Opinions on first build?

nikolas552

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Is this a good first build?
$142.00 @ PLE Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz 3MB Retail Box CPU

$59.00 @ MSY ASRock H81M-HDS Motherboard

$86.00 @ MSY Patriot Signature 8GB Single DDR3-1600 - PSD38G16002H RAM

$66.00 @ MSY Seagate 3.5" Barracuda 1TB ST1000DM003 SATA3 7200RPM 64MB HDD Storage

$191.00 @ MSY Sapphire R9270-2G Video Card

$49.00 @ MSY Thermaltake Black Versa H25 Case

$59.00 @ MSY EVGA 500W (100-W1-0500-KR) 500Watt 80Plus Power Supply

$112.00 @ MSY Microsoft MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit OEM Operating System

Total

$764.00

I want to keep it around this price. I will be playing a range of games from skyrim, battlefield and old racing games.
Any advice would be really appreciated.
Also it would be nice if I could get some info on how well this build would run. Thanks in advance
 
Some upgrades and some compromises. IMO, for the same money this is way better.

ASRock H97M Anniversary LGA 1150 Intel H97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157547 $69.99

Intel Core i5-4460 Haswell Quad-Core 3.2GHz LGA 1150 Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4600 BX80646I54460
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117302 $189.99

G.SKILL Sniper Low Voltage Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBSR2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231461 $79.99

EVGA 02G-P4-3753-KR G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 750 Ti Superclocked 2GB 128-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487024 $159.99

Fractal Design Core 1000 FD-CA-CORE-1000-USB3-BL Black Steel MicroATX Mid Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811352032 $35.99

COUGAR SL400 400W ATX12V Power Supply Haswell ready
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817553017 $39.99

Crucial M550 CT256M550SSD1 2.5" 256GB SATA 6Gb/s MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148791 $89.99

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832416806 $99.99
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TOTAL $765.92

Prices listed were current at time of posting.