Revised to reflect actual build. Total cost was $750 after rebates and cashback.

Motherboard: MSI 970 G43

Processor: AMD FX 6300

Memory: 8gb Kingston HyperX Blu (4gbx2) 1600 mhz

Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon HD 7870

Power Supply: OCZ ZT 750 watt

Hard Drive: Kingston HyperX 240gb SSD

Cd: LG 24x DVD Burner

Case: CoolerMaster Elite 430

OS: Windows 8 64 bit

Thanks for the help guys

I'd say go for slightly more powerful video card. Maybe a gtx 760 or even a 650 Ti boost. You can look how they stack up with other competing cards here. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-7.html

Rest of the stuff seems okay. You could do away with ivy bridge processor and spend the money you save on video card. I am sure someone can throw some light on that. All the best :)

Im fine with just getting a gtx 760. It will add about $90. The only dilemna is will that fit in my case still and will a 650 watt power supply still be enough?

Otherwise I could go in between the 2 and get the GTX 660. Its about $190 so 40 more than the 650 ti

More powerful card like suggested would be a good idea. A band name PSU like a Corsair, Antec or OCZ may be wise as well. 650w is plenty powerful but dunno about the brand.

Also since most of this stuff is mid range, you could probably build an AMD based machine with similar performance and save 100-150 bucks. You could invest that in to an SSD boot drive.

Not a bad build but i recommend AMD processors for budget build because of the fact that they Can nearly half the Price of Intel's and just under the power of Intel's
I.E. AMD fx-8350 8-core 4.0ghz (OC 4.2ghz) for $200 compared to an Intel i7 4770k quad-core 3.7ghz (OC to 3.9ghz) for $300
Not only is the AMD processor better but it is cheaper, I highly recommend u go with AMD if you are just Starting in the PC world.

Alo if you dont mind some extra noise in your case i Recommend Going with a 1000w power supply and there are reasonably priced ones out there, as I have one and i only paid $100 for it.

Do NOT use that PSU. That's nothing but CompUSA/TigerDirect's branded PSU from Andyson.

Take Disolitude's advice. You do not want to leave the 1 component that can fry everything in your system to the lowest bidder.

And do not purchase a 1000 watt PSU.  You'll kill the efficiency.    Use a PSU calculator and then plan for 20% overhead.

http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp

Yeah change the power supply to a brand name, id recommend corsair :) 650 watt is perfectly fine for your build. Don't go for a 1000watt! That will be ridiculous.

Up the GPU as others have mentioned. The following GPU's are considerably better than the one you chose but not that much more expensive: HD7850, HD7870, GTX660, GTX 660ti, GTX 760

Everything else seems fine to me. If you decide to go with AMD then you need to repick your mobo obviously.

Personally id stick with the i5 its not overly expensive and it performs great. Worth the money imo.

I would third (?) the advise to get a named brand power supply, it is important that you don't try and save money there

I would recommend a 760 or 660, but certainly upgrade from a 650 ti, it is definitely worth the money

Looking at that build, the only bottleneck is the graphics card, you could stick a 780 in there and not change anything except the power and the 780 would still be the bottleneck

Anyway, I would massively recommend a small SSD boot drive, though I am not hugely familiar with AMD, I went with Intel/Nvidia for my build