Opinions on my 500$ Budget PC?

[locor18]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/qq633C

Hoping to be able to record my elgato and do some basic editing/ graphics on this machine. Had to cut off from case,power supply, and video card in order to fit in that i5 but i think it was worth it any opinions?

 

[Zerk2012]

That's a very low quality power supply not something I would even look at buying.
Not sure the motherboard is ready for that chip.
Are you sure he don't need a card with phisX.

 

[random5]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($169.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($69.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 280 3GB TurboDuo Video Card ($141.00 @ Newegg)
Case: Cougar Spike MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($29.99 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $556.43
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-24 16:25 EST-0500

the 56$ is worth it.

 

[Entomber]

it's never gonna be worth it to cheap out on your PSU. A lot of good quality PSUs are on black november sales at the moment, take a look around

 

[locor18]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($169.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($69.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 280 3GB TurboDuo Video Card ($141.00 @ Newegg)
Case: Cougar Spike MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($29.99 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $556.43
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-24 16:25 EST-0500

the 56$ is worth it.

this is updated. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/RdCBxr
Looking into your parts list. its considerable.

 

[random5]

this is updated. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/RdCBxr
Looking into your parts list. its considerable.

terrible build bro, R9 280 vs R7 260X xD also im using 2X RAM sticks instead of 1 = a few more FPS jump and H97M vs B85M, there's a huge gap between em bro, B85s suck.

 

[locor18]

this is updated. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/RdCBxr
Looking into your parts list. its considerable.

terrible build bro, R9 280 vs R7 260X xD also im using 2X RAM sticks instead of 1 = a few more FPS jump and H97M vs B85M, there's a huge gap between em bro, B85s suck.

Yeah. I was planning on buying him another stick in the future for better performance. Really stuck with the videocard now. Ill research some more. Thank you for your replies. Any more suggestions