IgnorantBastrd

congrats! the rig is good for now, just don't fotget to get a mousepad!

AMD doesn't update drivers quite as often as Nvidia, but they've ramped it up a little. More importantly, AMD doesn't seem to be introducing as many bugs with their driver updates as Nvidia. So I wouldn't worry about that aspect of it.
 
Of course you can get cards cheaper used, but that's not a fair comparison to retail cards.
 
Vega cards, when they're around MSRP, are worth the cost. Even more so if you also factor in a Freesync monitor.

We didn't get that model here in the states (at least not with that 2.5 liter engine, we got the 3.5 liter), but in general, the G-Series Infinitis are pretty reliable cars.  They can be kind of expensive as far as maintenance goes, but that's the nature of owning a "luxury" car with a complex engine design.  Here in the states (probably the same everywhere but idk) luxury car parts are more expensive than their "non-luxury" counterparts.  Even if the parts are the same, Acura parts are more expensive than Honda parts, Lexus parts are more expensive than Toyota, and Infiniti parts are more expensive than Nissan.
 
You will always run into the same issue with any used car though, and that issue is whether or not the car has been taken care of.  I ran into this issue with my latest car.  I thought I was getting a good deal but the guy I bought it off of lied about pretty much all of the work he said was done to the car, and I got stuck dumping about 3 grand into my Lexus.

What's nice about cable management is you can always go back and mess with it later on pretty easily.

Hi 
Got some of the painting done today mostly the skin and nails on the hand. 
and will do the rest in the morning. 


Thanks again for stopping by. 

This looks utterly rediculous... Carry on.

plz get SSD... SSD will make Korean guy happy.

So about two months ago I made a post on here asking for suggestions regarding the rebuild of my "old" gaming pc.  In that post I was trying to decide between the Cooler Master MasterCase Pro 5, and the NZXT Noctis 450.  I got some great feedback and I eventually settled on the MasterCase, however, after spending the time working on it and moving it around and troubleshooting regular custom build issues, I decided that the MasterCase was not the case for me.  It was far too heavy, a bit too big (Wasn't an issue when I first decided on it but it became one), and even though it captured my attention on the internet, I didn't think it looked particularly good in person.  So after a little more research (and a bit more money) I decided I would go back to corsair and now I've ended up with the Carbide 400C, and I couldn't be happier.
 
I carried over my 4690k, GTX 970 Strix, SSDs and HDD from my last build, which was in a Corsair C70 Vengeance case.  Now my main reasons for doing this rebuild is #1. I wanted something new and it's tax season so, hey why not. #2. I wanted to even up the color scheme, my last build was black and red with a little too much chrome, in a green case, with a black optical drive, and to me it just didn't look very clean.  #3. And finally, I wanted to properly match all of the brands that I'm using in the pc itself (quite a vain endeavor I know but it was kind of bothering me.)
 
My previous build as I've posted before was running:
i5 4690k Processor
CoolerMaster Hyper D92 Cpu Cooler
16GB Kingston HyperX Black RAM
MSi Z97-G45 Gaming Motherboard
Asus 970 Strix
Corsair CX600M PSU (it actually blew up a little bit as it turns out and I didn't know until I started building the new tower.)
2x  128GB Kingston HyperX 3k SSD
1x 2TB WD Black HDD
Corsair C70 Vengeance Case in O.D. Green
 
For my new build I ended up with:
i5 4690k (Carried over)
Corsair H100i v2 Cpu Cooler
16GB Kingston HyperX Black (Carried over)
Asus Z97 Pro-Gamer Motherboard
Asus 970 Strix (Carried over)
850W EVGA SuperNova G2 PSU
2x 128GB Kingston HyperX 3K SSD (Carried over)
1x 2TB WD Black HDD (Carried over)
Corsair Carbide 400C Case
 
Now, if I had paid more attention to CES coverage and such I probably would have known about the 400C's release and would have just waited for it in the first place, but I only learned of it after I had ordered my MasterCase and just thought "oh well", but after spending some time with the MasterCase I decided it wasn't really what I was looking for and decided to go for the Corsair.  And even though I spent way more than I needed to, I'm pretty happy with that decision.  The new case is actually pretty easy to work in even though it's actually a fairly small mid-tower, the only real trouble I've had so far is with getting the back panel on with all of the wires in, as there isn't much space in between.  
Over the last few days I've been working on the final touches like cable management/organization, as well as painting the silver inserts on the h100i, (I had read that the colored inserts weren't released yet on like 4 different forums/stores but sure enough I found them last night and they're on the way now lol),  All that's really left on my list of things to do is get a cable kit from either cablemod or EVGA (Going for the red cables of course), maybe get an external bluray player for when I want to watch movies that I haven't ripped onto a harddrive, and I was maybe thinking of getting a 16Gb kit of Kingston Savage in order to enable XMP while OC'ing.  I'm still kind of debating with myself as to whether I'm going to get another 970 for SLI or if I'll just get a 980ti but that's pretty far down the road right now.  That all being said.  Time for pics.
 
Now I do have to apologize as I didn't get any pics during the assembly process, I kind of just got into the groove and threw it together while listening to the WAN show on my phone.

 
Now as much as I do like the simple look that the 400C offers, I did think that it was missing a little something extra, and since I'm barely even an amateur with paint, I decided I'd get a sticker pack and stickerbomb the front panel.  I even found some cool metal Corsair Stickers online to replace the painted on logo (though it's kinda hard to see in this picture.)

 
Throughout picking up parts for the new tower I also bought all new peripherals.  I ended up getting a Logitech G710 Blue Keyboard, (painted the little blue part black to match everything else), Logitech G600 MMO Mouse (I also picked up a few of the "Glorious PC Gaming Race" mouse pads to cover my entire desk space), Kingston HyperX Cloud Headset (definitely would recommend these first if they're in your price range), an Asus VG248QE 144Hz monitor as my primary monitor, and an Asus VE248H 60Hz Monitor as my secondary.  I actually bought a dual monitor stand to use with these but even though the stand was pretty much perfect, the mounting position for vesa on the VE was a little bit higher than the position on the VG making them impossible to line up properly so unfortunately that's getting sent back as well and I'll just settle for the stock monitor stands.
 

 
So that's pretty much it for this build.  There may be a few things to update on down the road but for the most part, it's finished.  Let me know what you guys think or if you have any questions,  I'd be glad to answer them.  Thanks .

Lets not go with that PSU you have 

Well, might as well sell my xbone now lol.

Why not invest in a good pair of headphones and then add a ModMic to it? This would let you choose what kind of headset you want with the sound quality and comfort without sacrificing quality of either the sound or the mic. 

Want some engine with your turbo mate?    
 
In all seriousness though, looking forward to the build.  Seems like you've got some really good ideas.
 
Would like to see more about the car as well, those FD rx7s are things of beauty.

You're not gonna get very much power or upgrade-ability for 530$ if you buy new tbh.  For gaming you would probably be able to make something half-decent near that price range but nothing amazing and certainly nothing good for rendering/editing.
 
Here's what I got close to your budget.
 
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($115.89 @ OutletPC) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($24.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock H81M Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($59.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($37.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card  ($164.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($36.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($71.00 @ Newegg) 
Total: $561.62
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-11 01:32 EST-0500

Why wont you buy nvidia gpus anymore?

Those boards are gaudy as hell.
 
I want one.

I'll take that $25 thanks 

Well someone lost $25

The quality of this build is simply astonishing.  Subbed.

The quality of this build is simply astonishing.  Subbed.

Dear loyal subjects,
 
One has around 1,220 pounds sterling to build a new PC, however one would like to check with those skilled in the knowledge of PC building if this list of components is acceptable. One would also like to hear any suggestions in terms of price to performance.
 
The components are as follows;
 
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ATX Mid Tower case - Black CPU: Intel Quad Core i7 4790k Motherboard: MSI Z97 Gaming 5 GPU: MSI R9 390X 8GB Power Supply: Corsair RMx 750watt, GOLD, Fully modular SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB OS: Windows 10 Home  
One already has adequate peripherals, and we have previously bought Corsair Pro Vengeance 2x8GB DDR3 RAM so RAM isn't necessary in this purchase.
 
Thank you kindly for your time and help.

I'd recommend saving some more and going for a build like this.  I tried to keep the price down as best I could but for gaming and rendering you're at least going to want a quad core, 8GB of ram is all you'll need for gaming but for rendering you might want some more, and for the money I think the 380 or a 380x is a very good option.
 
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£143.99 @ Novatech) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£25.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£73.92 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£30.48 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£65.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card  (£184.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£59.99 @ Novatech) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£70.97 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £656.30
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-04 08:47 GMT+0000

Looks good to me.

Would probably be best to buy used if you're looking for something to mess around with without worrying too much about breaking anything.  

Unless someone repeatedly smacks you over the head with them, you should be fine.