Please help me with my budget gaming rig!

[FireInMyLungz]

Hey guys, I'm currently trying to build my first budget gaming rig. I would like all of your opinions and advice to help me decide if I'm getting a good bang for the buck. I'm interested in FPS such as Battlefield and MMO like Diablo 3 by the way. Also I need to know if all of these components are compatible with each other. All feedback is greatly appreciated! Thanks!


AS Rock FX Socket AM3 Plus NVIDIA GeForce 7025 A V GbE Micro ATX Motherboard N68C-GS - ASRock
$44.99

AMD FX-6300 FX-Series Six-Core Processor Edition, Black AM3 FD6300WMHKBOX - AMD
$129.99

Corsair Vengeance 8 GB ( 2 x 4 GB ) DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3 12800) 240-Pin DDR3 Memory Kit for Core i3, i5, i7 and Platforms SDRAM CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 - Corsair
$47.99

Sapphire Radeon HD 7770 GHZ 1 GB DDR5 HDMI/DVI-I/DP PCI-Express Graphics Card 11201-17-20G - SAPPHIRE
$119.99

Corsair Builder Series CX 430 Watt ATX/EPS 80 PLUS (CX430) - Corsair
$44.99

GAMMA Classic Series ATX Mid Tower Interior Steel Chassis (Black) - iBuyPower
$34.21

Western Digital Caviar Blue 500 GB SATA III 7200 RPM 16 MB Cache Bulk/OEM Desktop Hard Drive - WD5000AAKX - Western Digital
$49.99

Grand total of $472.15

 

[Dingleberg]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/IwWG

While quad core and up is starting to offer a little better performance, You could go with this if you want to plan on upgrading to an i5 and better motherboard sometime in the future.

However, if you want to go amd and get that out of the way, you can go with this one. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/IwYM

With the AMD option, I would still recommend a better motherboard in the future, along with a nice aftermarket cpu cooler if you plan on overclocking.

 

[michxymi]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($42.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7850 1GB Video Card ($154.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $502.93
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-03-09 09:39 EST-0500)