Amd fx-8350 or Fx-6300?

I would reccomend a compromise between the two. Personally, I don't like the build they have over there. Both are better than the PS4.

Here's more of a compromise, half way.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type Item Price
CPU Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor $104.95 @ SuperBiiz
Motherboard MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard $43.99 @ SuperBiiz
Memory Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory $52.99 @ Newegg
Storage Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $44.99 @ Best Buy
Video Card Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card $189.99 @ Newegg
Case Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case $24.99 @ NCIX US
Power Supply EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply $29.99 @ NCIX US
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total (before mail-in rebates) $521.89
Mail-in rebates -$30.00
Total $491.89
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-05 23:05 EDT-0400

You can save a little more and drop a 280, but that's as low as I would go.

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