First time build, please comment!

[LittleZhu]

My build:

CPU: i5 4690k

Graphics Card: MSI GTX 970

Motherboard: Asus Maximus VII Hero

Cooling: Corsair H100i

Case: NZXT H440

SSD: Samsung 840 Evo 120gb

Hard Drive: WD Blue 1tb

Ram: Hyperx Fury 8gb

Power Supply: Corsair cx 600w 80+ bronze

Its going to be used for gaming and the budget is around £1000.

Going to use 1 monitor, Asus vs248qe.

Please comment and help me! Ty

PC Partpicker: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/LittleZhu/saved/hXjqqs

[the jolly roger]

My build:

CPU: i5 4690k

Graphics Card: MSI GTX 970

Motherboard: Asus Maximus VII Hero

Cooling: Corsair: H100i

Case: NZXT H440

SSD: Samsung 840 Evo 120gb

Hard Drive: WD Blue 1tb

Ram: Hyperx Fury 8gb

Power Supply: Corsair cx 600w 80+ bronze

Please comment and help me! Ty

read the link in my sig, we need more info than just what you have in mind

 

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[Mao_Zedong]

Mostly good, but the motherboard is way overkill and the g.skill ram is a better value.

[LittleZhu]

Mostly good, but the motherboard is way overkill and the g.skill ram is a better value.

so what motherboard u have in mind asus maximus 6?

[Mao_Zedong]

so what motherboard u have in mind asus maximus 6?

This one will be just fine for much less. Don't get a z87 board, they're a big pain to work with. This is the ram I recommend.

[LittleZhu]

This one will be just fine for much less. Don't get a z87 board, they're a big pain to work with. This is the ram I recommend.

why is the hero overkill?

[Mao_Zedong]

why is the hero overkill?

Motherboards don't affect performance at all once you get to a decent point. Even the performance difference from a very cheap one and a very expensive one will be very low. It is much better to just spend your money on something else that will actually affect performance. If you have s super expensive build, it may be worth it to get a more expensive board, but for it to be worth it, you would need to be going x99 and dual to triple 980s where there is nothing better to upgrade IMO. You can get a motherboard like the MSI gaming board that will perform just as well, look around as good, and will have all the features, but for a decent amount cheaper.

[neillien]

Yep, get an MSI Z97 motherboard, and the money you save on the Hero put towards a better PSU like https://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-220g20750xr

[LittleZhu]

Updated http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/LrGgpg

This is the final build, is it ok? If yes, i will purchase the parts.

Plz give me feedback.

[Guest]

I would go with an Air cooler over a H100i for the i5 4690K.

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£167.50 @ Amazon UK) 

CPU Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC14PE_BK 78.1 CFM CPU Cooler  (£67.37 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-G1.SNIPER Z97 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£118.76 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£76.17 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card  (£289.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Case: NZXT H440 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£86.66 @ Ebuyer) 

Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£87.60 @ Amazon UK) 

Other: TeamGroup Vulcan Red Ram (£68.69)

Total: £1002.73

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-07 14:08 GMT+0000

[LittleZhu]

Any more comments?

[stconquest]

Hey since you saved money on the board, why not 16GB of RAM...

 

just saying =)

 

Your build looks great BTW...Goodluck with it =)

 

I also like Veteran's recommendation for a 256GB SSD.  You might wanna throw some games on it.