Advice on my first ever rig

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MSI Z87-G45 Gaming (BUNDLE) CPU Bundle LGA 1150: Intel® Core™ i5-4670K BUNDLE = S$545
CoolerMaster CM Storm Enforcer (BUNDLE) PSU Bundle Selection: Superflower HX-600 Gold Modular = S$249
Corsair H80i Hydro Cooling Performance = S$149
Samsung Internal 24x DvD+-RW (SH-224) = S$24
WD 1TB SATA 6GB/s, 64MB Cache (Caviar Green) = S$85
Logitech Classic Desktop MK100 (920-003649) = S$16
G.Skill RipjawsX 1600MHz 8GB(2x4GB) 9-9-9-24 (F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL) = S$113
Dell 23" U2312HM UltraSharp LED Monitor = S$282
TP-Link WN821N 300Mbps Wireless N USB Adapter = S$29
Microsoft Windows 8 (64 bit) OEM = S$149
Plextor M5S 128GB SSD Sata3 = S$145
MSI N780 TF 3GD5/OC (GeForce GTX 780 GAMING) = S$899

Subtotal: S$2,685

For my first ever rig, I'm not gonna go all out premium. Just wanted to ask around how much it's gonna cost me. MyNeXTCom has ridiculous prices on some items, especially the MSI GTX 780 TF Gaming. I know it will be lower than $2685 but more or less will be around that price point.

Need advice on PSU most importantly, is the HX-600 too much to power the whole system or will the HX-500 be enough? Also, should I get the MSI GTX 780 TF Gaming now or should I wait for the non reference R9 290X to come out?

Edit: Idk why I can't embed the image. Imageshack's acting up.
 
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Can type it out????

Get ur monitor frm pct, tradepac.. cheap at $255 and below.

There is something wrong with the msi 780 pricing. It should be lower than that. EVGA 780 is $744, ASUS 780 is $744, gigabyte 780 is $742. Their MSI pricing haven updated yet.

Buy plextor M5S 128gb frm pc themes at $128. $1/gb. Can consider another casing since that 1 quite ex. Can consider fractal design arc midi r2, define r4, corsair 540 air.

Change your 1tb HDD to WD Blue, dun go green (no puns intended).

Didnt you choose the HX600w? Stick to the HX600w, unless you want to SLI.

You can embed the image coz u nt enough post count.
 
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Updated post.

Thanks for the feedback! Still debating on which case I should get. So far, I'm really liking the Enforcer. And yeah, no plans on going SLI/Crossfire.
 
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Updated post.

Thanks for the feedback! Still debating on which case I should get. So far, I'm really liking the Enforcer. And yeah, no plans on going SLI/Crossfire.

Look around more bah.. watch youtube videos for a better. Go through all the cases below the enforcer price to widen your choices.

Not going for xfire/SLI, stick to HX600.
 
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Win 8 64 oem ~ $120
Dell u2312hm ~ $250
Plextor m5s 128gb ssd ~ $128

This 3 get from tradepac ~ the rest can built as a whole rig @ mynextcom...

Evga gtx780 not bad ~
 
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