Building Friend a pc, it's been a while any suggestions

[fenderbass146]

First off, I am sure there are much better forums to post this in, however this is the only one I am an active member of.
My friend is selling his Macbook air and looking to build a gaming pc. He has a budget of $600. I have built 3 pc's in the last 5 or 6 years, but I always like to get second opinions from others before I get stuff, especially when I am building it for someone else.

Here is the build list.

CPU:AMD FX-6300 six core cpu 3.5 ghz $120 includes heat sync pre pasted
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113286

Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-78LMT Micro-ATX (micro-atx case) $65
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128565

GPU: EVGA 650 TI Boost $149.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130909

Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 2x4 DDR3 ram $73
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231519

Solid State: Intel 80 GB SSD $97
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167154

PSU: Corsair 500watt PSU Modular $54.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139050

Case: Corsair Obsidian case mid tower microatx. This one is not able to be changed. I am selling him this case for $50 bucks
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139020

Optical Drive: Just some basic sata dvd burner

HDD: My friend already has a 500 GB external that he plans on gutting to use the internal drive

OS: I have an extra copy of Windows 8.1 from my work for him to use.

What does everyone think of this build list.

 

[SilentPanda]

You might make an account on TomsHardware.com and also post over there. The people on those forums are more likely to give you much better answers (at least faster). They're good at "most bang for your buck".

Also check out http://pcpartpicker.com/ as it will tell you if stuff will work together or not. Plus it might remind you of components you forgot.

Here is your current setup on pcpartpicker...

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1Yhz7

 

[fenderbass146]

You might make an account on TomsHardware.com and also post over there. The people on those forums are more likely to give you much better answers (at least faster). They're good at "most bang for your buck".

Also check out http://pcpartpicker.com/ as it will tell you if stuff will work together or not. Plus it might remind you of components you forgot.

Here is your current setup on pcpartpicker...

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1Yhz7

thanks, that pcpartpicker is a very cool site.

 

[yg17]

500W might be on the low side for a power supply. It could probably power that system as is, but if he ever upgrades the video card or goes SLI and adds a new one, that might be pushing it. I'd spend a little bit more and get at least a 700W.

 

[fenderbass146]

500W might be on the low side for a power supply. It could probably power that system as is, but if he ever upgrades the video card or goes SLI and adds a new one, that might be pushing it. I'd spend a little bit more and get at least a 700W.

I thought about that, but it's a microatx board and doesn't support sli. Also right now it's only at 330watt according to part checker

 

[localoid]

I thought about that, but it's a microatx board and doesn't support sli. Also right now it's only at 330watt according to part checker

The specs page for the video card @ NewEgg lists a "450W Power Supply" as a system requirement. If you're thinking of overclocking the system, I'd suggest that you should consider a power supply greater than 500W.

 

[fenderbass146]

The specs page for the video card @ NewEgg lists a "450W Power Supply" as a system requirement. If you're thinking of overclocking the system, I'd suggest that you should consider a power supply greater than 500W.

Thanks for the recommendations. I think I'm gonna stick with the 500watt. Right now it's still only using 330watt. There is plenty of overhead to overlock. I personally have a phenom iix4 and a 560 graphics card with three hard drives and I over clocked both my CPU and gpu with no issues on a 500watt psu