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Building my first client build, and they are on a tight budget. How does this look? the are planning to play games like CS:Go and Overwatch at 60+fps at 1080p medium/high. How does this look? I appreciate all feedback, FYI, their budget is $600 (I charge ~$50 fee) PCPartPicker part list...

You should wait for aMD Ryzen to come out and see the benchmarks. Wait for that to come out and buy it, or wait for Intel to slash prices... both would be good but the former would most likely be better!

Yes.

Wait a few weeks for AMD Ryzen reviews and benchmarks. Sure, you'll have to buy new RAM, but you will have about double the performance and better future-proofing.

To be honest, I would wait another month or two to buy anything. AMD Ryzen is coming out late February/ early March and as long a it doesn't flop, it should drive 4core/8thread CPU prices down at lead 30%, allowing you the possibility to get a better cpu/gpu combo. If you can hold out a bit, do it.

You build is good, but for about $20 more you can get an unlocked CPU with a higher stock frequency. I changed the MoBo and CPU, and added a cooler. PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/vR6Ym8 Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/vR6Ym8/by_merchant/ CPU...