PC Build for Friend - am I doing anything terribly wrong?

[Tedster]

Hey guys, I'm trying to help my friend build a gaming PC...mostly for gaming. You could argue that 16GB of RAM is unnecessary - but I think that with how cheap DDR3 is these days it's worth going for more when you can.

He already has the peripherals he would need for it and everything like that accomodated.

He wanted the tower to look badass - when I showed him cases he decided that he really liked the red H440 (color theme be red). I also showed him the Hue+ and he really wanted that.

 

"BUH 390 IS FASTER AND CHEAPER" - he really wants an Nvidia card.
"BUH YOU CAN GO CHEAPER WITH THE COOLING" - he really wants a nice AIO.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£172.00 @ Amazon UK) 

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£90.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£94.99 @ Ebuyer) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£63.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£56.00 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£52.66 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card  (£265.98 @ Amazon UK) 

Case: NZXT H440 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£89.50 @ Aria PC) 

Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  (£55.56 @ CCL Computers) 

Other: NZXT Hue+ (£54.99)

Total: £996.66

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-27 21:58 GMT+0000

 

Anything terribly wrong?

 

Overall budget: £1000

 

Edit: fixed my stupidity.

[Master Disaster]

@Tedster Yep, no PSU...

[Tedster]

@Tedster Yep, no PSU...

ooh it was there before...

Fixed. Was looking at incomplete list.

[Decon]

ooh it was there before...

Fixed. Was looking at incomplete list.

 

beg him to drop the AIO and stretch for a GTX 980

 

other than that this looks good

[Tedster]

beg him to drop the AIO and stretch for a GTX 980

 

other than that this looks good

Pretty sure he cares more about the aesthetics than performance or the potential issues with the 3.5GB thing.

And thanks.

[boarder2k7]

You could argue that 16GB of RAM is unnecessary - but I think that with how cheap DDR3 is these days it's worth going for more when you can.

I'd argue that 16 GB is the minimum I'd accept in a new PC.

Looking forward to the 48 GB life myself.

[Darth-Marius]

looks good!

[Tedster]

I'd argue that 16 GB is the minimum I'd accept in a new PC.

Looking forward to the 48 GB life myself.

Hardcore. I was almost comfortable with 24GB before one of my 4GB sticks died, and 32GB is definitely going to be enough for a while.

 

Also, went to an H110i GT because it's cheaper and it's bigger. And according to people on the internet who've run it in the case it still works fine.

[MerlinGineer]

If you're out for a badass looking AiO cooler that will perform for reasonable price, this is your match:

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835203017