My first build. Need Advice

[RandomDan01]

Ok I will be building my first gaming pc. I have been hearing a lot of things on the internet about frying your parts and i don't want any of that bad stuff happening. I also need some advice and this site is the best site to ask questions on.

Here is my build: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/PLfmBm
I am not worrying about the monitor and operating system since i have both of those.

Sorry if this is a bit annoying but these are some questions I need to find out.
Is a 550w PSU too much for this build and some minor future upgrades?
Is the GPU I have in this ok for gta v and some far cry 4 (don't care if setting are even at med/low)?
Any tips on building it and not to fry your parts?
Any little changes I should make to my build to either increase performance for a small price or for it to run more stable?

Thanks for your help
-Randomdan01

 

[LucoTF]

You need a 'k' processor if you're overclocking. Mind if I tweak your build a bit?

 

[LucoTF]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A8-5600K 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor ($109.00 @ CPL Online)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($39.00 @ CPL Online)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88X-D3H ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($105.00 @ IJK)
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($104.00 @ CPL Online)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($67.00 @ PLE Computers)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($172.00 @ Centre Com)
Case: Cooler Master N400 ATX Mid Tower Case ($60.00 @ IJK)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($90.00 @ IJK)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($19.00 @ CPL Online)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN721N 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adapter ($9.00 @ CPL Online)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF120 Performance Edition (2-Pack) 63.5 CFM 120mm Fans ($32.00 @ CPL Online)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($46.00 @ CPL Online)
Other: Windows 8.1 Pro (Student ($70.00)
Total: $922.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-16 00:51 EST+1100

You don't need a 500w for that build, a 300w would do but this antec was the cheapest good quality psu on partpicker

 

[LucoTF]

Actually an i3 build would be better for farcry 4, you could squeeze in a better gpu as well:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($146.00 @ Centre Com)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($99.00 @ CPL Online)
Memory: Kingston Fury Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($95.00 @ Centre Com)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($67.00 @ PLE Computers)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 270X 2GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($219.00 @ Scorptec)
Case: Cooler Master N400 ATX Mid Tower Case ($60.00 @ IJK)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($90.00 @ IJK)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($19.00 @ CPL Online)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN721N 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adapter ($9.00 @ CPL Online)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF120 Performance Edition (2-Pack) 63.5 CFM 120mm Fans ($32.00 @ CPL Online)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($46.00 @ CPL Online)
Other: Windows 8.1 Pro (Student ($70.00)
Total: $952.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-16 00:56 EST+1100

 

[RandomDan01]

Actually an i3 build would be better for farcry 4, you could squeeze in a better gpu as well:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($146.00 @ Centre Com)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($99.00 @ CPL Online)
Memory: Kingston Fury Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($95.00 @ Centre Com)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($67.00 @ PLE Computers)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 270X 2GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($219.00 @ Scorptec)
Case: Cooler Master N400 ATX Mid Tower Case ($60.00 @ IJK)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($90.00 @ IJK)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($19.00 @ CPL Online)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN721N 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adapter ($9.00 @ CPL Online)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF120 Performance Edition (2-Pack) 63.5 CFM 120mm Fans ($32.00 @ CPL Online)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($46.00 @ CPL Online)
Other: Windows 8.1 Pro (Student ($70.00)
Total: $952.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-16 00:56 EST+1100

For gaming isn't it better to have a quad core?

 

[CTurbo]

LucoTF's build is far superior. It's really not even close.

 

[LucoTF]

For gaming isn't it better to have a quad core?

This is almost a myth. While some games do indeed prefer extra cores most games get more benefit from stronger per-core (IPC) performance and this is where intel have a sizeable advantage.

The i3 is a dual core with hyperthreading and the i3-4160 will beat even an overclocked A8-xxxx in the vast majority of games - in dual threaded games like skyrim or starcraft it's way ahead and even in multithreaded games it wins nearly all the time.

The a8, A10 and 750k / 760k processors are all similar performing, look at the i3 beating them in benchmark after benchmark:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/pentium-g3258-b81-cheap-overclocking,3888-3.html
http://static.techspot.com/articles-info/827/bench/CPU_01.png
http://pclab.pl/zdjecia/artykuly/radek/2013/pentiumhsw/wykresy/def_n/sc2_1920.png
http://techreport.com/r.x/a10-6800k/c3-fps.gif
http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/graph6985/54999.png

And in the two specific games you mentioned (gta V and FC4) the i3 comes out on top, in fact it destroys the athlon in FC4