FX-6300 build critique

clemsontigerblah

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Hey everyone. I have built a couple of computers in the past (last one was about 3 years ago) and was just wanting to get some input from the community on this new build.

AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
MSI 970A-G43 ATX AM3+ Motherboard
G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory
Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
MSI Radeon R7 250X 1GB Video Card
Thermaltake Chaser A31 ATX Mid Tower Case
Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply
Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer

Last computer I made uses the FX6100 and a ASUS GEforce GT 430 1GB 128bit DDR3 and runs very well for my needs (I'm actually giving it to my wife for her to use and she does a lot of photoshop, etc)

The new computer is basically for typical home use, Windows 7/8.1/10 OS with the possibility of some gaming (but nothing extreme that would need multiple video cards, etc) but also may be used by my wife for her photoshop.

On this build, I was shooting for lowest price possible, but not sacrificing too much performance as I try to build computers that will be good to go for 5 years or more. I am mainly wanting to know:
1. Any red flags with any of the components I should know about?

2. Is this overpowered for my needs? Cause I think it might be. I would love to spend less money if possible (but again, I don't want to sacrifice speed). If so, what would you recommend I downgrade? I've never used the intergrated graphics option in the past because these were usually not very good, but has technology today made this a viable option?

Thanks
 
Thanks for your input. I've actually changed the configuration a little.
I think I'm going to change the mobo and psu to:
ASUS M5A97 R2.0 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
EVGA 500 B 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified 500W Active PFC ATX12V v2.31/EPS 12V v2.91 3 100-B1-0500-KR

I read a lot of not so great things about the MSI board and this PSU had much more favorable reliability it seems (even though it isn't modular, but the case should have adequate cable hiding).