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First gaming pc build

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I had set out about a 500$ budget and it was quite SPOT ON due to some deals on NewEgg that made the total just right (-35$ due to some codes). It's my first ever build and I don't know that much about building. I hope I did well, please give a good review.

Thermaltake Level 10 GTS Snow Edition VO30006W2N White Steel / Plastic ATX
Mid Tower Computer Case ---90$

MSI Z77A-G41 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel
Motherboard with UEFI BIOS ---70$

Western Digital WD Blue WD10EZEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s
3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive - OEM --- 55$

Rosewill Stallion Series RD600 600W ATX12V V2.3 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Power Supply ---55$

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2133 (PC3
17000) Desktop Memory Model F3-2133C9D-8GXL ---55$ (I know that was a steal :) )

PowerColor AX7770 1GBD5-HE Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB 128-bit GDDR5
HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card ---110$

Intel Core i3-3240 Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz LGA 1155 55W Dual-Core Desktop Processor ---100$

I have other essentials such as screen keyboard mouse etc... tell me how I did and are the parts suitable for each other? As in do they fit.
Thanks!!
 
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Thanks! I appreciate the other options. The i5 2500k would have been a better option for another 65$, oh well, the i3 will do for now.
 
I could have stretched another 20, would have done it too, but again, I'm quite new to the whole pc building area and I didn't have much time to look through a whole bunch of things. Thanks for the input and knowledge, my friend is planning on making his first pc and I might just recommend the FX6300 for him. The force wasn't strong? I thought it was... and I thought your profile pic looked like Spock in high school for a second.
 
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