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You should have asked before you bought the parts. I hope you can still return the PSU. Raidmax is one of the worst power supplies you can buy. You also could have gotten a better quality SSD and case aswell.
you get points off for poor power supply and getting z97 motherboard with non k series CPU
i Would have done this
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($234.66 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($127.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($74.24 @ Amazon)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 770 2GB Superclocked ACX Video Card ($309.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Rosewill R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($59.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Asus BW-12B1ST/BLK/G/AS Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1016.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-16 20:26 EDT-0400
 

seabass1992

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I was able to get the cpu for $180 bucks brand new thats why i went with the non k. I read the review on the psu i am bit worried but I had already gone over my original budget by a lot. I figured i should get the z97 for the future