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Right, so I have added a much higher quality power supply that is actually cheaper. Note that you don't need any more than a 550W power supply anyway, but you could dual graphics on this 650W, so worth it
Also added faster RAM that is the same price and NOT high profile, high profile RAM can block coolers.
Also added an SLI/Xfire capable mobo.

And that is it...

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/1t55a
Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/1t55a/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/1t55a/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($239.99 @ NCIX)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($31.06 @ DirectCanada)
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skidawgz

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I don't know if it is worth it to get a Haswell unit, as most of the improvements seem to be for mobile computing.

I would personally get an i5-3570k and supporting mobo. Judging from the mobo choice you don't plan to Xfire so... The PSU is far overkill, you don't really need more than 600W if you get one of better quality. 650 if you like to over do it. With the money saved you can buy more ram to cut down on how often your SSD is used for paging file. You could buy an even nicer GPU, despite the 7970 being an excellent card. There's no shortage of ways to spend it, i usually like to get gaming peripherals like a nice mouse, keyboard, headset.
 
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Right, so I have added a much higher quality power supply that is actually cheaper. Note that you don't need any more than a 550W power supply anyway, but you could dual graphics on this 650W, so worth it
Also added faster RAM that is the same price and NOT high profile, high profile RAM can block coolers.
Also added an SLI/Xfire capable mobo.

And that is it...

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/1t55a
Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/1t55a/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/1t55a/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($239.99 @ NCIX)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($31.06 @ DirectCanada)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($139.50 @ Vuugo)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($67.78 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Samsung 840 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($99.99 @ Canada Computers)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ NCIX)
Video Card: HIS Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card ($333.38 @ Newegg Canada)
Case: Corsair Vengeance C70 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($129.99 @ NCIX)
Power Supply: Corsair Enthusiast 750W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($74.88 @ Canada Computers)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.99 @ Canada Computers)
Total: $1196.55
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-17 16:46 EDT-0400)
 
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CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($239.99 @ NCIX)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($31.06 @ DirectCanada)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($114.99 @ NCIX)
Memory: Mushkin Blackline 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($118.44 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: Samsung 840 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($99.99 @ Canada Computers)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ NCIX)
Video Card: HIS Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card ($333.38 @ Newegg Canada)
Case: Antec Eleven Hundred ATX Full Tower Case ($77.99 @ NCIX)
Power Supply: PC Power & Cooling Silencer MK III 600W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($99.99 @ Memory Express)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.99 @ Canada Computers)
Total: $1195.81
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-17 16:52 EDT-0400)

I have picked out some new parts for you here. The case needs to be bigger if you want it to be a gaming PC so that you can have proper cooling. COOLING IS VERY VERY IMPORTANT WHEN YOU ARE BUILDING A HIGH END SYSTEM AND IS VERY COMMONLY OVERLOOKED. The case is also cheaper yet has the features you would want in a case. Next, I downgraded your PSU. You don't need 750 watts so I got you a Tier 1 PSU that will give you what you need and also save you some money. With the money I saved you from those two things I upgraded you to 2 8GB RAM sticks to really take advantage of your motherboard's dual channel memory which will come in handy when gaming. Some may say you need Crossfire or SLI but really it isn't necessary for you motherboard to support it. It only increases performance by 50% of the secondary card's stand alone performance. It is better to get one very good card rather than two alright cards.

 
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Pcguru22

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not a second card
maybe something like a titan but in a very, very distant future. (4 to 5 yrs down the road)
 
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With a PC build like you have you won't really need any new parts in 5 years. Maybe more RAM, but otherwise you shouldn't need anything.
 
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Then get the motherboard with B85 chipset instead. It's much cheaper, you have everything you need.
For PSU, I recommend XFX 550W. It's cheaper, better and you get 5 year warranty.
Change 840 with 840 EVO. It's better and the price difference is small.
Also I'm not so sure about Asus DVD-RW. Usually I buy Samsung and I don't have problems with it.
 
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get this

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($239.99 @ NCIX)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($31.06 @ DirectCanada)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($114.99 @ NCIX)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($63.00 @ Vuugo)
Storage: Samsung 840 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($99.99 @ Canada Computers)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ NCIX)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card ($334.99 @ NCIX)
Case: Cooler Master Storm Scout 2 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ NCIX)
Power Supply: OCZ Fatal1ty 750W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($78.78 @ Newegg Canada)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.99 @ Canada Computers)
Total: $1132.77
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-18 03:18 EDT-0400)
 
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Check this out:
http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/1tkfh

Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor $199.00 $199.00 Canada Computers
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler $31.06 $31.06 DirectCanada
Gigabyte GA-B85M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard $74.48 $74.48 DirectCanada
Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory $67.99 $67.99 NCIX
Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk $199.99 $199.99 Canada Computers
Western Digital WD Green 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive $89.99 $89.99 NCIX
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card $399.99 -$20.00 $379.99 NCIX
Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case $67.64 $67.64 DirectCanada
XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply $57.99 $57.99 NCIX
Samsung SN-208DB/BEBET DVD/CD Writer $22.18 $22.18 DirectCanada
Total $1,190.31
 
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