How good is this build? (Have not bought anything yet)

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I've been planning a build for about 2 months now. I have been doing so much research on the cpu, because people argue that Intel is more powerful than AMD (In these circumstances, not overall) I intended on having an i5-4460, but my current build has an FX-6300. People say the 6300 is not good enough for modern gaming. In my case, i will be recording while playing games, and light to medium video editing. the most graphics intensive game i will be playing is GTA V. Everything else is mostly indie games. Could i run GTA V 1080p 60fps while recording? Also is the build future proofed? If i wanted to game more modern titles in the future, could I? Also if you notice any thing like incompatibilities or bottlenecks, the info would be much obliged.

Specs:
CPU: FX-6300
RAM: 1x8G stick of ddr3-1600
Motherboard: MSI 760GMA-P34(FX)
GPU: MSI Gefore GTX 960 2GB

Thank you for any help on this, i'm a bit of a novice :)
 
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The i5 is still the better choice or even better yet a Xeon 1231 v3 as it has the same power as an i7 for the price of a i5. A R9 280X is faster and cheaper than the 960 it is a better choice. Also make sure you get a quality power supply. Look in my signature for the PSU Tier List.
 
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The cheapest r9 280x i've been able to find is 20 dollars more expensive then the 960.
 
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Where do you live?
Even a R9 280 is still faster.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($179.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $179.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-20 17:07 EDT-0400


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($199.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $199.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-20 17:08 EDT-0400

That 960 is the cheapest one I would consider getting. All the others cheaper have some issues with heat.
 
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The cheapest 280x was 209 and the cheapest 960 was 189.
 
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The cheapest 280x was 209 and the cheapest 960 was 189.
 
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Is it not enough RAM slots or no SLI support?
 
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It's surely more than i'm trying to put into my budget, but if you say the vram heatsinks are a must i'll get it.
 
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would any of these do good? https://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-ga970ads3p
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-m5a78lmusb3
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-ga78lmtusb3
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-970ag43
 
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Shadowplay was the reason i wanted to go with an nvidia card, so that's what i'll be doing. and for the PSU it's an EVGA 80+ certified 500w
 
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