Building my first gaming PC

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EricRC1627

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Hey everyone, so I have been a console gamer forever but all my friends have switched to PC gaming so now I want to build myself a gaming PC so I can play with my friends again. I am just wondering if I could get some advice or suggestions on my build. My budget is 600 USD. Here are the PC components I picked.

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560
GPU: SAPPHIRE NITRO Radeon RX 460 4GB
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty B250M Performance LGA 1151
Memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws V 8GB 288-Pin DDR4 2400 (PC4 19200) Cas Latency 15
Storage: [Boot disk] Intel SSD 600p 128GB M.2 NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4
Storage: [HDD] WD Blue 1TB
PSU: EVGA 500 B1 80+ BRONZE Certified ATX Power Supply (100-B1-0500-KR)
Case: Rosewill BLACKHAWK Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

With all the parts I have chosen I am pretty much right at my budget, is this a good build or did I miss something? Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Oh, and the games I plan on playing with this build are FPS games like CoD, BF, CS:GO, L4D2 etc. and MMO games like Overwatch, Diablo, WoW, TF2 etc.
Is this a good build for my gaming needs?

Thank you in advance for any kind of assistance in this new experience for me.
 
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EricRC1627

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Thank you for the suggestion, I removed the cooler from my build. I am going to stick with Pentium/RX 460 combo due to other upgrades in my build. I upgraded my MoBo, case, and PSU. I am just below my budget now but not enough to upgrade my CPU and GPU. Should I go for 16GB of ram now that I have a little wiggle room in my budget or just stick with 8GB?
 
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Bellow 600$ you can do better:

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/kKRLf8
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/kKRLf8/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($61.99 @ Jet)
Motherboard: ASRock B150M-DVS R2.0 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($55.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($74.99 @ B&H)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.33 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 480 8GB XXX OC Video Card ($179.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($68.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $586.14
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-02-26 04:27 EST-0500
 
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EricRC1627

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Can I run a kaby lake CPU on an Intel 100 series MoBo out of the box? The reason I ask is because I heard that Intel 100 series MoBo's require a BIOS upgrade to run kaby lake CPU, and in order to upgrade the BIOS you need a skylake CPU. If this is the case wouldn't it be less hassle to just get an Intel 200 series MoBo?
 
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