Inspired to attempt a build

[Exo]

After being on these forums for a couple of weeks, You guys have inspired me to attempt to build a computer for my oldest child. Budget is around $600.00 not including monitor or Windows 7. Needs to be decent enough to play low games and some Wow on mid range settings. After some research, I have come up with this build.... please help me to know what needs to be changed and if I can save some money somewhere.. Over budget by $75.00 right now.

Intel Core i5-2400 Sandy Bridge 3.1GHz (3.4GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52400

GIGABYTE GA-Z68P-DS3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s ATX Intel Motherboard

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory

Antec BP550 Plus 550W Continuous Power ATX12V V2.2 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply

EVGA 01G-P3-1452-TR GeForce GTS 450 (Fermi) Superclocked 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video ...

Seagate Barracuda ST31000524AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Sony Optiarc CD/DVD Burner Black SATA Model AD-7261S-0B LightScribe Support - OEM

 

[daisymtc]

If you really want to cut $75,
go for cheap i3 2100
RAM go for 2 x 2GB

Not much you can do on the rest of the setting...

Video card - I believe 6770 would better than GTS 450 at similar price

 

[Exo]

If you really want to cut $75,
go for cheap i3 2100
RAM go for 2 x 2GB

Not much you can do on the rest of the setting...

Video card - I believe 6770 would better than GTS 450 at similar price

would the i3 2100 bottleneck the system? Or is it well matched to the GTS 450? I know so little about different components that I am unsure.

 

[JaredC.]

I'd stay where you are at with the proccessor, you'll get a nice chipset and have the ability to upgrade to i7 if you want. Like daisy said, cut your ram in half and maybe find a cheaper case. Try and find combo deals on newegg.com ever little bit helps when you are on a budget.

 

[daisymtc]

I'd stay where you are at with the proccessor, you'll get a nice chipset and have the ability to upgrade to i7 if you want. Like daisy said, cut your ram in half and maybe find a cheaper case. Try and find combo deals on newegg.com ever little bit helps when you are on a budget.

He probably can't find a cheaper case. Antec 300 is only $55 - 60. A decent budget case would cost $40 - 50 any way.
newegg sell NZXT GAMMA cheap, although I don't like the look of that
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146061