please suggest a build for my budget

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Barty1884
You should probably fill in this template to give us an idea: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2946386/build-upgrade-advice.html

Whether you need an OS/Peripherals/Monitor will make a big difference in what you can do on that budget.

*EDIT* If you need an OS and perhaps peripherals - I think the best you'll be able to do and still stay within your $600 budget is a G4560 + RX470 or RX480 (maybe a GTX 1060 3GB), depending on how much you'd need for peripherals.

To give you an idea

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($54.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock B250M-HDV Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($62.99 @ Amazon)...
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You should probably fill in this template to give us an idea: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2946386/build-upgrade-advice.html

Whether you need an OS/Peripherals/Monitor will make a big difference in what you can do on that budget.

*EDIT* If you need an OS and perhaps peripherals - I think the best you'll be able to do and still stay within your $600 budget is a G4560 + RX470 or RX480 (maybe a GTX 1060 3GB), depending on how much you'd need for peripherals.

To give you an idea

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($54.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock B250M-HDV Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($62.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Patriot 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($50.00 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon RX 470 4GB STRIX Video Card ($168.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Rosewill FBM-05 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($22.99 @ Jet)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.90 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($88.58 @ OutletPC)
Total: $541.22
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-13 13:28 EDT-0400

IF you don't need an OS, you could move to an i5-7500 and RX480..... but that doesn't leave you anything extra for peripherals.

Again, just an idea

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-7500 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($188.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock B250M-HDV Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($62.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Patriot 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($50.00 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 480 4GB G1 Gaming Video Card ($179.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Rosewill FBM-05 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($22.99 @ Jet)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.90 @ Amazon)
Total: $597.74
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-13 13:30 EDT-0400
 
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not it doesn't need os or peripherals just the system itself
 
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Runs near the top of your budget, but will perform quite well

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-7100 3.9GHz Dual-Core Processor ($117.54 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($69.99 @ B&H)
Memory: Patriot 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($50.00 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon RX 470 4GB STRIX Video Card ($168.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Phanteks ECLIPSE P400 ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 450W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($66.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $591.38
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-13 13:37 EDT-0400

If you wish to be closer to the middle of your range, there is this build also.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($54.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($69.99 @ B&H)
Memory: Patriot 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($50.00 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB OC Edition Video Card ($139.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Phanteks ECLIPSE P400 ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($53.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $486.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-13 13:43 EDT-0400

Both will do good @ 1080p gaming.
 
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The i3 (any of them) just aren't even worth consideration nowadays at all.

Intel's weird pricing structure of the g4560 put paid to that.
Half the price , 90% of the performance, its without doubt the budget king now.
If you can't afford an i5 or one of the new ryzen 5's the g4560 should simply be the singular choice left.
 
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Right in the middle , no compromises on quality , will perform great right off the bat.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($54.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock B250M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($74.33 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($57.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon RX 480 4GB Dual Video Card ($188.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Zalman R1 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.90 @ Amazon)
Total: $508.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-13 13:56 EDT-0400
 
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UNTIL more games get optimized for Ryzen, Ryzen isn't the best choice for gaming... too much overhead switching between cores when it isn't optimized properly.
 
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^ not really - the 1400 matches the i5 7400 in gaming right now 95% of the time.

The few times it doesn't the frame rate is so high it doesn't matter a jot anyway for people with 60htz screens.

Having to find reasons to recommend Intel over the ryzen chips now is becoming increasingly hard (especially the locked variations)
 
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Another Intel alternative build here offering:

* a REAL 4-core CPU.
* Good 1080p graphics
* only issue is it is a couple of bucks over max price.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($193.65 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI B150M Pro-VD Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($52.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Patriot 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($50.00 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon RX 470 4GB STRIX Video Card ($168.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.90 @ Amazon)
Total: $598.40
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-13 16:05 EDT-0400


Coupled with an AMD alternative... Similar to the above Intel build, but...

* offers 4-core/8-threads
* just under $600

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1400 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($167.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI B350M GAMING PRO Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($79.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Patriot 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($50.00 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon RX 470 4GB STRIX Video Card ($168.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.90 @ Amazon)
Total: $599.64
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-13 16:09 EDT-0400
 
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Okay, I haven't seen those results yet. It's good to hear it though. AMD needed the improvements, and Intel now has a bit more competition that has to work with either bumping up performance or dropping prices, although the whole Bulldozer thing has left a sour taste in enough mouths people won't consider them again no matter what they do until Intel makes a major blunder.
 
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