Any opinions or suggestions on this build?

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Acillatem

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So I am building a new gaming pc and am trying to stay on a budget.

So this is what I thought of:

Intel Core i5 4570 Haswell 3,20 GHz, 1150
Asus AMD Radeon R9 280X, 3GB
Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4) DDR3
Asus Z97-K or ASRock Z97 PRO4 LGA1150 ATX (they seem to be pretty much the same)
Gigabyte GZ-G2 Plus case
Corsair CX750 PSU
and a Samsung 840 EVO 250gb

What do you think about it? Any opinions or recommendations?
 
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BlacksunKing

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Looks good for the most part and agree with DHFF on the PSU you can get a good coolermaster V series PSU for a reasonable price also and will do you good. Here is a link that lists them in different tiers on what models are good better best and do not buy.
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1804779/power-supply-unit-tier-list.html

You may also want to get a standard HDD for storage you will fill up that 250 GB quicker then you think.
 
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1. You don't need a Z97 motherboard with a locked CPU.An AsRock H97 Killer mobo is a good choice.
2. The Corsair CX series are bad quality.No one should use it with a higher end system.Change the PSU to a XFX Core 650W,Antec HCG 620M or Rosewill Capstone 650M.All great quality and very reliable units.
Hope this helps. ;)
 
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Agreed with Blacksunking, the Cooler Master V have a good reputation. I also agree that you need more storage, I missed that part in your post. you need more room, that 250 will be chewed up in no time.
 
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Acillatem

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Thanks a lot guys and yes I have a HDD in mind, but it'll have to wait a bit. Hm its really unfortunate about the PSU as I actually already bought that PSU about half a year ago, when my old one died in my current pc. Since my GPU died recently, I was planning to use the PSU in my new pc, but apparently thats not a good idea I suppose.
 
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BlacksunKing

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I've used a few of the Corsair CX and no problems on those 3 and are not one that is garbage so to say but if can afford it their a plenty close in price range that are proven better. Their HX series is made with better components like in the link I shared points out some of the differences in the different makes/models better safe than sorry as they say.
 
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Really the worse thats going to happen if you use the CX is either, it won't boot, or it'll poop itself out after a bit.. I mean if we were talking about some no name Power supply it could take out the rest of your components, but with a corsair line, thats going to be really unlikely.
 
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Yeah, was just giving him some peace of mind if he chose to use the CX. But I also agree, saving someone the hassle of a RMA is always nice, he would be pushing that 12volt rail awfully hard with a 280x.
 
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