advice on $750 gaming build

[Nexxed]

I'm building a $750 base total gaming computer and I have chosen these parts for the computer: http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Nexxed/saved/7TNBD3 .
I would like to do 1080p gaming at least 60 fps on high settings for games like BF4, CSGO, Payday 2, and hopefully when GTA V comes out for PC.
Also I don't plan on doing any heavy overclocking to the CPU or to the GPU. In all I would greatly appreciate any advice for this build.

 

[CTurbo]

This would be a lot better and future proof for a little more, and it's still under $750

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/cCcdvK
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/cCcdvK/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($168.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($67.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.77 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Tri-X Video Card ($199.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($45.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($34.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($90.26 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Kingwin CF-012LB 40.0 CFM 120mm Fan ($3.98 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Kingwin CF-012LB 40.0 CFM 120mm Fan ($3.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $733.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-23 23:17 EST-0500

 

[nikoli707]

only thing i would change... otherwise solid.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($168.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($67.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.77 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Tri-X Video Card ($199.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($45.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($90.26 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Kingwin CF-012LB 40.0 CFM 120mm Fan ($3.98 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Kingwin CF-012LB 40.0 CFM 120mm Fan ($3.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $743.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-23 23:37 EST-0500

 

[jasonite]

I'm building a $750 base total gaming computer and I have chosen these parts for the computer: http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Nexxed/saved/7TNBD3 .
I would like to do 1080p gaming at least 60 fps on high settings for games like BF4, CSGO, Payday 2, and hopefully when GTA V comes out for PC.
Also I don't plan on doing any heavy overclocking to the CPU or to the GPU. In all I would greatly appreciate any advice for this build.

I looked at your build and it's a pretty good build! There are some tweaks that would improve things overall though--having said that, I'd recommend $1000 budget for getting 60fps on BF4 on the highest settings. I stayed within your budget and upgraded a few things. The most important thing for gaming cpu's is not how many cores they have but the per-core performance, which is why Intel is typically a better choice. There is an i3 which would be a good choice, but if you're looking to future-proof a bit more the i5 is the way to go, and I changed your mobo to an Intel-compatible one. This is a micro-ATX board, if you want a full-size the Anniversary version of Asrock's boards is just a few dollars more. I made sure you had one that has USB 3.0 on the front, as well as a slight adjustment to your case so it was 3.0 front connectors as well.

If you aren't going to have an SSD I recommend the WD Black HDD. It's faster than the Blue and will reduce your load times. Your power supply was ok, but is not great for the high-demand performance of modern games, so I upgraded the quality for about the same price. The fact that the builds listed on this thread are so similar is because there wasn't a lot to change, you did a pretty good job!

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($168.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($67.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($68.82 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Tri-X Video Card ($199.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($41.99 @ Directron)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ Micro Center)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($90.26 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Kingwin CF-012LB 40.0 CFM 120mm Fan ($3.98 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Kingwin CF-012LB 40.0 CFM 120mm Fan ($3.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $759.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-24 00:34 EST-0500

 

[Nexxed]

I looked at your build and it's a pretty good build! There are some tweaks that would improve things overall though--having said that, I'd recommend $1000 budget for getting 60fps on BF4 on the highest settings. I stayed within your budget and upgraded a few things. The most important thing for gaming cpu's is not how many cores they have but the per-core performance, which is why Intel is typically a better choice. There is an i3 which would be a good choice, but if you're looking to future-proof a bit more the i5 is the way to go, and I changed your mobo to an Intel-compatible one. This is a micro-ATX board, if you want a full-size the Anniversary version of Asrock's boards is just a few dollars more. I made sure you had one that has USB 3.0 on the front, as well as a slight adjustment to your case so it was 3.0 front connectors as well.

If you aren't going to have an SSD I recommend the WD Black HDD. It's faster than the Blue and will reduce your load times. Your power supply was ok, but is not great for the high-demand performance of modern games, so I upgraded the quality for about the same price. The fact that the builds listed on this thread are so similar is because there wasn't a lot to change, you did a pretty good job!

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($168.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($67.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($68.82 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Tri-X Video Card ($199.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($41.99 @ Directron)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ Micro Center)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($90.26 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Kingwin CF-012LB 40.0 CFM 120mm Fan ($3.98 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Kingwin CF-012LB 40.0 CFM 120mm Fan ($3.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $759.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-24 00:34 EST-0500

I have is right at 750 for my computer with out rebates, if I had more I would go the i5. Taking your advice and looking at how much better the single core performance on intel CPUs so I chose the i3 4160( I'm guess this is the one you said would be a good choice.) this will let me downgrade my PSU to save some money. Also I don't really care if there are USB headers in the front all too much so I changed the case back to what it was before to meet my budget. So here it is
CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core $124.99
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 $67.98
Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 $64.99
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM $68.82
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Tri-X $199.99
Case: NZXT Source 210 $34.99
Power Supply: EVGA 600W ATX12V / EPS12V $34.99
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer $16.99
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) $82.79
Total: $676

 

[CTurbo]

The i3 4150 is $99 right now! It's a far better value than the 4160. Just throwing that out there.

If you're looking at ways to cut costs, you could easily scrap the dvd drive, case fans, and start with just 4GB of RAM

 

[jasonite]

Sounds like you made some good choices, and if you don't care about USB 3.0 then absolutely stick with your case. As for CPU's, the 4150 and 4160 are almost identical as you can see from Intel's chart: http://ark.intel.com/compare/77486,77488

The PSU quality doesn't really have to do with wattage, it has to do with the quality of the components. Here is a list of PSU's by their quality: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-1804779/power-supply-unit-tier-list.html

The power supply chosen is in tier three, which should be ok if you're not overclocking, but I personally would not go below tier 2. The cheapest tier 2 PSU is the Antec HCG-520M High Current Gamer. Up to you, I just want to give you all the info. Overall if you're satisfied with your build and the price, you've got a good one.

J