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First time building a gaming rig and was wondering if this build is good for what its worth. I'm hoping that this build will be able to play games from now and the future.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/WVW3dC
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/WVW3dC/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($204.29 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: ASRock Z97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($81.64 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: Kingston Fury Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($65.45 @ SuperBiiz)

Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($49.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.49 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card ($334.98 @ NCIX US)

Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($33.99 @ Newegg)

Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer ($14.98 @ OutletPC)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($86.43 @ SuperBiiz)

Total: $950.23

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-28 00:38 EST-0500

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Decent build, but with some wiggling it can be better:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/7HMvmG

  • The motherboard is more capable if you ever want to overclock
  • RAM is cheaper, but otherwise similar
  • SSD is cheaper and better

Other than that, I'd suggest something like a Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo for a cheap CPU cooler if you want to overclock. There's also somebody on this forum selling Windows keys for cheap, so you could save quite a bit of money there.