Building A New Family PC for $650. Any Edits Before I Buy The Parts?

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DarkAddo

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

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor ($84.73 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-L9a 57.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($31.68 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: MSI FM2-A75IA-E53 Mini ITX FM2 Motherboard ($84.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: GeIL EVO POTENZA 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($63.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card ($139.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced (White) Mini ITX Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Silverstone 450W 80+ Bronze Certified SFX Power Supply ($69.36 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $659.68
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-19 00:37 EDT-0400)

This looks pretty solid to me. I just wanted to know if there is something better for less and in a Mini-ITX form factor.
 
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For a home PC do you really need a graphics Card, If you aren't trying to play some intensive games on it, or trying to do photo/ video editing you might want to look into AMD's richland APU's. the amount of $ you will save will be a LOT by not having to get a graphics card. They are FM2 so they will work with your MOBO
 
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Yeah, I currently play LoL, AoE 3, Minecraft, BF4, CoD, Portal, Fallout, etc. I don't need them to run on the maximum settings with 60+ FPS. I just want the games I play to be playable. I know that I could've gone with an APU, but I don't think they will give me the gaming experience I want. I also heard that you need higher clocked/more RAM to run the APU's better(?).
 
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