New builder. I need help building a good gaming/everyday pc

Bumped you down to an i5-4460. Still a great 4-core processor, just a bit less powerful- and probably the best price-to-performance Intel CPU you can buy.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type Item Price
CPU Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor $183.99 @ NCIX US
Motherboard ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard $74.78 @ Newegg
Memory Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory $58.99 @ Newegg
Storage Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $104.99 @ Adorama
Storage Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $44.99 @ Amazon
Video Card Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card $329.00 @ NCIX US
Case Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case $54.99 @ Micro Center
Power Supply EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply $44.99 @ NCIX US
Operating System Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) $92.00 @ B&H
Keyboard AmazonBasics KU-0833 +MSU0939 Wired Standard Keyboard w/Optical Mouse $13.49 @ Amazon
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total $1002.21
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-11 17:22 EDT-0400
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