This is the first time I ever tried organizing a parts list for building a PC. I want it to be able to run most games at medium graphics settings (especially Minecraft), and for emulation.
Here's the part list:


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant


CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($109.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock B85 Pro4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Toshiba Product Series:DT01ACA 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 2GB Video Card  ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 220 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($44.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $514.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-06 16:56 EDT-0400
Will this be enough to do what I want?


EDIT: I haven't actually ordered anything, so please critique!
EDIT 2: My budget is about $500.
EDIT 3: Updated part list.

Yep. If I were you I'd grab a beefier PSU for future upgrades (at least 700W) and a GTX7xx GPU. Besides that it sounds pretty good. You may want  1TB HDD too, they're not much more expensive and it's a nice to have.

Oh and if the i3 supports dual channel change your mobo for one that does and choose a 2x 4GB RAM kit. It'd be too bad to waste some performance there. This PC should be able to run Dolphin just fine for most games as well.

a GTX7xx GPU

So, something like this? It's actually cheaper than the GTX 650 I chose.

I have a server CPU in my comp and i like it
let all the GPU handle all the graphics stuff

Lol Xeon is not made just for servers, there are models with an IGP. It's just that they are slightly better than i5/i7's. And yes, never use the Intel IGP.

Oh actually, do Xeons have overclocking unlocked ?

CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($109.98 @ SuperBiiz)

Around that price point, that seems to be the current clear leader in performance for the value.

Alternatively, if you want to save about 40% of the price and only give up about 20% of the performance, keep in mind that Intel still makes Pentiums!

Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($69.99 @ Amazon)

If that price stays there, that's great value. Although, as others have said, you'd theoretically get better performance out of 2x4GB than 1x8GB due to dual channel stuffs. So if prices change such that a 1600MHz 4x2GB kit costs the same or less, I'd grab that instead.

Storage: Hitachi Deskstar 750GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.99 @ Amazon)

You might want to shop this one around a bit, as I can see 1TB drives around that price, so there might be some room to "optimize" the price of this.

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 650 2GB Video Card  ($117.99 @ Amazon)

As Streetwalrus hinted at, I'd look into replacing that with a GTX 750. It should perform better, and may even be cheaper.

As for the rest of the parts, I can't offer much intuition. Although I know a fair bit about the actual computing parts, I don't know much about the more foundation parts, like motherboard and power supply.

Keep in mind that for 2x 4GB you need a dual channel motherboard, yours is single channel.

Dual channel is kind of dual core ram if you will. In other words you can access both sticks simultaneously instead of having a bigger contiguous ram pool.