Hi. This build barely meets minimum requirements for quality and balance. There are tradeoffs here. You need to decide if the things I have done are acceptable for you. These changes represent all of the places I think you could reduce cost without a sacrifice in performance. Hope this gives you some ideas. Your build is very solid as is, while the 960 is low on value, with your budget, building around AMD is difficult. Cheers!
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
| Type | Item | Price |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor | $218.50 @ shopRBC |
| Motherboard | MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard | $57.05 @ DirectCanada |
| Memory | G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory | $63.66 @ DirectCanada |
| Storage | Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive | $63.95 @ Vuugo |
| Video Card | EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card | $399.95 @ Vuugo |
| Case | Zalman Z5 ATX Mid Tower Case | $26.39 @ DirectCanada |
| Power Supply | EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply | $49.45 @ DirectCanada |
| Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts | ||
| Total | $878.95 | |
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-15 17:26 EDT-0400 |