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Hello!

 

I'm  new to PC building. I have put part list below. I want to know what I could change to save some money or which part is wrong. I put after market CPU cooler, because I've been reading that stock cooler is very loud.

 

Motherboard ATX: MSI 970A-G43 54.68 €
Case ATX: ZALMAN MIDI TOWER Z3 PLUS 34.95 €
CPU: AMD FX-6300 99.76 €
CPU Cooler: COOLER MASTER HYPER 212 EVO UNIVERSAL COOLER RR-212E-16PK-R1 27.23 €
GPU: Gigabyte AMD/?ATI Radeon R9 280 3GB GDDR5 PCIE GV-R928WF3OC-3GD 209.48 €
PSU: CHIEFTEC A-135 ATX2.3 80+ 650W APS-650CB 64.36 €
RAM: KINGSTON 4GB PC12800 DDR3 CL9 HYPERX BLU KHX1600C9D3B1/4G 36.57 € x2
SSD: Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB SATAIII SV300S37A/?120G 58.19 €
 
Total: 621.79 €
 
Thanks!
 
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You could save on the PSU, 500watts is even more than enough.

And also, the SSD you currently have is a bad one, get a Samsung 840 Evo or AData Premier Pro for example.

 

Also if you're 1080p gaming you could get a R9 270x instead of the 280 to save a bit and put the money you've saved towards a better case ( I hate Zalman ) or a better CPU/motherboard ( FX 8320 with a 990FX board for example so you can overclock and have a better CPU in general ).

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seems decent just change the psu and ssd

My Rig  

 
PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/kGNksY

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($379.00 @ shopRBC) 

CPU Cooler: RAIJINTEK THEMIS 65.7 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($34.99 @ NCIX) 

Motherboard: MSI CSM-H87M-G43 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($78.83 @ DirectCanada) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($139.99 @ Memory Express) 

Storage: Kingston Fury 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($71.34 @ DirectCanada) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($92.95 @ Vuugo) 

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card  ($298.98 @ Newegg Canada) 

Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($125.98 @ Newegg Canada) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($66.99 @ NCIX) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit)  ($116.00 @ shopRBC) 

Case Fan: Cougar Turbine 120 (4-Pack) 60.4 CFM 120mm  Fans  ($23.99 @ NCIX) 

Monitor: HP 22xi 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  ($187.11 @ Amazon Canada) 

Monitor: HP 22xi 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  ($187.11 @ Amazon Canada) 

Keyboard: Logitech G710 Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($114.99 @ NCIX) 

Mouse: Razer DeathAdder 2013 Wired Optical Mouse  ($76.99 @ Amazon Canada) 

Headphones: Kingston HyperX Cloud Pro Headset  ($78.98 @ DirectCanada) 

Total: $2074.22

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when availableGenerated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-10 15:33 EDT-0400Build log http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/303263-the-dell-from-hell/#entry4121100 

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Yeah I would replace your PSU with the CX500M 500 watt PSU. It's 500 watts which is more then enough for that build and is modular. I have one it's very solid. Also pump that up to 8 GB of RAM. 4 Is barely enough for now and will NOT be enough in the near future. I'd suggest some G.skill ripjaw or sniper branded RAM It's cheap it performs well and a is very reputable brand. Other then that, it's a good solid build man.

My Rig "Corsair air 540, MSI Z87-G45, i5 4670k, EVGA ACX 780, Gskill sniper 2x8gb 1866 memory, Corsair CX500m modular 80+ bronze, corsiar h100i, toshiba 1.5tb HDD." / Peripherals "Acer H226HQLbid Black 21.5" (Main monitor), Acer S200HLAbd Black 20" (auxiliary), Razer blackwidow ultimate 2013, razer naga 2013, razer goliathus 444x355 speed edition, Sennheiser HD8 DJs"

 

 

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Changes based on recommendations:

GPU: ASUS AMD/ATI RADEON R9 270X 2GB GDDR5 PCIE R9270X-DC2-2GD5 168.17 €

SSD: Samsung SSD 840 EVO 120GB SATAIII MZ-7TE120BW 73.61 €

PSU: CORSAIR BUILDER CX500M ATX2.3 80+ 500W 57.39 €

 

Does these are too good options?

SSD: SANDISK X110 128GB SATAIII SD6SB1M-128G-1022I 64.00 €

PSU: Fortron ATX 2.3 500W 85+ FSP500-60APN 85+ 38.60 €

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