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I need help on what parts to buy for a $600 dollar build? I am not a gamer, I just want a fast PC that is great for multi-tasking, running VM's, Photoshop, ripping movies etc. maybe light gaming in the future.

AMD A10-7850K Kaveri Quad-Core 3.7 GHz Socket FM2+ 95W Desktop Processor AMD Radeon R7 $124.99

ASRock FM2A88X+ BTC FM2+ AMD A88X (Bolton D4) 8 x SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Gaming Motherboard $69.99

HyperX FURY 8GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 Desktop Memory $42.02

EVGA 100-W1-500-KR 500W ATX12V / EPS12V 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Continuous Power Supply 3 Year Warranty Intel 4th Gen CPU Ready $39.99

Western Digital Black  1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive $117.59

Total: $394.58

Add operating system and a cheap case Along with a DVD/RW I think you are good to go!

pc case Cooler Master HAF 912 - Mid Tower Computer Case with High Airflow Design (RC-912-KKN1)

power supply EVGA 500 W1 80+, 500W

motherboard Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD3H Desktop

Cpu Intel Core i5-4670K Quad-Core Desktop Processor 3.4

memory Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB Kit (8GBx2) DDR3 1600 MT/s (PC3-12800) UDIMM Memory BLS2KIT8G3D1609DS1S00/ BLS2CP8G3D1609DS1S00

hard drive Western Digital Caviar Blue 500 GB

Optical Drive  Lite-On 24X SATA Internal DVD+/-RW Drive Optical Drive IHAS124-14

total $674.65 its a bit over your budget  

Yeah the only thing about the Kavari Quad core AMD I listed  is that it does not do virtualization

How are the FX series?

I mean for the $600 budget you are aiming for you really can't go wrong. However the virtualization technology is not there so no VM's

pc case Cooler Master HAF 912 - Mid Tower Computer Case with High Airflow Design (RC-912-KKN1)

power supply EVGA 500 W1 80+, 500W

cpu AMD FD6300WMHKBOX FX-6300 6-Core Processor Black Edition

motherboard  Gigabyte AM3+ AMD DDR3 1333 760G HDMI USB 3.0 Micro ATX Motherboard GA-78LMT-USB3

memory Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB Kit (8GBx2) DDR3 1600 MT/s (PC3-12800) UDIMM Memory BLS2KIT8G3D1609DS1S00/ BLS2CP8G3D1609DS1S00

hard drive Western Digital Caviar Blue 500 GB

Optical Drive  Lite-On 24X SATA Internal DVD+/-RW Drive Optical Drive IHAS124-14

total $395

Here is my spec. 

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Britec/saved/6KjMnQ

I think you find this rig to be all you need and more.

• 8 core FX Processor with plenty of power. 
• Good looking case
• Great CPU cooler.
• Your be surprised how good them Sapphire Radeon R7 250X Graphics are.
• Windows 8.1 drop if not needed.
• Latest motherboard for that CPU
• Fully modular PSU gold rated.
• No SSD but if you don't need OS buy 250Gig Patriot SSD for $79
  

Total: $696.49 there is room from trimming. That case is nice, but can be cheaper if not needed.

I think we have a winner

You are $100.00 over budget!

That's because I have Windows 8.1

You have no graphics, apart from GPU on chip, no case, no CD Rom, No OS, No cpu cooler on you're one 

Danial Son Tim, the student does not teach the Master, remember that 

Here is a revised version 

No Operating System. Use stock cooler, it will be OK because its the 8520e


https://pcpartpicker.com/p/Wcn96h

Total: $584.71 that will leave $15.29 for cooler or a subway