First Gaming PC, Rating?

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AMDoverINTELL

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I spend around $900 so far, I just wanna know how well I spent my money? or what I should have done differently? or what else i should buy to max gaming performance?

ASUS M5A97 R2.0 AM3+ AMD 970 Motherboard -$80
AMD FX-6300 Unlocked 6-Core Processor Black Edition (4.0Ghz) -$100
16 GB Kingston HyperX FURY 1866MHz DDR3 DIMM - Blue -$120
Corsair Hydro Series High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler H60 -$65
120GB Silicon Power Solid State Drive -$50
2 TB WD Green Hard Drive Space -$75
2.5 TB External Hard Drive Space -$110
EVGA GeForce GT 740 2GB Super Clocked GDDR5 Video Card -$105
Two Samsung CD/DVD Writer ROM's -$30
Syba 4-Port USB 2.0 PCI Card -$10
TP-LINK Wireless N300 PCI Express Adapter -$15
Sabrent 74-In-1 3.5-Inch Internal Flash Media Card Reader/writer with USB Port -$8
Two iMBAPrice® 12" Neon Blue Tube Lights -$12
COSMOS Blank drawer -$10
EVGA 600 B1 80+ BRONZE 600 Watt Power Supply -$60
Sentey Gaming Case -$65
 
GT740 is low end for gaming.
drop liquid cool
drop RAM to 8GB
Don't know why you need 2 DVD drive. Most people don't even need one these day.
How many usb port do you need?
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($94.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($26.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Performance ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($82.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($46.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($65.25 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($169.99 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($84.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($14.98 @ OutletPC)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($28.98 @ OutletPC)
External Storage: Samsung D3 Station 2TB External Hard Drive ($80.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $811.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-10 04:31 EDT-0400
 
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It sounds like he already bought it.

If you can return the 740, please do. There are much faster cards for the price.
 
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