Building new PC. Are any of these parts holding each other back?

[MCMXCIX]

My current PC setup is thus:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-4300 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor ($119.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 EXTREME4 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB Video Card ($116.97 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.98 @ Outlet PC)
Power Supply: Rosewill Green 530W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($44.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $566.90
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2012-11-18 05:12 EST-0500)
$570 is my max. I'm reusing mouse, keyboard, speakers, and monitor (for now). I have a Windows 8 Upgrade ISO already formatted onto a flash drive. According to the site, there were no known conflictions. I made sure to do the obvious matching of CPU and MoBo. I'm checking deals at Newegg, Fry's, and Slickdeals, but if I can't find anything better to jump at, this is what I plan on getting.

I'm good at using computers, but don't know much about the parts, and most of my knowledge came over the past week from this forum. What I want to know is if I can downgrade any of the pieces and then upgrade another for a net gain in performance with no price increase. Maybe worse CPU for better GPU, or vice versa. Or worse Motherboard for better anything. I don't really need more than 500GB storage, and I doubt I'm gonna need more than 8GB of RAM.

PS: Thanks in advance for responses, especially by those who've had to deal with a bunch of my questions lately. I'm slowly but surely learning!

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i'd say wait abit untill chaud got his nice blackfriday deal thread up and running again.
also for a gaming rig AMD cpu shouldn't be first choice, mircocenter nearby maybe? (saw a $99,99 instore offer for a i5-2500k which is awesome)

edit: http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...spx?sku=200121

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Whenever i see threads like this i wish i could help! but i am in the same boat as you ^^ good at playing da games but suck at fixing em... i wish you the best luck none the less

[MCMXCIX]

i'd say wait abit untill chaud got his nice blackfriday deal thread up and running again.
also for a gaming rig AMD cpu shouldn't be first choice, mircocenter nearby maybe? (saw a $99,99 instore offer for a i5-2500k which is awesome)

edit: http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...spx?sku=200121

There's one that's kinda nearby, but we've been having some car troubles lately so it's not an option unless I wanna take the bus. And I did some searches, and the fx-4300 beats the i3 3220, which are both in same price range.

Damn, it's not nearby, and the one nearby is out. Is a really good deal...

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check friends/relatives?
also yes amd has higher performance in benchmarks but not in actual games. (amd is kinda a lackbuster with reallife performance for certain applications and gaming is certainly one of those)
also a whole rig second hand can also work wonders ,during a time of people being short on cash.