How does this build look?

[c_marriott]

My girlfriends brother wants me to put together a PC for him and this is what I've come up with, what do you all think?

 

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

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

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£141.81 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: MSI H81M-E33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£35.84 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£32.86 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£34.98 @ Amazon UK) 

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card  (£159.98 @ Novatech) 

Case: BitFenix Prodigy M Midnight MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£62.49 @ Amazon UK) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£43.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224FB/RSMS DVD/CD Writer  (£11.42 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £523.37

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-07 18:27 GMT+0000

 

Anyone have any ideas of how to shave off a little bit of money as well? 

[Tedster]

It looks pretty good to me.

I'd throw in an SSD if I could. To shave off money: go for a cheaper case.

[The Official Czex]

Noice.

[ThinkWithPortals]

 

 

Looking good. An SSD would be a good addition (just not the Kingston V300) 

[c_marriott]

It looks pretty good to me.

I'd throw in an SSD if I could. To shave off money: go for a cheaper case.

 

Noice.

 

 

Looking good. An SSD would be a good addition (just not the Kingston V300) 

 

Was meant to be under £500 so adding an SSD isn't an option at the moment, maybe later on though

[yourdad165]

It looks pretty good to me.

I'd throw in an SSD if I could. To shave off money: go for a cheaper case.

Yeah SSDs are always good. I will always recommend adding one if you have extra money.

[kameshss]

Good one.

 

I'd add an SSD and get a cheaper case.

[ThinkWithPortals]

Was meant to be under £500 so adding an SSD isn't an option at the moment, maybe later on though

Ok. I recommend you do later on, it really does improve the whole experience. My PC boots in about 7 seconds.

Good luck with your build.

[c_marriott]

Good one.

 

I'd add an SSD and get a cheaper case.

 

He is pretty set on that case, one thing he definitely won't change no matter what

[Oshino Shinobu]

I would change out the PSU. The B1 series aren't very good. Something like this would be better http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1550sxxb9

[Stardar1]

you could swap for Source 210 and throw a SSD in there

[c_marriott]

I would change out the PSU. The B1 series aren't very good. Something like this would be better http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1550sxxb9

 

I've already spent a little bit too much, will the original PSU do anyway?

[themaniac]

inb4 you have a girlfriend share your secrets

 

looks good except for the power supply i would get this one better quality and just so you know in the future not all companies that sell psus like evga and corsair sell good ones 

 

EDIT: ninja'd

[Oshino Shinobu]

I've already spent a little bit too much, will the original PSU do anyway?

It will do. Which isn't really what you want from a PSU. 

 

You can save some money by switching over to a Seagate Barracuda drive and spending the savings on a better PSU. (which is only £7 more expensive. A small amount for the component powering everything)

[c_marriott]

It will do. Which isn't really what you want from a PSU. 

 

You can save some money by switching over to a Seagate Barracuda drive and spending the savings on a better PSU. (which is only £7 more expensive. A small amount for the component powering everything)

 

I'll see what I can find, if I can save a bit of money I'll definitely put it towards the PSU

[PCPartPickerPro9171787]

If you never plan in upgrading you can got AMD Anthlon CPU with a respective motherboard and save quite a bit. The R9 380 is just about the perfect match for the Anthlon for price to performance.