Gaming Build Help

[Austin151]

I am trying to build a small, fairly cheap gaming desktop. After trying to game on a mac I realized I definitely need to get a bit more powerful machine. I have put together a build but I was wondering if there was any thing that should be changed or improved for the same or lower price and if it would bottleneck anywhere. I am trying to keep it under $800 as well as maintaining that smaller form factor. Any Ideas and help would be greatly appreciated.

Here is the list:
AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor $89.61
CRYORIG C1 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler $64.99
MSI A88XI AC Mini ITX FM2+ Motherboard $96.99
Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory $69.99
Seagate 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive $79.98
Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card $179.99
Silverstone ML07B HTPC Case $69.99
Athena Power APOLLO 600 PLUS 600W 80+ Bronze Certified SFX Power Supply $100.99

 

[Newbbuilder11]

Nice selection of parts, here is what I would do.

Take out that athena PSU and get a EVGA, Antec, Seasonic, XFX, or Rosewil PSU.

I recommend you get a bigger case for that R9 280.

Everything else seems fine. Nice choice on a Hybrid, they run faster than a regular HDD.


I recommed this case,

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119286

This will accommodate your R9 280.

However, I have heard bad things about the windforce card,

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127789&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Desktop+Graphics+Cards-_-N82E16814127789&gclid=CjwKEAiAhcGjBRDot_fjjtPKrgsSJACNYh76uaGXwa_AsN1t2Vbq_oYvBDqQGE98ZENKOpkjfJbBbhoCa8_w_wcB

I recommend this or the XFX one.