First build Help

[jeenyus024]

This is my build that many people here at Toms's helped me make; http://pcpartpicker.com/p/6BstkL
Any suggestions before the purchase? Especially a different case, i am not that into the glowing stuff.
Thanks

Edit:
Uses:
First gaming PC
FPSs and Strategy games
on a budget.

Thanks in advanced

 

[DHFF]

My suggestion would be to spend another $60 and start with an i3. you have a real power house of a Graphics card an then a very minimal CPU. turn based Strategy games are going to be far more reliant on your CPU then your Graphics card.

 

[AntonM95]

you will have bottleneck ! get at least i5-4440 or go to AMD build

 

[Skylarz]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($28.65 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($74.98 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($74.70 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($199.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($59.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-N10 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($9.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $642.25
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-14 21:00 EDT-0400

 

[jeenyus024]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($28.65 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($74.98 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($74.70 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($199.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($59.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-N10 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($9.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $642.25
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-14 21:00 EDT-0400

Would this be better than an i3 or i5, and would it still have a good upgrade path.
Thanks

 

[DHFF]

The 6300 is going to give you similar performance to an i3. and i5 will out perform most AMD chips.

Honestly the build you have is fine, I would just upgrade the chip to an i3. you could get an i5 but an i3 would be more budget friendly and leave you room to upgrade.

The i3 has plenty of upgrade possibilities. the i5, the i7 and the soon to be release broadwell chips.

 

[Skylarz]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($28.65 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($74.98 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($74.70 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($199.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($59.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-N10 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($9.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $642.25
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-14 21:00 EDT-0400

Would this be better than an i3 or i5, and would it still have a good upgrade path.
Thanks

Just more cores because when I had 2 it was constantly going up to 100% for cpu load

 

[AntonM95]

If you looking for upgrade and good frame rate get this build :

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($179.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($49.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($72.00 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($199.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($34.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $635.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-16 23:30 EDT-0400

and if you could raise it 60$ get http://pcpartpicker.com/part/sapphire-video-card-1003634l

 

[jeenyus024]

If you looking for upgrade and good frame rate get this build :

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($179.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($49.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($72.00 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($199.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($34.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $635.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-16 23:30 EDT-0400

and if you could raise it 60$ get http://pcpartpicker.com/part/sapphire-video-card-1003634l

How Much better than the Original would this one be?

 

[AntonM95]

you will never get bottleneck in any game at original core clock and it's cheaper too and at any time you can go to i7-4790 etc.. (that more powerful than any AMD cpu's) so you have the future upgrading safely .
you have not to OC to get out from any bottleneck as I said and that CPU almost equally FX-8350 so you will do fine for 3 years from now ..
in my opinion I give your build 6/10
Skylarz build 7/10
My Build 7.5/10
I don't wanna be a smart ass but that's my opinion 😀

 

[jeenyus024]

you will never get bottleneck in any game at original core clock and it's cheaper too and at any time you can go to i7-4790 etc.. (that more powerful than any AMD cpu's) so you have the future upgrading safely .
you have not to OC to get out from any bottleneck as I said and that CPU almost equally FX-8350 so you will do fine for 3 years from now ..
in my opinion I give your build 6/10
Skylarz build 7/10
My Build 7.5/10
I don't wanna be a smart ass but that's my opinion 😀

What about an i5-4590S or a Xeon X5650? They are about the same price but have higher benchmarks.
Thanks again and sorry for all the questions.

 

[AntonM95]

you will never get bottleneck in any game at original core clock and it's cheaper too and at any time you can go to i7-4790 etc.. (that more powerful than any AMD cpu's) so you have the future upgrading safely .
you have not to OC to get out from any bottleneck as I said and that CPU almost equally FX-8350 so you will do fine for 3 years from now ..
in my opinion I give your build 6/10
Skylarz build 7/10
My Build 7.5/10
I don't wanna be a smart ass but that's my opinion 😀

What about an i5-4590S or a Xeon X5650? They are about the same price but have higher benchmarks.
Thanks again and sorry for all the questions.

i5-4590S is for low-end PC's with low quality cooling , it have less power consuming and less temp .
X5650 is used for other things like designing and servers work not just gaming and have another socket LGA1366 it's old CPU but still powerful ...