Is this a good combination for custum built computer?

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alex

Theses are the components;

-San Disk 256GB SSD
-Seasonic G series 550-watt power supply
-corsair carbide series 200r atx mid-tower case
-GeForce GTX 770 GPU
-Intel core i7-4770 CPU
-Asus Z87-K motherboard
-Crucial 8bgx2 Ram

Does anyone notice any bottle necking, not enough power, or incompatible products. Recomendations are great! I mostly play minecraft, possible some other games on steam, and I computer coding so alot of compiling code.

Also I am a little over budget so If I need to go back a little some where; where should that be?

Answer
No bottleneck whatsoever... The i7-4770 can take dual GTX 780ti or GTX Titans in SLI or two Radeon R9-290X in crossfire without bottleneck... Hell it will easily take next year's GTX 880 (two of them) in SLI without bottleneck... By the way, even i5-2500 can take a single GTX 770 without bottleneck...
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(A) CPU suggestions:
Do you have i7-4770 (non-K) or i7-4770K...? Since you have a Z87 motherboard, I would advise you get the i7-4770K (it is like USD 10 more) so you have the capability to overclock it in future... Also, do you plan on video editing, video rendering, photoshop, game engine dev kits like UDK and CryEngine 3...? The i7 will come in handy in these tasks thanks to hyperthreading (40% better than say an i5-4670K in these tasks)... But if this rig is solely for gaming, then an i5-4670K is more than enough... In fact, in gaming, there is only a 5% or so difference in performance between an i5 and i7... In most games, they are actually on par... i5-4670K can also handle dual GTX 780ti or GTX Titans in SLI or two Radeon R9-290X in crossfire without bottleneck... Again, next year's GTX 880 will also be no problem for it... I have seen an i5-2500K tested with a GTX 690 without issue... So i5-4670K will also probably handle dual GTX 880 in SLI no problem... I would downgrade to an i5-4670K if this is only for gaming... But if you do video editing, video rendering, photoshop, game engine dev kits like UDK and CryEngine 3, then get an i7-4770K...
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(B) GPU:
The GTX 770 can max out all games of 2013, including Crysis 3 and Metro Lat Light (two most demanding games this year) as well as most (if not all) extremely demanding titles of 2014 such as Watch Dogs and Witcher 3 on max detail settings at 1920x1080 with anti-aliasing no problem... Enjoy...
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(C) You might want to upgrade to a slightly stronger PSU... 650W with 50 Amps on the +12V rails is the weakest you should be getting considering you are purchasing a high end CPU and GPU... The Seasonic G Series 650W, Corsair VS650, Cooler Master GX 650 are the weakest PSUs you should be getting... All three are high quality and reputed...
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What upgrades should I look into to get my computer more gaming friendly?

Dork

I have a Dell Inspiron 570 with an AMD Sempron 140 Processor 2.70 GHz, 8GB RAM, and a 64-bit Operating System a la Windows 7 Home Premium. I know I will probably need a better processor, so any cost efficient suggestions? So far this ol' desktop of mine has a 4.4 rating. I wouldn't mind bumping that up.
Oh shnap forgot to add what my GPU was. My GPU is an ATI Radeon HD 4200.

Answer
Definitely looking at a processor upgrade.

Cost effective cpu upgrade would be the Athlon II X4 645. Goes for $59 w/o cooling fan on eBay. Fan goes for ~$25.99 (your Sempron cooler won't provide enough cooling).
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=Athlon+II+X4+645&_sacat=0&_from=R40

OR, you can get the Athlon II X4 640 w/fan at newegg for $80.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103871

You can pick up a Phenom II X4 955 w/o fan on eBay from $75 and up, but the gaming performance difference between it and the Athlon's above will be minimal.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=phenom+II+x+4+955&_nkwusc=Phenem+II+X4+955&_rdc=1

Dell Inspiron 570 specs
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/insp560mt/en/cs/cs_en.pdf

Gaming CPU Hierarchy Chart
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106-5.html

Your systems BIOS will need to be updated BEFORE YOU INSTALL THE NEW PROCESSOR to make sure it's recognized and fully functional. Here's the link-
http://search.dell.com/results.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&cat=sup&k=Inspiron+570+Desktop&rpp=12&p=1&subcat=dyd&rf=all&nk=f&ira=False&~srd=False&ipsys=False&advsrch=False

Your systems' integrated graphics will suck for most modern games, so if you want to install a graphics card, here's a link for
Best Graphics Cards For The Money: January 2013
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107.html

All of those cards will have different power requirements and your Dell's 300W power supply will likely need to be upgraded. Whichever card you decide on, you can find out it's power requirements from AMD's or nvidia's websites by searching, for example, Radeon HD 6670 or GeForce GTX 550 Ti and look under the System Requirements tab (for AMD) or Specifications tab (for nvidia).

Don't go cheap on the power supply, when cheap ones go bang they usually take other components with them. Almost anything from Antec, Corsair, Enermax, SeaSonic, Silverstone, OCZ or XFX would be a good choice.
http://www.eggxpert.com/forums/thread/323050.aspx

You can find a multitude of "how to" videos on youtube, for-
how to install a socket AM3 processor
how to install a power supply
how to install a graphics card

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