Im building a budget gaming pc...... are these specs fully compatible with each other

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PROCESSOR - Intel Core i5 6600 (LGA1151 Socket, 3.30 Ghz Turbo Boost to 3.90 Ghz, 6MB Cache)
CABINET - Cooler Master K380 / Window / USB 3.0
HDD - Seagate SV-35 1TB Desktop Internal Hard Drive (ST1000VX000)
PSU - Circle APFC 500 Watts PSU
MOBO - Asus B150-Plus D3 - LGA1151
GPU - Gigabyte NVIDIA GTX 750 Ti 2 GB GDDR5 Graphics Card
RAM - 8GB DDR4 Kingston HyperX Fury Black Series 2133 MHz
 
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I would recommend sticking with intel...

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It should work but in that price range you probably better off looking at a i5 4460 paired with a budget B85 board, 2X4gb set of DDR3 1600 memory and putting the savings into the video card like a GTX 950/960.
The video card in general will be what limits your gaming performance.
 

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No. Your RAM is DDR4 and uses a 288 pin DIMM, but your motherboard only supports DDR3 RAM, 240 pin DIMM.
You will need to either choose a mobo that uses DDR4 or choose DDR3 RAM
 

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so if i get the i5 4460 then how many years can i game good with it......because games also have requirement for cpu
 

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Judson is correct that motherboard can only use DDR3 memory!!!!!! not DDR4.
The 4460 should last about just as long as the 6600. I suggested the 4460 for the lower price allowing more to be spent on the video card.
 

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Should i use an AMD 8320 instead......got to change mobo then too
 

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I would recommend sticking with intel. However, you are on a budget and AMD are a very good budget brand. As you pointed out you would need to get a new mobo that supports AM3+. If you do decide to go with AMD, I would recommend buying an 8350 as oppose to 8320 as it has better performance and is only £30 or so more.

It would be possible to keep your current choices though and just use DDR3 RAM... I think trying to buy DDR4 RAM on a budget PC is not wise. The performance gain that you will achieve if you stay DDR4 and switch to AMD processor would not be significant enough to render it plausible. I would say just keep your initial parts and change the RAM to DDR3.

That's just my two cents though, feel free to do what you want :)
 
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