I need advice please! I am building my first budget gaming pc!

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Herbert Baraquio

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So basically I am a beginner and this is my first time building a gaming pc, and unfortunately I have a limited budget so I've taken a look at videos and other sites that recommended budget gaming build so I've come to my personal build.

CPU - INTEL PENTIUM PROCESSOR G3258 (3M CACHE, 3.20 GHZ)

MOTHERBOARD - ASUS H81M E 1150,DDR3,DVI,8CH,SATA6

MEMORY - GSKILL RIPJAWSX 8GB 1600MHz (F3-12800CL10S-8GBXL)

STORAGE - WESTERN 1TB SATA3 BLUE/GREEN

VIDEO CARD - SAPPHIRE R7 250 1GB DDR5 128BIT BOOST

POWER SUPPLY - AEROCOOL STRIKE-X 500W 80+ BRONZE

ODD - SAMSUNG DVDRW 24x (SH-224DB)

CPU COOLER - COOLER MASTER HYPER 212X CPU FAN

CASE - COUGAR SPIKE M-ATX GAMING

I want to play League of Legends and World of Warcraft badly. Maybe with a Medium to a little High graphics. Will this build work or do I need to change some of the parts? What do you think guys?
 
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Hello

Here's about what you are planning

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($49.99 @ Micro Center)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.75 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-E33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($45.98 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.99 @ Best Buy)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 250 1GB Video Card ($82.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Cougar Spike MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($29.99 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($14.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $398.65
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-07 05:03 EDT-0400

I could not find your PSU on PCPartpicker (not a good sign)

Here's a slight change. Much better PSU, the G3258 comes with a very good stock cooler, so you do not need the EVO, and a faster GPU with more memory for 1080p. I'd see if I could tune further to get to a 260 or 260X with 2Gb of memory.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-E33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($45.98 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.99 @ Best Buy)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R7 250X 2GB Video Card ($93.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Cougar Spike MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($29.99 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($14.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $404.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-07 05:11 EDT-0400


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($49.99 @ Micro Center)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($43.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($52.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.99 @ Best Buy)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card ($114.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($24.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer ($13.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $400.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-07 05:17 EDT-0400
 
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Oh! That's what I need :D thanks so much I really appreciated your help. So basically, I need to change the PSU to some more branded and trusted brands like Corsair or something? And what does EVO means? Correct me if I am wrong, I don't need to change CPU cooler because that CPU has good stock cooler?
 
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The Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO is the fan I though you bought. Perhaps I was wrong. In any case, you do not need it to overclock that CPU on that motherboard unless you plan to try something crazy. The money saved is much better spent on GPU. Yes, you need a 'race car' PSU made by Seasonic, XFX, some EVGA and Antec and a few others. Even Corsair CX is intended mostly for productivity, office, and school machines. You are building a high-performance computer and need an appropriate PSU to power it.
 
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So what's better between these two? GIGABYTE GE-E570A-C3 SUPERB 80+ 570W or CORSAIR VS550 550W? I can't find the CX models of Corsair here in our place.
 
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http://pcx.com.ph/
http://dynaquestpc.com/
 
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So, uhm, will it be just fine with that EVGA one or I'm at risk with that?
 
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