.

I've also noticed that there are some deals on newegg (and elsewhere) where they sell you a built machine and it's a lot cheaper than the sum of the components. I'd do that, except I don't want to waste money buying an extra monitor and storage. But if there's a premade build you'd recommend for this price range, that'd be cool as well.

Thank you!

 
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3a0qF
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3a0qF/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3a0qF/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 PRO3 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($70.66 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($149.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($37.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($19.99 @ Micro Center)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($15.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $469.60
 
Can't find some of the components that I want on pcpartpicker.com so I'm just gonna make my own list

CPU: AMD FX-6300 http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009O7YORK Excellent CPU for the budget
Motherboard: ASUS M5A97 R2.0 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131873 High quality and on sale
Memory: Team Zeus Red 8GB (2 x 4GB) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820313434 It's not a bad RAM, it works just fine.
GPU: GTX 660 http://www.microcenter.com/product/410392/02G-P4-2661-KR_NVIDIA_GeForce_GTX_660_SC_Signature2_2048MB_GDDR5_PCIe_Video_Card Will be able to get you to high on most games
Case: Antec One http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129181
PSU: EVGA 500B http://www.ncixus.com/products/?usaffiliateid=1000031504&sku=85625&vpn=100-B1-0500-KR&manufacture=eVGA&promoid=1230 It's decent quality for the money

This build totals at $517.74 before tax and after rebate.

If you think it's too expensive, then go with GTX 750 Ti http://www.ncixus.com/products/?usaffiliateid=1000031504&sku=94331&vpn=02G-P4-3751-KR&manufacture=eVGA And then a higher quality PSU like XFX Core Edition 550W http://www.ncixus.com/products/?usaffiliateid=1000031504&sku=59615&vpn=P1550SXXB9&manufacture=XFX&promoid=1230