Is this a good Gaming PC for a $300 budget?

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DemiCA

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I need to know if this is a good gaming pc for casual gaming. Also I am fairly new to pc's in general.

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA 1150

RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws X series 8GB

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB Hard Drive

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 5450 512MB

Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX
 
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That HD 5450 will be absolutely horrible for any kind of gaming. It's much weaker than modern integrated APU graphics.

Option 1:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A8-7600 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88M EXTREME4+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($51.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 Low Profile Red 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: OCZ ARC 100 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($53.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Cougar MG100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($28.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Antec EarthWatts Green 380W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply...
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That HD 5450 will be absolutely horrible for any kind of gaming. It's much weaker than modern integrated APU graphics.

Option 1:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A8-7600 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88M EXTREME4+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($51.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 Low Profile Red 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: OCZ ARC 100 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($53.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Cougar MG100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($28.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Antec EarthWatts Green 380W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($37.98 @ Newegg)
Other: Windows 10 Insider Preview ($0.00)
Total: $302.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-11 01:02 EDT-0400

Option 2: I can't even make a viable intel-based build even with a Celeron and R7 260X,

 
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DemiCA

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Thank you so much for the recommendation it is a very big help and I really appreciate it. :)
 
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damric

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You could go with that and ad a mid-range graphics card later, or just give that build away and build a much better machine when you get like $600. Or better yet, save up more and get something like this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($116.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M-ITX/AC Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard ($72.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($42.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($84.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card ($199.95 @ Directron)
Case: RAIJINTEK Metis (Black) Mini ITX Tower Case ($39.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 350W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($46.98 @ Newegg)
Other: Windows 10 Preview ($0.00)
Total: $604.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-11 01:18 EDT-0400
 
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