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I am trying to get a gaming computer for a lower price and hopefully better than the parts I've listed here: http://pcpartpicker.com/user/nathan163/saved/KKyqqs. If there is any parts that I don't need, then please tell me! Thanks :)
 
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What are you on about? You don't get "much better performance" from an i3 over a 6350, the opposite is true in fact. In gaming, it's not a huge divide, but the 6350 still beats any i3 by a decent bit, especially when overclocked. In multi-tasking, however, the 6350 beats it by a mile. The 6350 may have less...
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I'd cut the soundcard. Also, do you need a wi-fi router?

Also, I know you're on a budget but your power supply is not good. Spend a bit more for something that won't potentially destroy your other components. Try Seasonic or Super Flower.
 
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Well, do you realize that you're getting an SSD instead of a hard drive? Because for half the cost of that SSD you can get a hard drive with roughly 5 times the amount of storage capacity, at the cost of slower disk performance. Keep in mind that switching to a hard drive from a SSD won't affect actual PC performance in applications or games, it will just make the loading time longer and boot time and that type of thing. If you are trying to keep the price down, I would highly recommend it, as I have used about half of the storage on my 1TB hard drive (roughly 500 GB) since I finalized the PC with this hard drive around March. You're going to run out of space FAST with just that SSD.

Also, that power supply doesn't seem very good and may not even give out enough wattage to support the PC. I would recommend you get a 400W or above power supply, if I were you I may even get an XFX or something 500W, but that is overkill I believe.

To lower the cost, ditch the sound card unless you are a huge audiophile. Your video card will provide audio through the VGA cable that connects to your monitor.

Also, this is very important, you WILL need speakers if you wish to hear audio through your PC, either that or always have headphones directly connected to your PC, because your chosen monitor does NOT have built in speakers.

As mentioned earlier, your monitor needs a VGA connection to work. Ensure that you already have a VGA cable, or don't forget to buy one.

Finally, that WiFi adapter is a USB 2.0 adapter, which means not only will it have to be jutting out from your PC case all the time becoming a risk for snapping off, but it will also have lackluster performance. I would recommend getting a PCI-e based WiFi card, such as those made by TP-Link or other companies. Check out this one here: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/tp-link-wireless-network-card-tlwn881nd

Hope my feedback helped!
 
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Oh other things: swap the 650 for a 750 ti... price should be about the same. And for gaming, you'd get much better performance from a Intel i3. Or even a G3258 Pentium (in fact, I wouldn't be surprised if you're able to find one bundled with a decent mobo on Newegg for around $100). Don't let AMD's number of cores and GHZ numbers fool you; single core performance is what matters, and Intel cores are far more efficient.
 
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This more depends on how you use your system. If you have a dozen games installed at any given time, then yeah, 256gb is too small. If you're like me and use Steam and delete games from local storage if you're not playing them, then it's plenty of room.
 
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What are you on about? You don't get "much better performance" from an i3 over a 6350, the opposite is true in fact. In gaming, it's not a huge divide, but the 6350 still beats any i3 by a decent bit, especially when overclocked. In multi-tasking, however, the 6350 beats it by a mile. The 6350 may have less efficient cores, but it's not by a massive amount like you say it is, and it has 3 times the amount of cores which is definitely a must have for gaming.

A two-core i3, even with hyperthreading, is not a good choice for gaming unless you only play really basic games or MOBAs and you can only go either an i3 or a 6300/50.

The 6350 also has much, much more L2 cache, per core and total, and a lot more L3 cache too, than the best i3. If you know what that means, you know that it is a bigger deal than cores and GHz, but it sounds like there is a change you may be unfamiliar, which is okay, but L2 and L3 cache are very important, and another reason why the 6350 is a much better choice than an i3.

Even most Intel enthusiasts would recommend a 6300/50 over an i3 for gaming man, i3s are just not suited for gaming in this day and age.

OP, stick with that 6350. You also can overclock it, which you can't an i3.
 
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Wow, sorry for the type. I meant to say i5. Which does in fact blow your garbage CPU out of the water.
 
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