Building first gaming rig, need advice to keep from screwing up

Nerdy Nickel

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So I got into computer stuff recently (before, I was into car stuff, and I still am) and I wanted to build a PC. I have never done it before and I'm only 11. I had a moderate budget of 800 dollars to get literally everything (OS, Keyboard, etc.). Eventually I whipped up a cart of stuff from Newegg and NCIX Canada.

Here's my desired combo: (w/o misc. stuff like case etc.)

MSI A68HM Grenade mATX Motherboard
Two Patriot Signature 4GB DDR3-1600 Memory
Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200 RPM HDD
64-bit Windows 10
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 4GB Graphics card
Corsair CX Series CX450 450W ATX 12V PSU
AMD Athlon X4 860k Processor (planning to OC to 4GHZ)
TP-LINK TL-WN851ND WiFi adapter
be quiet! PURE ROCK CPU Cooler

I'm just worried about compatibility, bottlenecking and my dads old Tsing Hua computer science degree. I also want to mention overclocking with AMD OverDrive, no fancy-smanchy BIOS mods or anything, as well as making it look cool with RGB strips so I can brag about it.

Thanks in advance!
 
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for 800 CAD, thats a bit tough. a good pc with upgrade options :

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($81.75 @ Vuugo)
Motherboard: ASRock B250M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($104.05 @ Vuugo)
Memory: Team Dark 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($58.83 @ Vuugo)
Video Card: Asus Radeon RX 460 4GB STRIX OC Video Card ($143.95 @ Vuugo)
Case: BitFenix Nova ATX Mid Tower Case ($31.57 @ DirectCanada)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze...


Take it from experience, once you get into it, you're gonna want more. Might as well start with a better base for the same money. Just my two cents.
 
for 800 CAD, thats a bit tough. a good pc with upgrade options :

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($81.75 @ Vuugo)
Motherboard: ASRock B250M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($104.05 @ Vuugo)
Memory: Team Dark 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($58.83 @ Vuugo)
Video Card: Asus Radeon RX 460 4GB STRIX OC Video Card ($143.95 @ Vuugo)
Case: BitFenix Nova ATX Mid Tower Case ($31.57 @ DirectCanada)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($118.98 @ DirectCanada)
Monitor: Asus VS247H-P 23.6" 1920x1080 Monitor ($167.75 @ Vuugo)
Keyboard: Gigabyte KM7580 Wireless Slim Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($24.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Total: $881.85


Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-04 02:26 EDT-0400
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($81.75 @ Vuugo)
Motherboard: ASRock B250M-HDV Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($74.50 @ Vuugo)
Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($64.99 @ Memory Express)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($58.83 @ Vuugo)
Video Card: Asus Radeon RX 460 2GB Dual OC Video Card ($111.98 @ NCIX)
Case: BitFenix Nova ATX Mid Tower Case ($31.57 @ DirectCanada)
Power Supply: EVGA 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($118.98 @ DirectCanada)
Monitor: Asus VS247H-P 23.6" 1920x1080 Monitor ($167.75 @ Vuugo)
Keyboard: Gigabyte KM7580 Wireless Slim Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($24.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Total: $785.33
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-04 03:27 EDT-0400
 
It's a fairly mediocre PSU that's for sure. Better than the W1s but not great, more than enough for an rx 460 build though

You have to go up quite a bit in price to get a better unit, the cx450m is $70 and the seasonic S12, while better, is still a group regulated design just like the B1