what are some good alternative parts for this PC

[noob at PC]

I'm building a PC for the first time and i have around a 500-600 dollar budget but if i can get some cheaper parts for around  the same performance that would be awsome.           Parts: AMD  FX-8320(cpu),  MSI 760GMA-P34(motherboard),  Crucial Ballistix 8GB  (ram),   Hitachi 1TB (Hard Drive),  EVGA 600W Bronze (Power supply),  Cougar Spike (PC Case),  EVGA Geforce GTX 950 (Graphics card).

 

[Aytex]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI H81M-E34 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($50.88 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($28.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($64.00 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card  ($184.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($63.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($61.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $675.61
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-21 20:20 EDT-0400

 

if you want to save some money you can get rid of that SSD

[DragonTamer1]

I would recommend switching to an i5-4460 (very nearly the same price and similar overall performance but better upgrade potential) or an i3-6100 (see notes for i5 but don't quote me on that).

 

If you don't need the specific features of an Nvidia GPU and power is not a primary concern you can usually find a more powerful AMD card for about the same price.

 

I personally don't trust Hitachi hard drives. I prefer to stick with Seagate or WD.

[Mrhappyjolly]

as is often the question, what are you going to be using it for? 

 

don't overlook the performance boost of an ssd, infact my recommendation is that you make that a fairly high priority. can you get by on a 256gb ssd instead of a 1tb hdd? maybe add a 1tb hdd later?

 

 

[Mrhappyjolly]

+1 on the amd gpu suggestion..

 

 

 

 

[i_build_nanosuits]

i5-4460/4590/6400/6500 and R9 380/380X i agree...better parts for your money.