[UK] Review My PC Build
The FX-6300 is just not a good choice. It has such poor single threaded performance that it will bottleneck the GTX 970 in lots of games. Plus the expensive (ish) mobo and need for a good aftermarket CPU cooler makes the platform unnecessarily expensive.
This build uses an i5-4460, which is only a tiny bit more for the platform since you can use a cheaper motherboard and the stock cooler. To compensate, I changed the PSU to the EVGA 500B since thats more than enough for this system and modularity is unnecessary with the hidden PSU compartment of the S340.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£130.94 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£64.74 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory (£69.23 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive (£79.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (£265.16 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£59.94 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£38.52 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: BenQ RL2455HM 60Hz 24.0" Monitor (£131.09 @ Scan.co.uk)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-N15 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£15.59 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £855.20
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-23 17:55 GMT+0000
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