Please rate/help with my custom build Budget Gaming PC- Budget of 600

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I am trying to build a gaming PC that can stream on twitch.tv with tolerable FPS, and maintain 60 fps in World of Warcraft. Other games I play are random steam games, hearthstone, League of Legends, emulators for Nintendo.


My set up

GPU- r9 270x Radeon Newegg- 179.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202050

CPU-
://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113286&cm_re=fx_cpu-_-19-113-286-_-Product 119

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113284&cm_re=fx_processors-_-19-113-284-_-Product 169.99

Motherboard-http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128696&cm_re=MINI_ITX_MOTHERBOARD-_-13-128-696-_-Product 34.99

RAM- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=0RN-0001-00006 79.99

OR

http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Vengeance-PC3-12800-1600mHz-CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B/dp/B004QBUL1C/ref=sr_1_8?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1407675194&sr=1-8&keywords=ddr3+ram 86.53


Case- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147123&cm_re=rosewill_case-_-11-147-123-_-Product 25
OR

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147153&cm_re=gaming_case-_-11-147-153-_-Product 45 after rebate

Cpu cooler-http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099 34.99

hardrive- 59.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236339&cm_re=1tb_harddrive-_-22-236-339-_-Product

power supply unit- http://www.amazon.com/Sentey%C2%AE-Bxp600-ps-Bearing-Efficiency-Protection/dp/B00JGUR84Q/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1407677740&sr=8-2&keywords=550+watt+psu 25

thermal paste- 10

optical drive- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID= 20.00


Please tell me if choosing the more expensive CPU is worth it that I have listed above, as well as the Case. Especially for streaming. Also, is my motherboard good enough? Is a CPU cooler required with this set up?

Really need your help before I finalize my decisions. Thanks.
 
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y u no pc part picker!!!!
 
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use PCpartpicker to pick out the best available deals on parts as well as check incompatibilities. your motherboard & CPU are incompatible. you are looking for an AM3+ motherboard if you wanna go with any of those FX CPUs.

NO reason to go with an FX-8350 when you can get a 8320 for much, MUCH less. DO NOT skimp on the quality of the PSU lest you want to burn that whole $600+ away in the event it might blow up.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($139.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste ($6.73 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX PLUS Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($44.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: Corsair XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($71.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($55.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Dual-X Video Card ($164.80 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Rosewill Hive 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $609.44
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-11 00:01 EDT-0400

if you got a USB thumb drive, use that to install your OS. plenty of guides out there & it worked for me. that should save you some on the optical drive if you're not going to use it a lot.. consider an FX-6300 as well if you wanna save a bit more. other options to saving money is to skip the the hyper 212 EVO & use the stock cooler, noisy as they apparently are, for the time being.

performance-wise, should give you acceptable frame rate in games, with some compromises. no guarantees on emulators though; all comes down to compatibility, & they do benefit from a strong CPU like an i5.
 
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Is the performance of the FX 8320 alot diff than fx 8350? I heard streaming needs a decent CPU.

Ya, so I can exclude both the cooler and optical drive for now. I just download all of my games.

That case you chose, is there a specific reason? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147153&cm_re=gaming_case-_-11-147-153-_-Product is the same price, and has better reviews. Can I buy this one instead and still be okay?

Also will this computer/motherboard beable to handle 16gb ddr3 ram?
 
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The fx 8350 is basically a factory overclocked 8320. You really don't want to skimp that much on a case. Rise will is a mediocre brand corsair is overpriced. I would go for the cooler master n200 or n400 depending if you want to go microatx or mid tower. And yes the motherboard supports 16gb of ram if you buy 8 GB sticks.
 
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the 8350 is just an 8320 with an additional 0.5ghz clock speed, something you can add yourself without having to spend an extra $40-50. the FX CPU's aren't difficult to overclock well above 4.2ghz (with the right motherboard & CPU cooler, if you're considering).

if you are skipping the optical drive, make sure you look into some guides to install windows via an 8GB (if i recall) USB thumb drive. i'd consider keeping the CPU cooler if you could, AMD's stock cooler being apparently loud i hear.

no real good reason for the case, except for being slightly cheaper than the Rosewill you linked & more to my personal, objective taste. change it if you feel like it.

last i checked, streaming is more CPU intensive than memory intensive, so unless you're also doing rendering work of some kind, i'd stick with 2x4GB for gaming+streaming.

That's a micro atx board, won't let you crossfire btw
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considering his first choice was an mITX board + his limited budget, i doubt he's looking to CF.
 
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Some people choose a matx board not knowing what the board is as they see that it's cheaper and don't look at the board size, just cause he's on a restricted budget now doesn't mean he will be in the future
 
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