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First off, shove a cactus in the 960 and get a good 270x. As for CPU, you can't skimp THAT much. An 860k Athlon, i3 or cheap i5 would be much better and wouldn't bottleneck the GPU. Also 500 watt power supply is a tad overkill, I believe there is a 430 CX series PSU that is relatively cheaper.

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That A4 is SERIOUSLY going to bottleneck the 960, get a cheap i3 and a H81 board. When you can, upgrade to an i5 plus a stronger card.

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[PCPartPicker part list]http://pcpartpicker.com/p/PYPBWZ) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/PYPBWZ/by_merchant/)(

Type|Item|Price

:----|:----|:----

**CPU** | [AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/amd-cpu-ad860kxbjabox) | $74.98 @ OutletPC

**CPU Cooler** | [Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-cpu-cooler-rr212e20pkr2) | $29.99 @ SuperBiiz

**Motherboard** | [Asus A78M-E Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-a78me) | $47.98 @ Newegg

**Memory** | [Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/crucial-memory-ct51264ba160bj) | $29.98 @ OutletPC

**Storage** | [Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd10ezex) | $49.99 @ Best Buy

**Video Card** | [sapphire Radeon R9 280 3GB Dual-X Video Card](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/sapphire-video-card-100373l) | $192.98 @ Newegg

**Case** | [Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-case-cc9011051ww) | $49.99 @ Micro Center

**Power Supply** | [EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-120g10650xr) | $74.99 @ NCIX US

**Optical Drive** | [samsung SH-224DB/RSBS DVD/CD Writer](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/samsung-optical-drive-sh224dbrsbs) | $15.98 @ OutletPC

| *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* |

| **Total** | **$566.86**

| Generated by [PCPartPicker](http://pcpartpicker.com) 2015-02-18 02:10 EST-0500 |

the 860k has integrated incase

this has much better power trust me

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