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[australiantechtips]

Hey,

I'm from australia and as you all know, everything here is incredibly overpriced. Thus, I have limited myself to a budget of $1300AUD

Currently, the build below is $152 over my budget. (The graphics card is $299 AUD) Could you guys evaluate this build, but also help me find a compromise to reduce the price to $1300. Thanks!

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($266.00 @ Centre Com) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212X 82.9 CFM CPU Cooler  ($43.00 @ IJK) 

Motherboard: Asus H97-PRO GAMER ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($165.00 @ CPL Online) 

Memory: G.Skill Sniper Gaming Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($157.00 @ IJK) 

Storage: Kingston Fury 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($139.00 @ CPL Online) 

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Vapor-X Video Card ($299.00 @ PCCASEGEAR) 

Case: NZXT S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($95.00 @ CPL Online) 

Power Supply: Silverstone Strider 600W 80+ Silver Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($119.00 @ CPL Online) 

External Storage: A-Data DashDrive Durable HD650 1TB External Hard Drive  ($99.00 @ CPL Online) 

Operating System: Windows 8.1 Pro Student ($70.00 @ Windows Store)

Total: $1452.00

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-23 13:15 AEST+1000

[007agentHP]

drop the cooler

drop the ssd, go hard drive

go with a lower tier h97 motherboard

go with a lower tier power supply

[australiantechtips]

Will the stock cpu cooler impact the systems performance when gaming or running engineering softwares?