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NiteTF2
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So I want to upgrade my PC on black friday, I currently have this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
 
CPU: AMD FX-4350 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Motherboard: MSI 760GM-P21 (FX) Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Memory: Team Elite Plus 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Monitor: Acer K242HL Bbid 60Hz 24.0" Monitor 
Other: AMD Radeon HD 6670 (Purchased)
Other: Windows 7 Home (64-Bit) (Purchased)
Other: Galaxy Bubble (Purchased)
Total: £0.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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(Case comes with a 450W PSU)

I'm looking to upgrade to something like this:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£169.40 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£64.74 @ Aria PC) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£34.43 @ Ebuyer) 
Memory: Team Elite Plus 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£63.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card  (£164.92 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£56.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Monitor: Acer K242HL Bbid 60Hz 24.0" Monitor  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Other: Windows 7 Home (64-Bit) (Purchased)
Other: Galaxy Bubble (Purchased)
Total: £554.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-11 09:46 BST+0100

Would this work? Is there anyway to make this cheaper?

6600K / 16GB Corsair LPX DDR4-2400 / Gigabyte Z270X Ultra Gaming / EVGA GTX 980 / Corsair 460x

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Get a i5-4690k with that motherboard.

      CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.8GHz Moherboard: MSI Z97 SLI Krait Edition Memory: HyperX FURY White 24GB DDR3 1866MHz GPU: Asus GTX 970 Turbo

             PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 750w SSD: Crucial MX200 250GB HDD: WB Blue 1TB Monitor: (2x) BenQ GL2460HM 24-Inch Case: NZXT S340 White

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you dont want to get a cx power supply for what looks like a gaming build

 

get something from seasonic or xfx or a evga gs or g2 (500-550 watts is plenty)

 

you also dont need a z97 board for a locked cpu and 16 gbs of ram is a bit overkill unless youre doing content creation

CPU: i5 6600k @ 4.6 ghz  Motherboard: Asus z170-a  Cooling: Corsair h80i GT GPU: EVGA GTX 970  Ram: G.Skill 2x8 gb ddr4 2400  PSU: EVGA G2 Supernova 550w  Case: Corsair 200r Storage: 250GB 850 EVO + 2x wd 1 tb drives

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CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£142.31 @ More Computers) 

Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty H97 Performance ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£79.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: Team Elite Plus 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  (Purchased For £0.00) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£67.00 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (Purchased For £0.00) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card  (£164.92 @ Aria PC) 

Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£59.34 @ Amazon UK) 

Monitor: Acer K242HL Bbid 60Hz 24.0" Monitor  (Purchased For £0.00) 

Other: Galaxy Bubble (Purchased)

Total: £513.56

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-11 09:50 BST+0100

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How does this look:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£179.95 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£67.91 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£34.43 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£63.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card  (£164.92 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: Fractal Design Integra M 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£46.98 @ Novatech) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Monitor: Acer K242HL Bbid 60Hz 24.0" Monitor 
Other: Windows 7 Home (64-Bit) (Purchased)
Other: Galaxy Bubble (Purchased)
Total: £558.18
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-11 09:59 BST+0100

6600K / 16GB Corsair LPX DDR4-2400 / Gigabyte Z270X Ultra Gaming / EVGA GTX 980 / Corsair 460x

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now you have a h97 and a k series cpu lol also dont know anything about that psu i would go with something like this 

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£179.95 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£64.74 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£63.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card  (£164.92 @ Aria PC) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Other: Windows 7 Home (64-Bit) (Purchased)
Other: Galaxy Bubble (Purchased)
Total: £571.45
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-11 10:10 BST+0100

CPU: i5 6600k @ 4.6 ghz  Motherboard: Asus z170-a  Cooling: Corsair h80i GT GPU: EVGA GTX 970  Ram: G.Skill 2x8 gb ddr4 2400  PSU: EVGA G2 Supernova 550w  Case: Corsair 200r Storage: 250GB 850 EVO + 2x wd 1 tb drives

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now you have a h97 and a k series cpu lol also dont know anything about that psu i would go with something like this 

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£179.95 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£64.74 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£63.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card  (£164.92 @ Aria PC) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Other: Windows 7 Home (64-Bit) (Purchased)
Other: Galaxy Bubble (Purchased)
Total: £571.45
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-11 10:10 BST+0100

 

Oops... I swear I added that board to the list but apparently not :P

6600K / 16GB Corsair LPX DDR4-2400 / Gigabyte Z270X Ultra Gaming / EVGA GTX 980 / Corsair 460x

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