$900-ish Budget Gaming PC

Biijii

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I'm buying this thing tomorrow, so I just wanted to know what you guys thought incase I need to make any last minute changes to help my price or performance. The thing I'm most on the fence about is the graphics card (currently have the 560 ti selected). The only things I already own are a mouse and the OS haha.
Here's the parts! (Newegg):
CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115077
Graphics Card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130604
Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157271
RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220558
PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817152035
HDD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136768
Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147153
Monitor: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009266
Keyboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823201043
DVD Burner: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136240
Wireless Adapter: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833166063

Things to keep in mind:
-I want to play games like Skyrim, The Assassins Creed series, TF2, and Minecraft with HD texture packs in 1080p at pretty high if not ultra settings. Also I do a small amount of video rendering with Sony Vegas and After Effects.
-The graphics card is $25 off for the next few days with a special promo code.
-I don't really want to spend any more money, adding the 560 ti was already a stretch for me, so what I'd really like to hear is if there's any ways I could save a bit of money while getting similar performance.

Thanks! Wish me luck (This is my first build) :D
 

Pezcore27

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Ditch that box that is disguised as a PSU. Raidmax are horrible PSU's. Grab any one of these and they will be more than enough for your system.

Rosewill Green Series 530w
Antec Earthwatts 430w
Antec VP450
Corsair Builders Series 500w
XFX ProSeries 450W
ENERMAX NAXN 450W

All are around the same price as the one you selected.

This would be the ideal option for your system's PSU

Antec BP550 Plus 550W or SeaSonic M12II 520 Bronze 520W

You could also get a Radeon 6870 and overclock it to get very similar performance to the 560ti.

SAPPHIRE 100314-3L Radeon HD 6870
 

Biijii

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Thanks for telling me about the PSU, I probably put the least amount of research into that so I'm glad you told me that. I wanted a powerful one incase I ever wanted to do SLI, but if I'm being honest with myself I probably won't do that anytime soon haha. I think I'm gonna go with the first one on your list, the 530w one.

As far as the 6870, I know the 560 ti is barely more powerful but $30 more, but I just like Nvidia for some reason. The whole Physx and CUDA thing are cool, and I hear the 560 ti overclocks well. I probably should have mentioned that in the original post :p .
 

neal0790

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I definitly agree with pezcore ditch the PSU. If i had to pick a PSU out of any of the ones he listed i would pick the Corsair or Seasonic, whatever one is cheaper. There both high quality PSU's.

I personally would stick with the 560 nvidia in my opinion has a better track record especially with driver support and reliability. But that personal opinion. The 560 Ti is a great middle road card and is a great overclocker you should easily be able to achieve 570 speeds.