GTX 950 $600 USD build Challenge

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Since there is a bunch of tech youtubers who is doing the Nvidia Build the best PC for $600 with the GTX 950. I want to see some user created ones from PCPartPicker. So here is mine. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/6QTYFT

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/6QTYFT
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/6QTYFT/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($242.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($42.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Value 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($36.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.78 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 950 2GB Superclocked Video Card ($159.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Xion XON-310_BK MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($28.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($37.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $597.61
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-28 04:29 EDT-0400

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http://pcpartpicker.com/p/NBN6t6

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($176.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($67.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($39.49 @ Newegg)
Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($46.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.78 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 950 2GB Superclocked Video Card ($159.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($27.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $607.00

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Interesting. I wanted to see if I could make a decent build around a 390 and it is:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/dBPJ4D

The CPU isn't as powerful, but it's primarily for gaming the 390 will blow the 950 out of the water.

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AMD build for ~$470.
Intel build for ~$510.

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This build seems good. I don't see much in the way of meaningful improvements on it within that budget.