Want to build a budget PC for my brother.

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I would like to build a budget PC for my brother. He mainly plays runescape but he wants to explore some steam games and beyond. He said he doesn't care about graphics too much. So medium to high settings on current games would be good. The budget would be $500-$700. So maybe an AMD build as they seem to be good with performance on the cheap side Also he wants something small. He's been looking at the collosus micro and the collosus mini case. Don't really know the difference of the two as they look exactly the same.
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($108.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G46 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($78.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($50.40 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270X 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($47.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/RSBS DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($84.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $666.31
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

edit** this will also allow him to play pretty much any steam games with high settings. (but of course it depends on the game)
 
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Will this build fit in the colossus micro-atx case?
 
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Here is a good intel build option:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($184.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($75.66 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($78.85 @ B&H)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Case: BitFenix Colossus Micro MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($109.99 @ TigerDirect)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($57.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $702.43
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-29 17:45 EDT-0400

The case is kind of expensive IMO compared to the other parts in the build. Keep in mind that this does not include the price of windows.
 
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No the motherboard is an atx, i put a case in there
 
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One last thing. I have an extra copy of for windows 7 so no need to buy it new essentially dropping the build price form$660 to $550 or so. with that extra $100 would there be anything you might want to upgrade from the parts you chose or should i just pocket the extra $100
 
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