This is my first build and I'm incredibly pleased with how it turned out. I would like to thank /u/evilucius for suggesting the build!

Here is an album of pictures and screenshots.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

I plan on getting a second hard drive sometime in soon but for now the ssd will suit me just fine.

Actually being able to play the games I own in steam is amazing. I had a few scares along the way of building the computer. The first was coming home from work when I knew the boxes had arrived, hoping they weren't 'missing'. It was so relieving to see them all. The next was after I had done some cable management and taken pictures of the computer. I put it back together and plugged in my monitor and booted it up. I tried to load up DayZ only to find that I was getting 5-8 fps on the settings I had previously been getting 60 fps. I opened back up my computer and was frantically looking for something that I might have not plugged in. I couldn't find anything and it dawned on me that I might have actually broken something. I spent a good hour trying to figure it out. Finally I googled it. I had plugged my monitor into my motherboard instead of my graphics card... I felt like such an idiot but I was so relieved it was something as simple as that and no harm was actually done.

Also to end it, just a quick question. I admittedly haven't done any research on overclocking, but could I on this machine? I'm in no rush to and really don't need to but I'm just curious after noticing an "Overclock Edition" sticker on my graphics card box.