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Title says it all really, looking to build a budget PC for my first build at probably around Christmas time. Early, I know, I just like to be organized. So, what do you think of this?:


AMD FX6300 Black Edition 6 Core 3.5/4.1GHz, 8MB Level 3 Cache, 6MB Level 2 Cache, Socket AM3+, 95W

Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 Motherboard AMD 970/SB950, DDR3, 6 x S-ATA 600, ATX, PCI-Express 2.0, USB 3.0, Socket AM3+

Crucial BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU Sport 8GB Kit (4GBx2), Ballistix 240-pin DIMM, DDR3 PC3-12800 Memory Module

Gigabyte NVIDIA GTX660 2GB DDR5 PCI-E Graphics Card

Western Digital 1TB internal Hard Drive - Caviar Blue (3.5 inch)

Corsair Builder Series CX 600 Watt ATX/EPS 80 PLUS Bronze Power Supply Unit

A case for around 50 Quid


Comes up to 500 rounded. (Prices are from Amazon, so I'll shop around before I get it.)

Any information you could offer me, like if it'll bottleneck or if I could use a 500 watt PSU would be fantastic.

Anything you think should be changed, let me know, I'll look into it. Letting me know of any monitors, keyboards, mice that are 'cheap' and good would be nice aswell.

Thanks.
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For Starters I Have This Mouse That I Absolutely LOVE.

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and You Could Just Swap That For A Razer DeathAdder Which is Equally Good If Not Better.
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If you wanted to overclock i'd recommend a slightly better motherboard for it and if you wanted to keep it as it is, you can run that rig off a decent 450w PSU. Something like the XFX Pro 450w or the Corsair 430w.
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it kinda depends on what games you want to play
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Thanks for the help so far people, as for use, I want it for some gaming and for college work (computing course, hopefully!) and for the moment I don't intend on overclocking it.

I'll look to get the same power supply but 500 watt, which is 10 quid cheaper. Once again, thanks.
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