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I'm building a pc, any possible improvements to this build? if so i would love to hear how you would change it.

 

What is your intended use for this build? The more details the better.

Predominantly Gaming.

If gaming, what kind of performance are you looking for? (Screen resolution, FPS, game settings)

60 Fps, doesn't have to be Maxed Settings. 1920 x 1080

What is your budget (ballpark is okay)?

£650

In what country are you purchasing your parts?

United Kingdom

 

This is my part picker: PCPartPicker part list

CPU Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor £176.34 @ Aria PC

Motherboard ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard £57.77 @ Scan.co.uk

Memory Corsair XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory £43.60 @ Ebuyer

Storage Sandisk X110 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive £39.98 @ Novatech

Storage Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive £37.80 @ Aria PC

Video Card Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Vapor-X Video Card £179.98 @ CCL Computers

Case Fractal Design Define R4 (Arctic White) ATX Mid Tower Case £68.03 @ More Computers

Power Supply SeaSonic EVO Edition 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply £69.11 @ CCL Computers

 Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts    

Total £672.61

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-04 15:53 BST+0100

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Definitelly a good build. No chance of getting a 970 right? I very much prefer NVidia ATM and then 970 is an awesome card, try to fit one onto the budget. If not, its a very good build, go  for it.

Planning on trying StarCitizen (Highly recommended)? STAR-NR5P-CJFR is my referal link 

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I think that's a pretty great build for the price. But have you thought of an AMD processor, Price to performance wise there pretty solid with something like a FX8350. You would obviously have to change the motherboard as well. Hoped i was of help, not posted much at all on this site :)

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£141.54 @ Aria PC)

Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 V2 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£39.37 @ Scan.co.uk)

Memory: Corsair XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£43.60 @ Ebuyer)

Storage: Sandisk X110 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£39.98 @ Novatech)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.80 @ Aria PC)

Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (£251.96 @ Scan.co.uk)

Case: Fractal Design Arc Mini R2 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£61.27 @ Amazon UK)

Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£47.73 @ Amazon UK)

Total: £663.25

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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Steve

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£141.54 @ Aria PC)

Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 V2 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£39.37 @ Scan.co.uk)

Memory: Corsair XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£43.60 @ Ebuyer)

Storage: Sandisk X110 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£39.98 @ Novatech)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.80 @ Aria PC)

Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (£251.96 @ Scan.co.uk)

Case: Fractal Design Arc Mini R2 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£61.27 @ Amazon UK)

Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£47.73 @ Amazon UK)

Total: £663.25

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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And Cake comes to save the day. :D

Planning on trying StarCitizen (Highly recommended)? STAR-NR5P-CJFR is my referal link 

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I think that's a pretty great build for the price. But have you thought of an AMD processor, Price to performance wise there pretty solid with something like a FX8350. You would obviously have to change the motherboard as well. Hoped i was of help, not posted much at all on this site :)

A big fan of intel over amd cpus. Nice to hear a second opinion 

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Dont get an AMD CPU, the gaming performance is not that great at all. THe 8350 is good for video editing, but you are not gonna use it that way, so its not worth.

Planning on trying StarCitizen (Highly recommended)? STAR-NR5P-CJFR is my referal link 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£141.54 @ Aria PC)

Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 V2 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£39.37 @ Scan.co.uk)

Memory: Corsair XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£43.60 @ Ebuyer)

Storage: Sandisk X110 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£39.98 @ Novatech)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.80 @ Aria PC)

Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (£251.96 @ Scan.co.uk)

Case: Fractal Design Arc Mini R2 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£61.27 @ Amazon UK)

Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£47.73 @ Amazon UK)

Total: £663.25

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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Nice build. ty for the help

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