700$ First Build , Need Help

[FlamingPlasma]

First Time Building A Gaming PC And My Goal Is To Be Able To Play Next-Gen Games Comming To Ps4. Also Is This A Good Build?

CPU - Intel Core i5-4430 3.0 GHz (View)

Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2PH (View)

Video Card - Gigabyte Radeon R9 270x (View)

RAM - Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (View)

HDD - Western Digital Blue 1TB (View)

Case - Rosewill Dual Fans (View)

Power Supply - OCZ ZT 550W (View)

Optical Drive - Samsung 24x SATA DVD RW (View)

Grand Total: $680-$720

 

[maurelie]

How about this one, with better Case, Motherboard and PSU

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($177.00 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock B85 Pro4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($56.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 270X 2GB TurboDuo Video Card ($196.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($47.99 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $688.91
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-04 14:54 EDT-0400)

 

[swifty_morgan]

get 2 4gig sticks of gskill...........drop the blue drive for a black or get a seagate drive....... just my thoughts......... no links to look at.