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AxlFone

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Super flower makes lots of good psu's for others..
They make parts for rosewill and pc cooling silencer and for others. Really good quality.

Read this rosewill review.
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Rosewill-CAPSTONE-550M-Power-Supply-Review/1584

Here is better build.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£171.99 @ Ebuyer)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright HR-O2 Rev.A(BW) 73.6 CFM CPU Cooler (£38.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£79.00 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£72.98 @ Novatech)
Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£63.58 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.66 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card (£232.33 @ CCL Computers)
Case: BitFenix Ghost (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£77.95 @ Aria PC)
Other: SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black (£59.99)
Total: £839.47
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-12 23:05 GMT+0000)
 
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If you stand a chance of overclocking it in the future get the i5 4670K? its around £20 more but they overclock well to about 4.6ghz?

Then if you are planning on overclocking you could pay £10 more on your cooling and get something like a corsair H60 water cooler.

Just a thought
 
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iPhobia

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Thanks for the help and I'll consider using the motherboard (how much better is is than the one currently on my build?), however £839.47 is way out of my price range.

 
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i would change some things:
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2S9DS

-4670 means no overclocking so why bother having the z87 version which is more expensive.

-the included fan is fine for non-overclocked cpu's, im running a i7 3770K on the stock fan. And for the airflow, you already get a 140mm+120mm with the case so why put so much money in a cpu cooler. (if you feel like airflow will be a problem then buy case fans instead)

for the money saved i upgraded to GTX 760 on the list which is 2-tiers higher on the nvidia list (660<660ti<760).
But you could keep the 660 and go for a i7 4770 instead, if you feel like gaming won't be the common use of this pc.

It's faster and cheaper than your original build :)
 
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AxlFone

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Then you just drop the SSD away.

MoBo is good for OC the CPU. If you want you can go with AsRock Extreme 4

Yiou can also ho with 660 and save more (fron your origibal build)
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£171.99 @ Ebuyer)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright HR-O2 Rev.A(BW) 73.6 CFM CPU Cooler (£38.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£79.00 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£72.98 @ Novatech)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.66 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card (£240.98 @ Dabs)
Case: BitFenix Ghost (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£77.95 @ Aria PC)
Other: SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black (£59.99)
Total: £784.54
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-12 23:23 GMT+0000)

 
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iPhobia

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I'm not planning on overclocking anytime soon, so wouldn't a Z87 be a bit of a waste?
 
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AxlFone

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If you are 100 sure then go with 4670 (non K ) or buy better Xeon 1230V3 cpu.
Than you can buy B85 mobo.

Like this.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£209.99 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright HR-O2 Rev.A(BW) 73.6 CFM CPU Cooler (£38.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85-HD3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£64.00 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£72.98 @ Novatech)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.66 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card (£240.98 @ Dabs)
Case: BitFenix Ghost (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£77.95 @ Aria PC)
Other: SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black (£59.99)
Total: £807.54
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-12 23:32 GMT+0000)

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Xeon+E3-1230+v3+%40+3.30GHz

 
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iPhobia

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B85>H87 then? Sorry for the nooby questions, it's my first build and I want to make sure I get it right.
 
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iPhobia

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Thanks for your help, I think I know what I will build now! :)

 
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AxlFone

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That is nice. Remember let us know how things work when you get build done :)
Good luck with your build :)

 
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