first time build for $600 CDN

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dankains

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So I decided to take a shot at building my first gaming system. I've set a budget for $600 CDN. I found this build on another thread and just wondered if there's anything I should change?

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/yKFTzy
Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/yKFTzy/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($124.95 @ Vuugo)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($19.49 @ DirectCanada)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Pro3 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($69.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($89.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ DirectCanada)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R7 260X 1GB Video Card ($128.50 @ Vuugo)
Case: Enermax ECA3310A-W ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ NCIX)
Power Supply: Thermaltake SMART 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Total: $602.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-17 14:45 EDT-0400

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jaraldo

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Hey, I edited a few things

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($124.99 @ NCIX)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($19.49 @ DirectCanada)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Pro3 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($69.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($84.21 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ DirectCanada)
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7850 1GB Core Edition Video Card ($119.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Case: Enermax ECA3310A-W ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ NCIX)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ NCIX)
Total: $603.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-17 15:13 EDT-0400

Here's some info
http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Radeon-R7-260X-vs-Radeon-HD-7850
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1982962/thermaltake-smart-series-550w.html

Pricing a build in canada is much harder than in the US. You will probably have $60-70 in shipping/taxes on top of that. (maybe more)
 
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dankains

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Thanks for the input! My $600 budget is just so I don't go too crazy.. I know it'll come in over $600 with sh/tax and I'm okay with that.

just a question, is the CPU Cooler really necessary for this build? I'm not too concerned about the money, just wondering when you should use one and when you don't need to.
 
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jaraldo

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Yea, my first build went from $850 up to $1,100 xD so I understand setting limits. :p

I also added in the CPU cooler because I thought you would overclock. If you aren't overclocking ,you won't need it. AM3 cpus tend to get pretty hot, so that's why you see people putting them in with 8320's and in overclock builds.

(if you look at prebuilts with the 8320, you will see lots of fails because the 8320 doesn't have a good CPU cooler.)

https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AgN1D79Joo7tdE9xMUFlMEVWeFhuckJEVF9aMmtpUFE&gid=3
Your mobo has 4+1 VRM that are heat sinked, so that means it'd be ok for normal use and even slight overclocking if you wanted to.
 
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Yeah, I'm not really sure if I want to overclock or not, but if you say that these cpus get a little toasty, I'll probably keep it in there (maybe I might try overclocking in the future). Thanks for the help. Now off to find a thread on how to put a computer together...
 
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dankains

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Went ahead an purchased this system... The ASRock 970 Pro3 motherboard wasn't available so I went with the AsRock 970 Extreme3 ($99 at newegg.ca). The system came in at $688 including shipping and taxes. I'm pretty happy at that price. Thanks again for the help!
 
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