Build opinions

[Felix381]

Hey guy's I've designed a build and I was wondering how good it will run games like csgo and the forest? I would like to record and also use more demanding games, just to save people time I'm not gonna use an amd gpu, but apart from that feel free to leave suggestions, thanks in advance

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£169.79 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£33.17 @ More Computers) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£64.89 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£37.98 @ Novatech) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card  (£269.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£58.14 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£74.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Monitor: BenQ XL2411Z 144Hz 24.0" Monitor  (£207.96 @ Amazon UK) 
Headphones: Kingston HyperX Cloud II 7.1 Channel Headset  (£74.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Other: MSI Z170-A PC MATE (£86.99)
Other: AZIO MGK-1 Mechanical Keyboard (£48.99)
Other: Mouse  (£9.99)
Total: £1137.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-12 15:56 GMT+0000

[LawrenceBarnes2013]

-Get a single 8GB RAM stick 

-This is coming from an nvidia fanboy, even though the 970 is beast, you really should consider the 390/390X, similar price, better performance specially at high res with AA cranked up through the roof 

[nskceaj]

4 minutes ago, LawrenceBarnes2013 said:

-Get a single 8GB RAM stick 

-This is coming from an nvidia fanboy, even though the 970 is beast, you really should consider the 390/390X, similar price, better performance specially at high res with AA cranked up through the roof 

Why single 8GB Stick ?

[Moonzy]

20 minutes ago, Felix381 said:

 

overkill psu wattage but thats fine if you're fine with paying slightly more for what u dont need

 

if you plan to upgrade ram in the future, get a single 8gb stick like lawrence said, i regret getting 2x4gb myself T.T

[LawrenceBarnes2013]

5 minutes ago, nskceaj said:

Why single 8GB Stick ?

Expandability, if you get two 4GB sticks you'll be limited to a total of 16GB unless you remove those sticks, toss em in the bin and add in a new set

[Moonzy]

2 minutes ago, nskceaj said:

Why single 8GB Stick ?

my experience is that after fitting my cpu cooler (dark rock pro 3), the heatpipes blocked the 2nd set of ram's slot, so im stuck with one set of ram and i already filled with 2.4gb

so in order to upgrade to 16gb, i either have to turn my cooler sideways (with the word not in the right way, ill die), or ditch 2x4gb and buy entirely new 2x8gb sticks

[Felix381]

Thanks for the advice but I doubt I will ever need more than 16gb's of ram

[Felix381]

You think I should get a cheaper psu?

[nskceaj]

41 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

my experience is that after fitting my cpu cooler (dark rock pro 3), the heatpipes blocked the 2nd set of ram's slot, so im stuck with one set of ram and i already filled with 2.4gb

so in order to upgrade to 16gb, i either have to turn my cooler sideways (with the word not in the right way, ill die), or ditch 2x4gb and buy entirely new 2x8gb sticks

cant you just get low profile sticks ? and i thought 2 sticks run faster then 1 ? cuz of the dual channel ? correct me if im wrong

[Suika]

31 minutes ago, Felix381 said:

You think I should get a cheaper psu?

That's up to you. The G2 is a great unit, but with the 970, you could easily afford to go with a 500W unit instead to save a couple bucks, or keep the 650W to go SLI in the future.

 

My advice anyway is to keep the PSU and pick up an R9 390. The XFX R9 390 is a little bit cheaper than the MSI 970 you have picked out.