Building a gaming PC

[neil121]

Does this build look good? any suggestions to make it better or save money on it?

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/HftJD3

[SeanAngelo]

Does this build look good? any suggestions to make it better or save money on it?

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/HftJD3

did some changes

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£179.99 @ Amazon UK) 

CPU Cooler: be quiet! PURE ROCK 87.0 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£22.74 @ Aria PC) 

Thermal Compound: Arctic Cooling MX4 4g Thermal Paste  (£3.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£88.76 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£48.52 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£32.40 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 290X 4GB Direct CU II Video Card  (£227.15 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case  (£39.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£63.31 @ Amazon UK) 

Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer  (£9.59 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN881ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  (£12.98 @ Aria PC) 

Case Fan: Arctic Cooling AFACO-120P2-GBA01 74.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  (£2.72 @ Ebuyer) 

Monitor: BenQ GL2250HM 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  (£91.48 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Total: £823.62

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-24 13:51 BST+0100

[panwala95]

You dont need thermal paste

It comes preapplied

[panwala95]

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/4gb-zotac-gtx-970-7010mhz-gddr5-gpu-1076mhz-boost-1216mhz-1664-cores-1x-dp-2x-dvi-1x-hdmi

Isnt this a better deal on the gpu considering you are getting two games free?

[neil121]

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/4gb-zotac-gtx-970-7010mhz-gddr5-gpu-1076mhz-boost-1216mhz-1664-cores-1x-dp-2x-dvi-1x-hdmi

Isnt this a better deal on the gpu considering you are getting two games free?

Radeon rewards gives you a better selection of games though,

also, the thermal paste that comes with the Cpu cooler isnt great according to some

[panwala95]

If you dont plan to overclock stock paste is fine

Btw another advantage of the 970 is low power consumption and better driver support

EDIT - with a 970 you easily get away by running it on a quality 500 W psu

[Guest Strangerbob]

i dont understand whats the point in building a gaming pc AT ALL, if you are going to use it through some 60hz TN garbage

 

 

makes me real sad; what a waste of money