$450 Gaming PC- Suggestions needed on psu and case.

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http://pcpartpicker.com/p/7BVxkL

I am trying to build a gaming PC for ~$450 and the above is what I have come up with. As this is my first time customizing the PC, I wanted to know whether the 500W PSU is enough for this build or do I need to further. Also, is the case good enough dimension wise?
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($69.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI B85M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($50.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($62.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($43.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer ($12.99 @ Newegg)
Wireless Network Adapter: Belkin F9L1001 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adapter ($7.50 @ Amazon)
Total: $458.41
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-05 08:23 EST-0500

Heres a build similar to my friends build.
Plays LoL, CS Go, Diablo 3, Starcraft 2 on Max Settings.
Also able to play BF4 and other latest games on med-high 60fps

Pentium against i3 makes no difference in gaming.
Games only utilize physical cores, so the i3's hyperthreading is useless.

Depending on how far you are from your internet router, an usb wifi may not be strong enough.
You might want to get a PCI wifi card, they give much better connection.
 
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Wrong. Hyperthreading indeed helps in gaming on the i3's. And the pentium is close to the i3 only when oc'd to 4.5 ghz, which needs a good cooler and a good motherboard. I3 wins good over the pentium. Even the gpu he chose is better than the gtx 750ti. Op your build is fine, you will be satisfied.
 
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i3 or i5. The pentium is much weaker than both. You must oc it rly hard to get close to the i3 level. If you wanna spend 50 bucks more for much better performance there is the i5 4440 http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=I5-4440BOX&c=CJ. Eitherway no mistake by choosing the i3 or i5. Haswell i3's has proven to be realy impressive cpu's for the price.
 
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Thanks much for your reply. I can increase my budget by about $50 so what would be better 1) getting i5 instead of i3 or 2) getting r9 280 instead of r9 270.

Also, I have been reading reviews regarding r9 280 getting hot and producing coil whine. Should I stick with r9 270 keeping this in mind?

Thanks
 
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The best would be something inbetween. An r9 270x with the i5 cause at higher resolutions there is gonna be slight bottleneck with the i3 on the r9 280 on some cpu intensive games like bf4. So rather an inbetween gpu and for real that cpu is much better than the i3.
 
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Maybe look at the i5 4440, it's on pcpartpicker showing for 168. If you are gambling type of person with your budget, you might look on ebay for a video card. I got a radeon 7950 3gb card on there recently for 116 shipped. Used card, but works great. Ran a full 3dmark demo on it, and have put in a few hours of AC Black Flag and it's fine. Should be somewhere between a 270x and 280 in performance.

In fact, here is the exact card I bought from the same guy. I can't say how your experience would be, but the card I got works great. You can tell it's a used card, but it functions fine and plays games which is what you want. The guy has 100% feedback and seems to sell a lot of parts, so he should be semi reputable I suppose.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Powercolor-Radeon-7950-GDDR5-3GB-PRICED-TO-SELL-/251777152279?pt=PCC_Video_TV_Cards&hash=item3a9f167517


Only other things, if you can find a gigabyte or Asus board for similar price to that Foxconn board, I would try to grab one of those instead. Just my preference. The last thing, maybe consider going for 8gb of ram in a dual channel kit if possible. Looks like partpicker shows kits starting about 58. If you did the used 7950 or similar, i5 and 8gb of ram, that sounds like it would about max you out and give you a decent rig.


Also, on those 7950's, at least the one I got was the powercolor radeon 7950 pcs+ in case you want to see reviews. But the one I got was a factory overclocked card I think. It runs at 880mhz vs the stock 800.
 
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Thanks for your suggestions. I have bought a refurbished R9 270 from (ebay http://www.ebay.com/itm/301285162265?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT) and I got it like $40 cheap. I did not want to make a very high end rig because I am basically assembling it for my brother who stays in India and for him, even my chosen setup is an overkill. Sure, if the need arises, I will get an extra 4 GB RAM.
 
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