If you are intending to game a lot, it is probably worth 1/3rd of your budget. The MSI variant is being delivered Monday for me (hopefully!). It is a difficult price point, but I'd go I5 4690, 16gb (look to upgrade to 32gb when you can) of name brand ddr3, Asrock, Asus, or Gigabyte (or maybe something else, don't know) z97 motherboard, seasonic, evga, or corsair 500+ W PSU, and maybe a fractal case.