$800 gaming and all-around build

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I am looking for a good build (this will be my first). The budget is around $800 USD. It will be used for gaming and other general tasks but gaming will be the most resource intensive regular activity run on it. No need for overclockable parts.

Please tell me the reasons you picked the parts that you did. If you have recommendations for a monitor, keyboard or mouse please say them. I will probably get Windows 7 for the OS.

If you want to know, I am upgrading from (our one PC in the house right now):

HP Pavillion Elite e9300z PC
-Win 7 premium 64 bit
-AMD Athlon II X4 630 Processor @ 2.80 GHz (Quad core)
-Memory 6GB DDR3 1066 Mhz SDRAM
- 640GB 7200 small RPM SATA 3Gb/s hard drive
-512 ATI Radeon HD 4350
-LightScribe 16X max DVD+/-R/RW

Thanks!
 
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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/JYmpzy
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/JYmpzy/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($108.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock 960GM/U3S3 FX Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($54.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($73.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 770 2GB Superclocked ACX Video Card ($299.60 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($37.98 @ OutletPC)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus...
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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/JYmpzy
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/JYmpzy/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($108.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock 960GM/U3S3 FX Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($54.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($73.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 770 2GB Superclocked ACX Video Card ($299.60 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($37.98 @ OutletPC)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $780.48
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-23 18:52 EDT-0400
 
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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3q4Qcf
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3q4Qcf/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($108.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($69.98 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($73.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 770 2GB Superclocked ACX Video Card ($299.60 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $807.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-24 07:16 EDT-0400

This is an updated version, I took a little bit of Cristi's suggestion, I have a much much better motherboard and also a better case
 
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Thank you very much Cristi and DeadGraphics. That looks like a great list you have put together there and is likely to be my final solution, Dead. I will leave this thread open for another day or so in case anyone else has ideas, and so I can make sure the setup will work. Thanks :)
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($108.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($75.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($289.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $809.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-24 13:37 EDT-0400

Dual channel memory, better motherboard, better PSU, changed 770 to R9 280x because it's the same performance for cheaper.
 
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