Is my psu good enough?

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firemaster9309

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I am a beginner at pc building and am building my first gaming pc. I was wondering if my psu was good quality and if it could support all my components. Here is the psu: http://www.amazon.com/Bxp600-ps-Bearing-115-230-Efficiency-Protection/dp/B00JGUR84Q/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1438840912&sr=8-5&keywords=600+watt+psu

and here is the rest of my build:
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/FvPyNG
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/FvPyNG/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($69.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($52.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($41.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 380 4GB Nitro Video Card ($227.55 @ Newegg)
Total: $392.52
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-06 02:21 EDT-0400
 
Solution
It could work. The CPU will probably bottleneck the GPU a bit.

I don't think that sentey will work very well or very long. The PSU has only 1 6pin plug which isn't really a good sign. Sure the card might come with a adapter for molex to 6pin... but i don't think it'll be a good idea. On top of that, the 12v rail supports a max of 240w, which is a definite bad sign for a card that's designed for ~250w. at least i think it's 250w. somewhere around there. your system draw under load might be around 300w. Ideally you want the 12v rail to support that if i'm not mistaken.
and just to clarify, i don't want one with a mail in rebate as i am on a tight budget and most of those are bs anyways. i just want a quality psu under 60 bucks that can power my system and have headroom for overclock. Thanks everyone for all the info. learning lots of new stuff