Any suggestions to my entry-level rig?

HomebrewStout

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Building a rig with about $700 to spend. Pulling my DVD burner, MX Revolution mouse and G15 keyboard (2nd gen) from my 6-year-old relic. What tweaks would you make?

Intel Core i3 4160 3.6MHz
Asus H97-Plus
EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti Superclocked (Rebate made it same price as non-SC)
2x4GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600
Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200 RPM HDD
Rosewell Challenger U-3 Mid-Tower ATX
Corsair CX430-M PSU
Windows 8.1

Splitting the order between Newegg and Direction, with assorted rebates and discounts, this comes in around $680. What swaps or tweaks should I consider? The $700 cap is hard, so no "if you could come up with another $50..." type of suggestions, please, but if there are good reasons to swap out some pieces for others while staying on budget, I'm all ears.
 
Unless you want to stay with a GTX 750 Ti class card for the duration, you may want to get a bigger PSU. The i3 can keep up with a lot of much faster cards. And you may want to upgrade to an i5 or i7 someday.
 


Thanks, clutchc. My intent is to trade up parts as I go and I admit I wasn't thinking about the PSU needing to grow with the system.

Is there a reliable method to calculate PSU requirements?
 

There are several PSU calculators online. Example: http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp
And here is a tiered list of PSUs that you can use as guide for quality and dependability... as well as safety. https://community.newegg.com/eggxpert/computer_hardware/f/135081/t/45344.aspx?Redirected=true

One of the best for the money right now is the XFX line. A 650W should handle just about any single GPU gfx card you would ever buy: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007657%2050001669%20600479295&IsNodeId=1&name=600W%20-%20699W

If that is out of your price range at this time, here is a 600W budget PSU that is still safe and dependable: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438014