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do you already have the GPU are you going to buy it?

I would change the PSU for two reasons, the main one is because it's only rated bronze, so the efficiency is not the best you can get for that price. The second reason is this review http://www.hardocp.com/article/2011/02/15/antec_high_current_gamer_900w_power_supply_review/9 , but there are some other good reviews of the PSU you want to pick: http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story5&reid=211

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($191.98 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($74.78 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill...
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Tom Waller

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Change your GPU to an r9 270/80. They'll be able to run games a lot better.
You dont really need a 900w PSU but there's no harm in it. But just in case you want to get something else which is better then you can buy a smaller PSU.
That RAM comes in red I think too, it'll match your colours better :)

I'm an Intel Fan so I'll always say to chose intel over AMD but if you're happy with running AMD then that's fine. You'll probably be able to get it a lot cheaper though if you search around online. There doesn't look a lot there for 1000$. I run a very powerful PC with watercooling for just over 1k.

Hope this helps :)
 
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All white! Forgot the drive, let me see if I can find one. None on partpicker, but they can be found on amazon if you look hard enough.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($226.69 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC12DX 68.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($55.05 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($114.36 @ Amazon)
Memory: Kingston Fury White Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($64.89 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($194.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card ($196.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: BitFenix Neos White ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: NZXT HALE82 V2 700W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSC0 DVD/CD Writer ($17.99 @ Mwave)
Total: $1005.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-02 11:05 EDT-0400
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($226.69 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($109.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston Fury White Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($69.79 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($194.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB SSC ACX 2.0 Video Card ($324.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: BitFenix Neos White ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSC0 DVD/CD Writer ($17.99 @ Mwave)
Total: $1054.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-02 11:04 EDT-0400


This is 24$ over 1k, but it includes rebates. Unless you DONT want rebates, then tell me. I will make a different build
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($178.49 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($114.36 @ Amazon)
Memory: Kingston Fury White Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($62.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($105.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.69 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB SSC ACX 2.0 Video Card ($339.99 @ Amazon)
Case: BitFenix Neos White ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($13.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $998.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-02 11:28 EDT-0400
 
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This would sway your build to be on the Intel side. AMD may have more processing threads (not cores), but it way behind Intel on pure processing power. Give the Intel i5 (or i7) a mild overclock and no AMD processor will be able to keep up. In fact, the AMD processor will need to be overclocked in order to keep up with the i5-4460 build logainofhades recommended (no overclocking)...
 
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In my opinion a good i5 is future proof and for someone who wants a "future proof build" you did not choose the right card. I highly suggest one of the i5 builds + gtx 970 builds that were suggested above.
 
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do you already have the GPU are you going to buy it?

I would change the PSU for two reasons, the main one is because it's only rated bronze, so the efficiency is not the best you can get for that price. The second reason is this review http://www.hardocp.com/article/2011/02/15/antec_high_current_gamer_900w_power_supply_review/9 , but there are some other good reviews of the PSU you want to pick: http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story5&reid=211

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($191.98 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($74.78 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($115.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($210.98 @ Newegg)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 290 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($289.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Enermax ECA3253-BW ATX Mid Tower Case ($51.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($102.98 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSC0 DVD/CD Writer ($21.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $1043.65
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-02 12:39 EDT-0400

EDIT: most of the time you will see no performance gain on games for having SSD, only loading time will be faster, I think. So it would probably be better to buy a 120 or 240 GB SDD + 1 TB HDD (WD or Seagate)

And you should probably get only 8gb ram for now, and if in the future you fell the need for more you can easilly upgread your sistem, with the money you save you can get better CPU (I recomend i5 or, if you can afford it a xeon E3 1231 or 1241
 
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