Is This Build Good?

BookOfNostradamus

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Aug 5, 2014
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Hello! I'm building my second PC, and this time I'm aiming for a budget build for gaming. I thought I should check with the community to make sure my component choices are wise and there isn't anything that could be improved. My build is as follows...

Motherboard - MSI A68HM-E33 V2 Micro ATX - $37.999
Processor - AMD Athlon X4 860K Kaveri Quad-Core 3.7 GHz FM2+ 95W - $74.99
Memory - G.SKILL Ares Series F3-1600C10D-16GAO 2x8GB DDR3 - $59.99
Power - EVGA 100-W1-500-KR 500W - $39.99
Graphics - EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB 02G-P4-2966-KR - $179.99
Storage - Seagate ST1000DX001 1TB Hybrid Drive 8GB Flash Memory - $66.99
Wireless - TP-LINK TL-WN881ND PCI 300Mbps Wireless Card - $19.95
OS - Linux - $0
Cooler - Stock Cooler - $0
Case - No Case - $0

Total - $479.89

Thank you much!
 
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Too much memory, though the price is quite nice.

It will work, but I would drop down to a standard harddrive, lose the extra 8GB of memory and go for a B85 board with an i3-4170 and see if you can fit that under budget.
Too much memory, though the price is quite nice.

It will work, but I would drop down to a standard harddrive, lose the extra 8GB of memory and go for a B85 board with an i3-4170 and see if you can fit that under budget.
 
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