First game build. $1000 budget

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Graphics- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150705
XFX Black Edition Double D R9-280A-TDBD Radeon R9 280 3GB 384-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card -229.00

Power- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139011
CORSAIR HX Series HX850 850W ATX12V 2.3 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI CrossFire 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply New 4th Gen CPU Certified Haswell Ready 139.00

CPU- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117372
Intel Core i5-4690K Devil's Canyon Quad-Core 3.5GHz LGA 1150 Desktop Processor BX80646I54690K 239.00

RAM- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820103038
AMD Radeon™ RP1866 Performance Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory AP316G1869U2K 159.99

Hard Drive- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148910
Seagate Barracuda STBD2000101 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Retail kit 94.99

I'm totaling $864.00 and have a few more things to get. Any recommendations on what to kill and/or upgrade?

I went through Newegg ( aiming to ride on Christmas gift cards most of the way.) Not sure what I am purchasing is overkill, and what I should make better. My main use of the computer is gaming only.

 
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Are you wanting to overclock? If yes, get the ASRock Extreme4 or Asus A97-A. If not, you can save money buy subbing the 4690k with the 4590.

PSU is a nice one but a bit over kill unless you want to CrossFire cards in the future. You could get a PSU for about $70-80 and not sacrifice quality. If you want to CF, you will need a good motherboard.

I'll put it like this, here's a good base overclocking, 970GTX SLI ready PC. For AMD r9 GPUs or Nvidia 700 GPUs, you'll need more watts. It's all on Newegg. Tweak where necessary.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($239.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM...
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I saw the graphics card req'd a 750, that's why it was so high.
 
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Are you wanting to overclock? If yes, get the ASRock Extreme4 or Asus A97-A. If not, you can save money buy subbing the 4690k with the 4590.

PSU is a nice one but a bit over kill unless you want to CrossFire cards in the future. You could get a PSU for about $70-80 and not sacrifice quality. If you want to CF, you will need a good motherboard.

I'll put it like this, here's a good base overclocking, 970GTX SLI ready PC. For AMD r9 GPUs or Nvidia 700 GPUs, you'll need more watts. It's all on Newegg. Tweak where necessary.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($239.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($123.79 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($82.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.67 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card ($356.13 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Professional 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $951.55
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-18 21:33 EST-0500
 
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Yes. With no overclocking, single card setup, you could build something similar to this. Just go to the site and change the merchant to Newegg. It could save you about $100.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($194.94 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($87.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($81.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.67 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card ($347.99 @ Directron)
Power Supply: Corsair Professional 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $856.53
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-18 21:57 EST-0500
 
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Thanks Barto!
 
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