Kindly check the compatibility of these items for my PC build. Or suggest a better build under $600 or 30k php

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clankzero

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Intel Core i5-6500 3.20-3.60GHz Skylake
Palit GTX 960 OC 2GB 128Bit DDR5 (NE5X960S1041-2060F)
Gigabyte GA-B150M-HD3 DDR4
Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB Dual DDR4 2400 CL14 (CMK8GX4M2A2400C14)
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB WD10EZEX
Corsair VS550 Power Supply
Tecware Infinity USB3.0 Mid Tower Gaming Case

for decent 1080p gaming and hackintosh

Thanks! btw, I'm new here :)
 
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There's not much I would shave off. Dropping from an i5 to an i3 is a significant performance loss. Going any cheaper on a motherboard loses you 2 RAM slots. You don't want less than 8GB of RAM. A 1TB HDD is about as cheap as they come. That really only leaves case and power supply.

The RX480 has a 150w TDP, and the i5 6500 is a 65w CPU (really less) that can't be overclocked, so you could really get away with a quality unit as small as 300-350w and still have a healthy safety margin. The problem is in finding quality units that are lower power and also less expensive.
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I'm noob in picking AMD items. Can you suggest a build for that but still under $600. I'm on a tight budget. :(
 
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There's not much I would shave off. Dropping from an i5 to an i3 is a significant performance loss. Going any cheaper on a motherboard loses you 2 RAM slots. You don't want less than 8GB of RAM. A 1TB HDD is about as cheap as they come. That really only leaves case and power supply.

The RX480 has a 150w TDP, and the i5 6500 is a 65w CPU (really less) that can't be overclocked, so you could really get away with a quality unit as small as 300-350w and still have a healthy safety margin. The problem is in finding quality units that are lower power and also less expensive.
 
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If your ok with a Haswell unit and plan on being happy with what you have without upgrades this would give you similar cpu performance with better quality graphics at1080p.
You'd be able to max out almost any title at 1080p for just under 600$.

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/Mbhmr7

Only thing I'm not sold on is that corsair psu. There is a non modular Evga psu for around the same price at 500w that may be more dependable.

Either way that setup wouldn't disappoint you.

If your ok with overclocking, there is always the amd cpu route also. It won't perform as well in the cpu department as an I5 but it will still give you a 60 fps 1080p gaming pc and possibly for cheaper
 
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