Is it possible to lower the price of my build without lowering performance?

[tacoheaven]

This is a little over my budget, and was wondering if there was any way I could get the price lowered a bit by switching out the parts. Any help would be great! Here is the build. And again, I don't want any performance decreases.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($154.28 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.94 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($259.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Rosewill Galaxy-01 ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Rosewill Green 530W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($15.99 @ TigerDirect)
Total: $707.16
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-24 19:55 EST-0500)

 

[inzone]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130933
EVGA 02G-P4-2763-KR GeForce GTX 760 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support w/ EVGA ACX Cooler Video Card $249.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113327
AMD FX-6350 Vishera 3.9GHz Socket AM3+ 125W Six-Core Desktop Processor FD6350FRHKBOX $139.99

These two choices will save you $30 and the FX-6350 is a six core clocked at 3.9ghz at stock which is .4ghz more then the FX-8320 so no performance loss.

 

[RaDiKaL_]

not a bad suggestion from inzone as long as you don't really need those 2 cores (editing, virtualization and such)

Seems like I'm here to cause more problem instead of helping, with that GPU I'd go for a better PSU than a rosewill one... like this:

SeaSonic S12II 520 Bronze 520W ATX12V V2.3 / EPS 12V V2.91 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151094 59.99$

Better to invest 20$ more and be safe than having your GPU underpowered or even damaged for a low quality PSU.

 

[tacoheaven]

So switching from the 8320 down to the 6350 isn't really a downgrade? I'm going to be using this for gaming, so if I'm not mistaken I don't believe I will be using all 8 cores to their full potential.

 

[RaDiKaL_]

If it's for gaming you won't notice the loss of those 2 cores, and as inzone said, being the FX-6350 clocked higher than the FX-8320 you will actually have a slightly better performance in games than with the FX-8320.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

The 6350 will do a fine job gaming.

 

[tacoheaven]

Awesome thanks so much. Just one last thing. Does 980MHz or 1.07GHz make much of a difference, or any at all? I can save a bit by switching my video card to a 2GB 760 980MHz from a 2GB 760 1.07GHz.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Both will game well , and not really much of a difference.