Tight Budget Build, need to get cheaper w/o losing performance

[thekeemo]

 The 500w is $40 vs $64 on the 600w and o ok thanks, so scrap the cpu cooler and stick with stock?

if your sticking with a t4 probably 

[mwthomas10]

if your sticking with a t4 probably 

the t4 isn't  the stock cooler, so should i get that or stay with the included intel cooler?

[mwthomas10]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($100.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Kingston Fury White Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($61.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.99 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card  ($193.26 @ Amazon) 

Case: NZXT Phantom 240 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($66.50 @ Directron) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $572.70

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-06 16:19 EDT-0400

 

 Is this better?  I want to stay with a white/black theme, so the MoBo is staying as is unless there is a cheaper white mobo that I have missed.

[brob]

 The 500w is $40 vs $64 on the 600w and o ok thanks, so scrap the cpu cooler and stick with stock?

 

If you can take advantage of the 500W sale, go for it.

 

Start with the stock cooler and see how far you get. Most people seem to do fairly well with it. If you think there is more headroom, you can always upgrade to something better.