Best $600 Budget Build

[Slimesh]

It would be great if I could have some feedback on this $600 Budget Build I've been working on. Any kind of suggestion would be greatly appreciated.

The build costs £450, so about $600
I will be upgrading the parts later, but if theres anything that could be improved, please tell me!

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£82.49 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£59.00 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£62.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£43.96 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB Video Card (£67.90 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 300R Windowed ATX Mid Tower Case (£65.53 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£58.25)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£13.18 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £453.30
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-28 16:42 GMT+0000)

I am also taking an Asus VS247H-P monitor, but that is not included in the price.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

It's a very nice budget build with good components.

 

[AMD Radeon]

wow good AMD build

it is a revision of your build, with better price/performance parts selection

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£82.49 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£59.00 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£53.46 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£43.96 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7850 1GB Video Card (£99.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Cooler Master K380 ATX Mid Tower Case (£37.85 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£48.99 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£13.18 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £438.92
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-28 16:59 GMT+0000)

 

[Slimesh]

wow good AMD build

it is a revision of your build, with better price/performance parts selection

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£82.49 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£59.00 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£53.46 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£43.96 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7850 1GB Video Card (£99.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Cooler Master K380 ATX Mid Tower Case (£37.85 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£48.99 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£13.18 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £438.92
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-28 16:59 GMT+0000)

Thanks for replying!

I've never seen any opinion about Patriot ram, does it perform as well as G.Skill? I went with them since they're very reputable, can I trust Patriot ram?

I prefer sticking with the 300R, I'm very fond of the aesthetics of their cases, and the features they offer.

The PSU is a component I really don't want to miss out on, as its one of the most important parts of the PC. Once again, I'm not very experienced with XFX power supplies, can you trust them?