Would this be a good PC for the money?

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Alpha3031

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($74.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($89.99 @ Best Buy)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 PRO3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($71.10 @ Newegg)
Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP900 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($104.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 280X 3GB TurboDuo Video Card ($254.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Cooler Master HAF XB EVO ATX Desktop Case ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $936.01
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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For a gaming rig you could do alot better for $1000.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($224.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($144.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Dual-X Video Card ($279.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ TigerDirect)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $972.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-14 23:45 EDT-0400
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Asus H97-PLUS ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($105.24 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($59.99 @ Micro Center)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Dual-X Video Card ($279.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1003.15
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-14 23:48 EDT-0400
 
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You have a 2000 Series I5

You prob want to get a 3000 series I5 as the 3d transistors are quite a bit better. Any 3000 or 4000 series I5 would be good. If you get a 4000 series you will need a LGA 1150 motherboard instead of the LGA 1155 motherboard you have selected.

Also I would try to get an I5 with a K at the end so you can overclock it with your Z77 chipset motherboard. If you dont want to overclock then getting a H77 chipset would make more sense.
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I changed the i5 2500 to an i5 2500k.

 
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This build would be more balanced you wouldnt be able to overclock the I5 but you get a better graphics card which is better for gaming.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2pvDkL

It wouldn't allow me to select windows 7 so i put windows 8 in there if you rather have windows 7 just buy that somewhere else instead :)
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Why would I want to change from a 750ti to a 760? The clock on the 760 is only 960 MHz while as the 750ti is 1GHz. The processor change was a good choice, and cheaper.

 
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Good choice on the processors, but I don't like the video card choices. AMD has always given me studdering, bad performance, and overclocking never really seems to make a difference. I think that the R9 series is just way to overpriced as well. Good choice on the RAM as well, though.
 
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I chuckled a bit when you put the Pentium as the processor. Cheap, but too low performance.
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($184.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($77.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($84.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Dual-X Video Card ($289.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1001.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-15 00:19 EDT-0400

-Locked processor based on the newer Haswell Refresh.
-Added a 1tb HDD for storage purposes.
-R9-280X is a much stronger gpu. No matter how you look at it, AMD currently offers the best graphics for the price. The R9-280X performs just a little bit worse than the GTX 770 (~5% weaker), but it's also a lot cheaper (~$40).
 
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AMD's cards frequently studder, overheat, and have no response to overclocking.

 
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Not at 4500 MHz
 
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Where did you hear that about AMD cards? They only have micro-stuttering when put in crossfire, but that was a long time ago. Now with newer drivers, 2-way crossfire stutter as much as 2-way SLI, which isn't much. Yeah they still do stutter in 3 and 4 way but you won't even crossfire anyways.
AMD cards definitely do run hotter than their NVIDIA counterpart, but are also cheaper and still runs within safe temperatures.
Lastly, they overclock fairly well. Not sure where you're hearing this information but you were misinformed.
 
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