Will this Desktop build work and can I do medium gaming on it?

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Tower = Cooler Master N600 Mid-Tower
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Motherboard = Asus M5A97 R2.0
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PSU = CORSAIR CX series CX500 500W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified
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CPU = AMD FX-6300 Vishera 6-Core 3.5GHz (4.1GHz Turbo)
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Graphics Card = MSI R7 250 2GD3 OC Radeon R7 250 2GB 128-Bit DDR3 PCI Express 3.0
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Hard Drive = WD BLACK SERIES WD1003FZEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5"
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system memory = G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
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This will be my first desktop build I have configured from scratch and was just wondering about the compatibility of the mother board and other components, and whether or not my cpu will bottleneck my graphics card. I know very little about building dekstops but figured if I made one with specs I picked myself it would be better than buying a pre-configured desktop from wallmart or amazon. ANY advice would be very appreciated, I went all amd for my low budget but am not sure if I made the right decision, having never owned anything other than amd. I looked the price of all the components up on newegg.com and it came out to almost $650 which is at the top of my budget cap. I'm not looking to run the newest games on high settings, but recent games on good visual settings with no lag. I would really love some help and thank you if you actually read through all this.
 
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Well my first choice with that build is probably the R9 270. And it will perform pretty well and will be able to maxed out in most games. However the graphics card may need to be changed in 2-3 years unless you don't mind playing on low. So maybe you could get a R7 260X and upgrade the graphics card in a year or two from now.

I hope you understood what I said. :)
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Try this instead:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($106.02 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI 760GMA-P34(FX) Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($57.24 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($56.99 @ Micro Center)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($199.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($64.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($71.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($13.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $651.18
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-12 04:57 EDT-0400


Note: You forgotten an optical drive. :)
 
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does that total include all the shipping? And also is an optical drive necessary? I can't remember the last time I actually used a cd or dvd for anything, I download all my media from the internet and have it stored on a couple 64 gig flash drives and I use power iso for mounting virtual drives and such. I can't really imagine a scenario where I would need a cd/dvd drive and im really trying to keep things to the bare minimum with my budget. Planning on doing small upgrades later on, just want something that can run and not overheat to the point it will damage my cpu or graphics card. Thank you for your input btw, I'm gonna check out those other things you recommended.
 
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First of all I am not from the U.S. so I would like to apologise I am not familiar with shipping prices there. But since you mentioned shipping price is included in the budget, then I would change the graphics card to a R9 270.


Well I use an optical drive only for downloading Windows or any OS. ;)
 
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Ahhhh nice I think that build might actually work pretty well for me thank you :) I have windows 7 home premium and windows 8.1 iso files stored on some flash drives and I think I can install them that way, but later on when I have more money to put into my build I'm going to look into a heat sink, more fans (heat is an issue since I live in southern california and it gets pretty hot here), then an optical drive later on down the road ;) thanks for your input it really helped me out a lot.
 
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I was looking into the R7 250 2gig is there any significant price or performance difference? I'm currently doing light-medium gaming on an hp pavillion laptop with an amd A10 quad core, 7.19 "usable" RAM and radeon hd integrated graphics. I've played skyrim and fallout 3 on medium settings with little lag, I'm just looking for a significant increase from that, without a crazy price. I just want the most possible bang for my buck under 650 if possible
 
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Well my first choice with that build is probably the R9 270. And it will perform pretty well and will be able to maxed out in most games. However the graphics card may need to be changed in 2-3 years unless you don't mind playing on low. So maybe you could get a R7 260X and upgrade the graphics card in a year or two from now.

I hope you understood what I said. :)
 
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For the most part I understood, I have the basics down since my dad used to build towers back in the day but his advice has became a little out dated as he says there's no need for 8 gigs of ram ever and was very surprised when I showed him a CPU that could reach 4 ghz. I have the basics down, and am definitely going to take your advice with the 260X thanks you've been a lot of help :) learning a little everyday
 
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With taking some of ur advice and tweaking my build with pcpartpicker a lil I got my grand total, shipping included, down to a pretty decent $632. This seems to be just about the lowest I can build for the specs I'm looking for and i'm pretty happy with it, should run all the games I need for while. thnx man helped a lot.
 
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