need help and recomendations on components! HELP PLEASE

BrandinPadgett

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so im building a gaming/streaming/web surfing pc! im mostly going to be gaming and surfing the web, so I need to make sure the parts I picked out will be good for that, I don't need the games that I play on super high settings but I do want them to be able to run good without dropping in frame rates, the parts I have chosen are a little out of my price range so im trying to bring it down a little while being able to do all the things I need my pc to do, my price range is closer to $750 (im in the US), I will be ordering this week (Thursday), I already have a mouse/keyboard/monitor, all I need is the components to build the pc, I do need a OS (preferably Windows 8), I do want to buy all my parts at the same time from the same website (preferably Newegg), for the processor I do want and intel i5 series, I will not be overclocking because I do not know how to, but I can always upgrade later on so I can overclock, my monitor runs at 1080p, I would like to keep the case I picked out but im willing to change it to something similar, the games I will be playing would be games like CS:GO, H1Z1 stuff like that, and I really want it to be able to do web surfing as fast as possible, any responses, comments, recommendations, and changes are greatly appreciated :ange:

my current parts list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/WNjgHx
 

davidarad02

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($178.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($70.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston Fury White Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($62.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.75 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Tri-X Video Card ($229.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($64.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($53.98 @ Newegg)
Other: windows 8.1 pro - student version ($70.00)
Total: $784.67
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-30 04:37 EDT-0400

I didnt change the CPU, RAM, HDD and PSU, but i removed the optical drive, because you dont really need it these days. also, I changed the OS to windows 8.1 pro, threw the student version. look for tutorials online, and dont think its black market or pirating, its strait from the microsoft website, and its 70 bucks for 8.1 pro. also, i swapped the motherboard, because you dont really need z97 with a locked CPU, so h97 has the same features, for a lower price, but you can OC on it, so if in the future you upgrade to a unlocked broadwell CPU, you will not be able to OC. also, i changes the 960 to a 280x, as its faster then the 960, for a small price increase.
 
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