First gaming PC

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I'm thinking to build my first gaming PC. any suggestion will help.
I came up with this:

Kingston HyperX FURY 8GB Kit (2x4GB) 1600MHz DDR3 CL10 DIMM - Blue (HX316C10FK2/8)
$71.99

Sapphire Radeon R9 280 3GB GDDR5 DVI-I/DVI-D/HDMI/DP Dual-X with PCI-Express Graphics Card Boost 11230-00-20G
$199.99

Gigabyte H97 Extreme Multi Graphics Support UEFI DualBIOS Micro ATX DDR3 1600 LGA 1150 Motherboard GA-H97M-D3H
$89.00

Corsair Carbide Series SPEC-01 Mid Tower Gaming Case CC-9011050-WW
$49.99

Corsair Builder Series CX 600 Watt ATX/EPS 80 PLUS (CX600)
$69.99

Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5" 7mm (with 9.5mm adapter) Internal Solid State Drive CT256MX100SSD1 by Crucial
$109.00

WD Blue 1 TB Desktop Hard Drive: 3.5 Inch, 7200 RPM, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64 MB Cache - WD10EZEX by Western Digital
$54.99

Intel Core i5-4590 BX80646I54590 Processor (6M Cache, 3.3 GHz)
$198.99

Total:843.94
 
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yes that seasonic is a great deal at $55 and im not surprised its fallen out of stock. the xfx 550w or evga would work more than fine too, though they are not fully modular. you could just wait for stock to be replenished on the seasonic.
SSD Samsung 840 EVO is better at that price.
take 1 8 gb stick for future upgrade and save money.
WD green is okay for data storage and ul save some more money
rest of the build is fine.

just wanted to check on the gpu.... is it R9 280X??
 
the evo is not better than the mx100 at 256gb, no way.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($176.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($83.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Tactical 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($104.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.97 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280 3GB DUAL-X Video Card ($169.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $764.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-08 23:28 EST-0500

here is the same build with better components and cheaper. a haswell refresh cpu, a full sized mobo, cas8 1.35v 1600 ram, and a much much better seasonic power supply.
 
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/sY8RMp
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/sY8RMp/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($187.88 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($66.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($66.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Seagate 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive ($78.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card ($329.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($52.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($14.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $848.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-09 01:13 EST-0500
 


skipping an ssd to get the 970 in budget isn't ideal to the original build from the op. and that evga 600b cant hold a candle to the seasnoic m12ii. cutting costs would be much better else where....

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($176.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($44.99 @ Directron)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Tactical 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($104.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.97 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card ($329.00 @ NCIX US)
Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $859.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-08 23:48 EST-0500
 


That power supply is out of stock at that price by the way.
 
yes that seasonic is a great deal at $55 and im not surprised its fallen out of stock. the xfx 550w or evga would work more than fine too, though they are not fully modular. you could just wait for stock to be replenished on the seasonic.
 
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