Semi-Budget Gaming build

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kristianbob

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im trying to piece together a gaming build and sofar ive refined it to these components:

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/W7jYhM
Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/W7jYhM/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($200.00)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($120.00)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($60.00)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($107.95 @ Vuugo)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Black Edition Double Dissipation Video Card ($241.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 Blackout ATX Mid Tower Case ($115.05 @ Vuugo)
Power Supply: OCZ Fatal1ty 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($85.00 @ Amazon Canada)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($15.00)
Total: $944.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-01 21:46 EST-0500

i just want to know any thoughts on this build and maybe any ways to lower the price but keeping similar specs
 
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If you're looking to save some money, go with this.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($200.00)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($120.00)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($60.00)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($107.95 @ Vuugo)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card ($231.00 @ DirectCanada)
Case: Enermax ECA3253-BW ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ NCIX)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($15.00)
Total: $838.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-01 22:04 EST-0500

If you want a little more performance for close to the same money as your build, go with this.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($200.00)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($120.00)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($60.00)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($107.95 @ Vuugo)
Video Card: Club 3D Radeon R9 290 4GB royalAce Video Card ($329.99 @ NCIX)
Case: Enermax ECA3253-BW ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ NCIX)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($15.00)
Total: $937.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-01 22:06 EST-0500

Both will have better performance than the your build.
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($200.00)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($120.00)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($60.00)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($107.95 @ Vuugo)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Black Edition Double Dissipation Video Card ($241.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($67.20 @ DirectCanada)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ NCIX)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($15.00)
Total: $892.12
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-01 22:08 EST-0500
 
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