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Building a Desktop! Link to parts:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3wEQo

I am using it primarily for gaming; I play primarily League Of Legends and other first-person shooter games. My goal is to have performance relatively close or a bit better than a PS4/XBoxOne.

Please let me know how my build looks and if there is anything I can do to improve based on my objectives.
 
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For a single gpu +cpu (biggest power consumers) 550w is enough with room to overclock, so 620-650w gives you extra head room. 750w-850w is what you start looking at when you plan to SLI or CF your graphics cards (dual GPU setup). You could run a gtx 780 ti or r9 290x on a good quality 550w.

I didn't include an SSD because it is more of a luxury item and you would be sacrificing a lot of graphics performance for it. The SSD will not effect gameplay just boot up/startup time. For instance, in Skyrim it would make the loading screens faster but it would not make any difference once the game loaded or in BF4, you would load a map faster but once the map loaded it would be no different from anyone without an SSD. I typically start...
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Dude, go for this:

i5-4670k, gtx 770

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($179.99 @ Micro Center)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($129.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($68.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($56.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 770 2GB DirectCU II Video Card ($319.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Antec Three Hundred Two ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $875.92
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-22 19:28 EDT-0400)

-Better Quality power supply
-No need for an SSD in this build, better to just have a good HDD
- Dual channel ram runs about 13% faster, always recommended
-GTX 770 will crush any game you throw at it 1080p, Drop down to a gtx 760 if you need to save $100, will still rock all games, just a little less :)

Edit: This build would be way better than the PS4 or Xbone graphics wise.
 
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Why no SSD? Doesnt' that make a big difference for loading times?
Also, I see you downgraded the power supply to only 620W... I'm a little worried about supply issues and I want to make sure I'm running a safe supply at all times. Is the 750W overkill?

 
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For a single gpu +cpu (biggest power consumers) 550w is enough with room to overclock, so 620-650w gives you extra head room. 750w-850w is what you start looking at when you plan to SLI or CF your graphics cards (dual GPU setup). You could run a gtx 780 ti or r9 290x on a good quality 550w.

I didn't include an SSD because it is more of a luxury item and you would be sacrificing a lot of graphics performance for it. The SSD will not effect gameplay just boot up/startup time. For instance, in Skyrim it would make the loading screens faster but it would not make any difference once the game loaded or in BF4, you would load a map faster but once the map loaded it would be no different from anyone without an SSD. I typically start recommending SSDs on builds over $1,000 (For intel systems, $900 for AMD) since below that, you are giving up more than the SSD is worth.

Also, SSDs are very easy to add on in the future, upgrading your graphics card is a bit more difficult because you would want to sell your current one to fund the upgrade. An SSD can be added on at anytime.
 
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Awesome I read an article about the benefits of SSD for gaming, it complimented what you said here nicely. Virtually no difference in game performance vs standard HDD.

As for the power supply, thanks a lot for letting me know! Saved me some money that I can allocate toward the GPU instead. I took your advice and bought the system you recommended, just going with corsair 2x8 GB memory instead. I'll just swap out my old HDD and DVD-RW into the new system so I got everything for less than $1000. A great deal if I do say so myself :D
 
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