Help on building my first 1000$ gaming pc

[Fleya]

I've picked up my build here : http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/ZcD4mG
I already bought a case/monitor so for the parts, i would like to spend ~800 $.
Note: i live in canada so the price are different. And i have a hard time choosing my GPU at 250-300$ price range. Also my case is a mid tower (phantom 410)
Please leave your comments on how to improve my build and what gpu i should buy!

 

[artyor]

Well, can't you get i5-4690k for that price? I saw i5-4690k on amazon for 215$!
Now, in games i5-4690k performs almost as same as AMD FX 8350. If you go with i5 4460 or i5-4690k I suggest you getting GTX 970 which overall is better than R9 280x, but Im not sure of GTX 970 price? If you still want to buy R9 280x, I also suggest you going with AMD FX 8350 which performs better in games than i5-4460 and its cheaper. I think its around 150$. But my honest suggestion is try to find i5-4690k or FX 8350, and get GTX 970...(Remember u'll need to find new mobo if u go with AMD CPU)

 

[ZeroGravity780]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8370 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($231.72 @ DirectCanada)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($109.99 @ NCIX)
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($89.95 @ Vuugo)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($62.98 @ DirectCanada)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280X 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($348.00 @ Vuugo)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($74.99 @ NCIX)
Total: $917.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-25 20:17 EST-0500

Nothing wrong with your build just showing options, also your psu on partspicker doesnt have a price.

 

[Fleya]

Well, can't you get i5-4690k for that price? I saw i5-4690k on amazon for 215$!
Now, in games i5-4690k performs almost as same as AMD FX 8350. If you go with i5 4460 or i5-4690k I suggest you getting GTX 970 which overall is better than R9 280x, but Im not sure of GTX 970 price? If you still want to buy R9 280x, I also suggest you going with AMD FX 8350 which performs better in games than i5-4460 and its cheaper. I think its around 150$. But my honest suggestion is try to find i5-4690k or FX 8350, and get GTX 970...(Remember u'll need to find new mobo if u go with AMD CPU)

Im pretty sure you are looking at the amazon in us not in canada, the price of 4690k is about 300$

 

[TimeLass]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ NCIX)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($92.99 @ NCIX)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($62.98 @ DirectCanada)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($269.99 @ Memory Express)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($98.75 @ Vuugo)
Total: $824.69
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-26 07:10 EST-0500

- The recomended wattage for R9-280x is 750W as stated on sapphire's website
- You can go for B85 board or i3-4150 if you need to stay in the budget range with R9-280x or you can go for GTX 960

 

[artyor]

Well, can't you get i5-4690k for that price? I saw i5-4690k on amazon for 215$!
Now, in games i5-4690k performs almost as same as AMD FX 8350. If you go with i5 4460 or i5-4690k I suggest you getting GTX 970 which overall is better than R9 280x, but Im not sure of GTX 970 price? If you still want to buy R9 280x, I also suggest you going with AMD FX 8350 which performs better in games than i5-4460 and its cheaper. I think its around 150$. But my honest suggestion is try to find i5-4690k or FX 8350, and get GTX 970...(Remember u'll need to find new mobo if u go with AMD CPU)

Im pretty sure you are looking at the amazon in us not in canada, the price of 4690k is about 300$

Then get FX 8350. It performs better and it's cheaper.