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Woody1999
I would recommend changing the FX-6300 to an i3, and getting a much higher quality power supply. The FX-6300 is an old chip, and the weak single threaded performance makes it slower in general use compared to the newer i3. The i3 also has a much better upgrade path, leading to the current Haswell i5 and i7 chips, and the future Broadwell chips. The EVGA power supply you listed was poor quality and low efficiency - you'd feel a lot better getting a high quality model from EVGA.

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CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($134.75 @ Vuugo)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($97.08 @ DirectCanada)...
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I would recommend changing the FX-6300 to an i3, and getting a much higher quality power supply. The FX-6300 is an old chip, and the weak single threaded performance makes it slower in general use compared to the newer i3. The i3 also has a much better upgrade path, leading to the current Haswell i5 and i7 chips, and the future Broadwell chips. The EVGA power supply you listed was poor quality and low efficiency - you'd feel a lot better getting a high quality model from EVGA.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($134.75 @ Vuugo)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($97.08 @ DirectCanada)
Memory: Kingston Fury White Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($58.88 @ Canada Computers)
Storage: Toshiba Product Series:DT01ACA 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ NCIX)
Video Card: HIS Radeon R9 270X 2GB IceQ X² Video Card ($189.99 @ Memory Express)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H21 ATX Mid Tower Case ($43.93 @ shopRBC)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($75.99 @ NCIX)
Total: $655.61
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-13 15:43 EDT-0400

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