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Hey, I'm Currently In the process of picking the parts of my new gaming PC. These are the current parts I am settling for. Please let me know if there are any bottlenecks in the system or if there are any better parts for a cheaper price. The whole theme of the build is Red and Black and the site i am using for the parts and price is http://www.msy.com.au/index.jsp The price of the build is 1650 and that is also my budget. I do not need an optical drive for the build.

Parts:
CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K
http://www.msy.com.au/product.jsp?productId=10809
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 Evo
http://www.msy.com.au/product.jsp?productId=8591
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45-Gaming
http://www.msy.com.au/product.jsp?productId=11057
Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600
http://www.msy.com.au/product.jsp?productId=7650
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" SSD
http://www.msy.com.au/product.jsp?productId=11451
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM
http://www.msy.com.au/product.jsp?productId=9444
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280X 3GB
http://www.msy.com.au/product.jsp?productId=11954
Case: Aerocool StrikeX Xtreme
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=25_1287&products_id=23368
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W
http://www.msy.com.au/product.jsp?productId=10202
Monitor: Acer H236HLbmid
http://www.msy.com.au/product.jsp?productId=10962
Keyboard: Thermaltake eSPORTS Challenger Pro
http://www.msy.com.au/product.jsp?productId=2918
Mouse: Logitech G300
http://www.msy.com.au/product.jsp?productId=8864
Extra Fan: Aerocool Shark Fan-14cm
http://www.msy.com.au/product.jsp?productId=6854

Please respond with feedback below. Thanks :)

 
Solution
Looks nice SSB, good choices.

On the SSD front, Im a big fan of them but there is something to be said for spending that extra 100.00 on improved graphics...which you will feel much more so.


Load times with SSDs are SO much faster, if a dude wants to have a quick pc then let him have it :)