Micro atx 400-500 dollar build

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f0xdude

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I am a little new to building computers but I was hoping for some advice. I am going to be doing light gaming. I was hoping it to be a micro atx build because I need it to be small-ish. I was looking along the lines of a g3258 and a r9 270x. If you have any ideas I would love to hear it!
 
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ZENprime

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($76.98 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($71.69 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($41.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Vapor-X Video Card ($177.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Cougar Spike MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($33.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($55.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $490.51
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-05 07:48 EST-0500

if you pushed a little you will get much much better performance :

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($76.98 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($71.69 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($46.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card ($199.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cougar Spike MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($33.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($55.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $506.52
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-05 07:51 EST-0500

What games do you want to play ? because there are games that run better on a g3258 than the x4 860k .
 
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f0xdude

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Thank you for the list, I was thinking of playing modded minecraft, maybe some newer games in the future.

 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($69.89 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($25.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A68M-DG3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($45.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($42.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Video Card ($199.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake Core V21 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $509.12
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-06 00:23 EST-0500

Better off with this:
-r9 290, much much better graphics card
-CPU Cooler INCLUDED in the price for overclocking, which will give you improved performance..
-Much better case..

you can remove the CPU cooler and save $25 but it is recommended to keep it since this CPU can a bit hot, plus you can overclock :)
 
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