£650 Student Build Advice

[NotKieran]

Hi, so I'm completely new to building computers etc and have around £650 (I'm in the UK) to build a pc for light-medium gaming (Skyrim, league of legends, Civ V). Honestly just want suggestions and opinions on my build so far and any general advice you have. I'm a fan of the case due to the noise reduction and airflow, I don't fancy overclocking so I went for the i5-6500. Think it's worth it? I know AMD is cheaper and 'better' for budget builds but I'd like to be able to upgrade through the Intel path honestly.

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/4WXVhM
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/4WXVhM/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£169.45 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Asus Z170M-PLUS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£100.66 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£32.76 @ Novatech) 
Storage: Crucial BX200 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£53.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 4GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card  (£181.70 @ More Computers) 
Case: Fractal Design Define S ATX Mid Tower Case  (£61.99 @ Novatech) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£74.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £675.53
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
 

[Starelementpoke]

5 minutes ago, NotKieran said:

Hi, so I'm completely new to building computers etc and have around £650 (I'm in the UK) to build a pc for light-medium gaming (Skyrim, league of legends, Civ V). Honestly just want suggestions and opinions on my build so far and any general advice you have. I'm a fan of the case due to the noise reduction and airflow, I don't fancy overclocking so I went for the i5-6500. Think it's worth it? I know AMD is cheaper and 'better' for budget builds but I'd like to be able to upgrade through the Intel path honestly.

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/4WXVhM
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/4WXVhM/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£169.45 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Asus Z170M-PLUS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£100.66 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£32.76 @ Novatech) 
Storage: Crucial BX200 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£53.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 4GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card  (£181.70 @ More Computers) 
Case: Fractal Design Define S ATX Mid Tower Case  (£61.99 @ Novatech) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£74.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £675.53
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
 

It fine, but switch the 960 to a 380.

[sebz2]

240 gigs of storage? you have an extra HDD right?

[NotKieran]

Just now, sebz2 said:

240 gigs of storage? you have an extra HDD right?

Yeah I have a new 1TB already should have mentioned it

[sebz2]

Just now, NotKieran said:

Yeah I have a new 1TB already should have mentioned it

thats a really good build!

[Starelementpoke]

Just now, NotKieran said:

Yeah I have a new 1TB already should have mentioned it

I should ask, any reason in particular that you need Nvidia?

[sebz2]

Though you might want to get a amd r9 380 - a bit cheaper/same price with better performance by about 5-10 fps on every game.

[NotKieran]

Just now, Starelementpoke said:

I should ask, any reason in particular that you need Nvidia?

No I just need the most 'power' I can get in the £160-£180 price range. http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/powercolor-video-card-axr93804gbd5ppdhe

 

I was originally planning on this until a friend told me to swap, more like it?

[Starelementpoke]

Just now, NotKieran said:

No I just need the most 'power' I can get in the £160-£180 price range. http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/powercolor-video-card-axr93804gbd5ppdhe

 

I was originally planning on this until a friend told me to swap, more like it?

Your friends an idiot. 380 will perform better than the 960.

[tataklee]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£144.99 @ Ebuyer) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 Evo 43.1 CFM CPU Cooler  (£16.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Asus B85M-GAMER Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£72.52 @ More Computers) 
Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£27.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£54.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card  (£249.95 @ More Computers) 
Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£28.49 @ Novatech) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£70.97 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £666.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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