$650 dollar gaming PC build look okay?

tirionismyhomie

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I have about 650 dollars to build a custom gaming PC. I have never built one from scratch before but these are the parts I have picked out:

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/tirionismyhomie/saved/VXTtt6

I am looking for some advice regarding the compatibility of the parts I've selected and if there are any that I should replace. If there are any problems I would really appreciate advice before I purchase the parts. Thank you!
 
Solution
changed the ram, psu to cheaper better ones and bumped the cpu to the 860k and the price stayed the same :)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($78.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI A78M-E35 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($58.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.85 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Dual-X Video Card ($161.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Rosewill GALAXY-02-A ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ Amazon)...
This is a much, much faster and balanced build using more reliable components:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-4350 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($102.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($59.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Black Edition Double Dissipation Video Card ($219.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case ($45.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $603.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-30 17:41 EST-0500

But of course you would still need to factor in the OS, so a slight bump in budget would be necessary although well worth it.
 
With OS:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-4350 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($102.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($59.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Black Edition Double Dissipation Video Card ($219.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case ($45.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $693.68
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-30 17:43 EST-0500
 

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changed the ram, psu to cheaper better ones and bumped the cpu to the 860k and the price stayed the same :)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($78.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI A78M-E35 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($58.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.85 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Dual-X Video Card ($161.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Rosewill GALAXY-02-A ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($18.75 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($88.98 @ OutletPC)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN3800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($32.99 @ Directron)
Total: $652.50
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-30 17:44 EST-0500
 
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here is a pentium g3285 build with a solid mobo for a future i5 upgrade

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($64.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.85 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Dual-X Video Card ($161.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Rosewill GALAXY-02-A ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($18.75 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($88.98 @ OutletPC)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN3800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($32.99 @ Directron)
Total: $654.50
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-30 17:48 EST-0500
 
If you plan to game future titles, you may not want to go with Windows 7 as it apparently will NOT support directX 12.

http://www.pcgamer.com/directx-12-will-not-be-supported-by-windows-7/

Here it seems that may have been premature:

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/directx-microsoft-amd-gaming-windows,28082.html


But using history as a guideline, Microsoft has consistently NOT included support of new directX releases on older OS platforms so I see no reason to believe they will do so this time. This may or may not affect your gaming intentions, but personally I'd at least consider it when making an OS decision. Additionally, benchmarks have shown SOME slight gaming benchmark improvements using Windows 8 versus Windows 7. Just something to chew on.