Help With Build

[TilltAcide]

Just wanted to finalize this with you guys. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/c84zVn

Is there any where i can save some money with out loosing performance. like every dollar counts to me on my tight budget. So please look it over and edit it if you see somewhere where i can save a bit. Thanks in advance for any help!

 

[theunliked]

I would remove the aftermarket cpu cooler and get a better thermal paste. There are also some cheaper 4GB GTX 960s out there. You could also buy windows 7 SP1 then upgrade to windows 10 for free. If you don't use dvds that much, you can remove the drive. All these will help you save some money.

Heres how the build will look like:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($96.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste ($6.39 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($44.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Mushkin Silverline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: PNY GeForce GTX 960 4GB Video Card ($192.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($26.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 OEM (64-bit) ($86.75 @ OutletPC)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-N10 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($8.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($26.98 @ Newegg)
Headphones: Plantronics GameCom 780 7.1 Channel Headset ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $665.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-27 23:10 EDT-0400

 

[4745454b]

You should be able to dump the TIM. The cooler should come with paste that's good enough. I question how good that cooler will work at all, I suspect you won't be happy with it.

Only way I see to shave some money without losing performance is to swap the GPU down some. The 950 came out and has nearly all of the performance of the 960, but can be much cheaper. I think your 960 is just over $200 after rebate, while the 950 is ~$160 and no rebate needed.

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-02gp42951kr