Is this a good gaming pc build?

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I'm trying to keep it under $600...

Motherboard: ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0
Processor: AMD FX 6300
Graphics Card: EVGA GTX 960
Power Supply: EVGA 500w 80+
RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8gb
HDD: WD Black
Case: Corsair Graphite Series 230T
 
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If you're trying to save on money, go for the WD Caviar Blue, similar performance but half the price. Black is typically only needed for higher workloads or performance PCs.
With this, you could perhaps upgrade to a 970. If you can afford it, its well worth the price.
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If you're trying to save on money, go for the WD Caviar Blue, similar performance but half the price. Black is typically only needed for higher workloads or performance PCs.
With this, you could perhaps upgrade to a 970. If you can afford it, its well worth the price.
 
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^ What He said. Try to Budget in a 970
 
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Definitely not, trying to get an intel CPU in on a budget is a stupidly difficult task.
AMD with their AM3+ CPUs provide a great option for people who don't have enough money to build higher end rigs.
An intel CPU/mobo will probably set you back around 300!
 
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Well the 6300 would bottleneck the 970 even if it wasn't such a big bottleneck. Imo a I3-6100 would be way better (performance and upgrade wise), i don't know prices in the US, but where i live price difference between the FX6300 and I3 6100 is really small
 
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It most definitely would not bottleneck.
CPUs only really bottleneck when dealing with an extremely large amount of graphics power. If you were running a 980ti, sure it would bottleneck, but with a 970 the FX 6300 is still a very good solution.
Typically bottlenecks only occur at this level with very cheap CPUs, we're talking 2-3 years older.
 
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If you want to overclock to get the most out of your components given that the CPU and the 970 both have good headroom, i'd suggest getting the MSI 970 either way, as it has high factory overclocks and arguably the best cooler of all of the big three, (Gigabyte, EVGA, MSI).
A good CPU cooler would be the Cryorig H5 or H7, as they deliver the best price to performance ratio at the moment.
Ignore people who praise the Hyper 212 Evo, it used to be amazing, and still is pretty good, but your CPU will be running at 80c+ if you're overclocking.
 
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Not true if you can look past the marketing numbers. The FX-6300 may sound high-performing with its "6 cores" (and it is a great CPU), but it trades blows with an i3 on the Intel side. It might feel like you are buying a lesser CPU if you go with an i3, but its roughly equivalent. For the past several years, intel CPUs at the same price as AMD CPUs offer just about the same performance. There are trade-offs, but AMD is no longer the "definite" choice for budget builds.
 
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Not saying its good because it has 6 cores and buzzwords, saying its good because of the performance it gives for the price, and that an i3 rig would be less flexible than an AM3+ rig with a cheap cooler and overclock.
If it was in a little higher of a price bracket, a budget haswell chipset and an i5 would be great, but an i3 isn't the way I would go personally, its a matter of preference really....
 
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So pretty much get a 970 and change the case, gotcha. Thanks!
 
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So it's best to get the cooler? Like its worth the extra money?
 
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