[Build Help] Need help refining a gaming build 1000 US$

Then you want something like this. Cheaper, same performance, SLIable motherboard and enough power on the PSU for future SLI, should you do it.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type Item Price
CPU Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor $214.99 @ NCIX US
Motherboard ASRock Z97 Extreme3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard $99.99 @ Micro Center
Memory Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory $52.99 @ Newegg
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 $44.99 @ Amazon
Video Card MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card $319.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply $49.99 @ NCIX US
Optical Drive Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer $19.75 @ OutletPC
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total (before mail-in rebates) $953.68
Mail-in rebates -$45.00
Total $908.68
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-06 15:04 EDT-0400
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