Opinion on this build

[Rafferz]

So, my friend has a budget of around £1320 (I know it's an awkward amount) but can you guys check over this, he will be primarily using it for gaming and some really light editing.

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/nCLpTW

Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/nCLpTW/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£239.99 @ Aria PC)

Motherboard: MSI Z97-Gaming 3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£89.99 @ Ebuyer)

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£33.86 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£47.75 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.64 @ Amazon UK)

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390X 8GB Video Card (£340.75 @ More Computers)

Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (Black/Orange) ATX Mid Tower Case (£72.46 @ CCL Computers)

Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£90.75 @ Dabs)

Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.64 @ Amazon UK)

Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN881ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£12.95 @ CCL Computers)

Monitor: Dell U2515H 60Hz 25.0" Monitor (£244.99 @ Ebuyer)

Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse (£24.95 @ Amazon UK)

Headphones: Kingston HyperX Cloud II 7.1 Channel Headset (£73.50 @ Amazon UK)

Total: £1323.22

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-28 21:37 GMT+0000

[Aytex]

replace that 390x with a 980 if the price is about the same and your playing on 1080p

if not then a 390x would be better for 1440p or 4k

[Streetguru]

So, my friend has a budget of around £1320 (I know it's an awkward amount) but can you guys check over this, he will be primarily using it for gaming and some really light editing.

I'd go skylake if it's avalible and the price difference isn't much

maybe drop down to a 390 if it's signifigantly cheaper.

 

It looks fine otherwise

The CM devestator combo's mouse is terrible for competitive gaming due to it's lift off distance, highly innaccurate when you want to reposition the mouse on your mouse pad.

As for the headset...