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I need feedback on this build for the budget line.

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It seems that my budget won't be $800. Instead $600. I made this build for $600 (I'm pretty sure i'll forgot about mail in rebates) and I think it's enough. I only plan to play games like call of duty and battlefield with anti aliasing only at 2x, medium-high settings and I think it'll be enough to give me more than 50fps on average with those settings(I'm satisfied). Well here is what I plan to build, give me any suggestions and what you think of it. :)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($67.99 @ NCIX US)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.43 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon HD 7770 2GB Video Card ($124.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 430 ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $537.35
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-10 13:51 EDT-0400)

Without mail in rebates it's $590 ish

I do plan to upgrade my gpu in the future, but this is what I seem to be as a good start off.
 
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($49.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($56.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($221.10 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($34.99 @ Micro Center)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $598.02
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-11 09:16 EDT-0400)
what about this build ?
it will alow you to play the latest games at high settings at least and with 2XSMAA @1080p
 
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