Can you guys take a look at my build?

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Well, I'm on a bit of a budget. As in, 250$ worth of budget. Luckily, I happened to already own a GTX 750 (Not a Ti), a PSU, and Ram. I was wondering if what I put together is any good, if I should change anything, and once it's done, what I should upgrade next?

I plan to upgrade my PSU to a Corsair RM Series 550 Watt (Gold Standard) in the future, because I honestly don't trust my current PSU - I don't even see it being sold anymore.

Also, I was wondering if I should upgrade my graphics card? I had gotten the 750 last year (From a Nividia 9800GT), not knowing about the Ti at the time.

Buld - http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Xsqqzy

PS: I'm aware of the Pentium G3258, but I'm trying to move away from dual cores.
 
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Staple 860k build I always recommend.

The Asus board simply because its decent & 100% guaranteed to support the 860k on a first revision bios out of the box - the gigabyte isn't.

The n200 is the best budget matx case bar none ,has loads of room,good cable management & excellent preinstalled cooling .

You don't need the as5 - the 212 comes with a big reusable syringe of very good quality silver compound.


These options also save you a few dollars.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($70.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus...
Staple 860k build I always recommend.

The Asus board simply because its decent & 100% guaranteed to support the 860k on a first revision bios out of the box - the gigabyte isn't.

The n200 is the best budget matx case bar none ,has loads of room,good cable management & excellent preinstalled cooling .

You don't need the as5 - the 212 comes with a big reusable syringe of very good quality silver compound.


These options also save you a few dollars.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($70.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus A68HM-Plus Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($55.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (Purchased For $0.00)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 2GB Video Card (Purchased For $0.00)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Other: Thermaltake W0146 (Purchased)
Total: $191.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-25 10:16 EDT-0400

 
Solution
If you can afford this I would take it over the 860k
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($89.99 @ Micro Center)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock 970M PRO3 Micro ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard ($57.55 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (Purchased For $0.00)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 2GB Video Card (Purchased For $0.00)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Other: Thermaltake W0146 (Purchased)
Total: $212.52
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-25 10:22 EDT-0400

 

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I'm getting a 120 SSD (Seagate, I believe? That, or Lenovo) from my brother, and I'm pulling out the harddrive from my old computer - 500GB.
 

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What would you recommend as a good card to upgrade to? I plan to upgrade the PSU as soon as possible - Either the 550W or the 650W version (Mentioned in my orginal post), although I wasn't sure if the 650W variant of the PSU was inferior in some way, it's less money after all...
 

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Thanks for all the help, I`ll definitely be making use of this information in my build and future upgrades. I`ll be sure to check out that PSU - I gotta squash my temptation to spend more than I need to, the one you linked looks good :wahoo: