1st build ever

[AEDL]

Hi. I've been wanting to build a decent gaming pc for a while now, and I put  a list together of the parts I thought of using. I would just like  a 2nd (or 3rd) opinion as to whether these are the best parts I could go for, for my price range.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/AdriandeLima/saved/tZ9GGX

My current price range is not exceding £700 ($905.91) by much (current build is £710.31 excluding the monitor).
I would also appreciate any advice for a first time build as well. Many Thanks!

[FadedComplex]

great Build but I recommend getting a 7200 rpm hard drive to improve speed.

[The Future Linus]

Pretty nice pc! The only thing I might suggest is if you don’t need a DVD burner, and are willing to go for a 1tb hard drive or smaller sad, you might be able to get some more ram.

 

[brob]

The cpu comes with a stock cooler that will do a decent job. May as well save a bit and use it.

 

Unless you have a particular need for the optical drive, it is not really needed. Windows 10 can be installed from a USB drive.

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor  (£152.03 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI - B360M PRO-VDH Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£65.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: ADATA - XPG GAMMIX D10 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£66.96 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£51.59 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£51.59 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Mini Video Card  (£224.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: CiT - CIT-F3WHITEBLACK MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£25.99 @ AWD-IT) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£47.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Monitor: AOC - G2260VWQ6 21.5" 1920x1080 75Hz Monitor  (£87.96 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £775.09
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-08-07 01:56 BST+0100

[Queen Chrysalis]

The 8400 is kind of pointless in 2018, as is a z370 board with an 8400.  The 1-5 percent framerate advantage over the 2600 are only even visible on titles that prefer single threading, and only when paired with a 1080ti to remove a gpu bottleneck.  If you dead set on the 8400, get it with a b360 board.  Also worth mentioning that the 2600 can be OC'd on a $50 b350 board and comes with a good enough cooler for mid range overclocking.  Its also hyperthreaded and has way more cache.  

 

EDIT:  That cooler is a total waste of money.  Also, get 2 4gb memory dimms so it will run in dual channel mode

[AEDL]

Many Thanks for the info. I have removed the cooler (which I wasn't sure I needed anyway), but I was also wondering if it would be necessary to get extra case fan/s? I may also be able to squeeze out some extra money and get 2 8GB sticks (maybe...).

Chrysalis's advice about the cpu has confused me a bit though. Wouldn't a 6core i5 be betther than a 4core i7? Or is the cpu a bit overkill for the GPU i'm getting? (My idea behind getting a high end cpu was that it's easier to upgrade a gpu later, than upgrading a cpu. Is this correct?)

Also from what I can find b350 boards are AMD sockets. The b360 board you recomended for the 8400 also doesn't support as many types of memory (I don't even know if that's important ) and doesn't have raid support, which, if I understand raid correctly would be required for having a boot SSD and a storage HDD?

Also I noticed that Herman's suggested build/price list is a mini ATX form factor, which is somewhat cheaper, however I understood that mini ATX doesn't have much in the way of upgradability. Is this an issue? And should I perhaps go for a mini ATX, or will it prevent possible upgrades in the future?

Again thanks for the curent advice!