Can you build a decent PC on a $600 budget?

Yes you can! I did!

Here is mine:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type Item Price
CPU AMD Athlon X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor $71.98 @ Newegg
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard $63.99 @ Mwave
Memory G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory $59.99 @ Newegg
Storage Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $44.99 @ Best Buy
Video Card MSI Radeon R9 270 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card $169.99 @ Amazon
Case Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case $69.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply $59.99 @ Amazon
Optical Drive Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer $17.69 @ OutletPC
Wireless Network Adapter TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter $34.80 @ Amazon
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total $593.41
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-05 17:13 EDT-0400

However, I would recommend a bigger, more option-filled Mobo because I can't get another video card if I ever choose to crossfire because my mobo won't fit them both along with my TP Link. Bad decision on my part.

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