Does this build work well. And any advice?

Davmatjo · May 27, 2014

So I am going to build my first PC this week. It will be Micro-atx.

Budget: Around £1000 but a maximum of £1200
I am using this system for gaming and I already have a montior

This is what I have selected so far, I will be buying my components this week and I would like advice and any changes that should be made

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£163.94 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£63.00 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII GENE Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£141.26 @ Dabs)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£58.56 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£96.53 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Toshiba 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£56.38 @ Scan.co.uk)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card (£233.72 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: BitFenix Prodigy M Midnight MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£75.77 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£84.78 @ Scan.co.uk)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 Professional (OEM) (64-bit) (£49.99)
Total: £1023.93
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-27 12:57 BST+0100)

Thanks for the help

maddogfargo · May 27, 2014

Motherboard is a little bit overkill, but should serve you well if you plan to OC. Otherwise this looks good.

bkoop · May 27, 2014

Not 1x8 GB of ram but 2x4 GB of ram, dual channel