Rate this £930 system - can definitely be improved!

davidbenpark

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I'm finding it difficult to make a final decision on my new mid-range gaming/Adobe Creative Cloud workstation rig.

Does anyone see any areas I could improve without increasing (or even reducing) the cost?

Thanks in advance!

Case: NZXT Source 220 Mid-Tower Gaming Case w/ USB 3.0 Black (Black colour)
CPU: INTEL® Core™ i5-4690K Quad Core 3.50 GHz 6MB Cache LGA1150
Cooling Fan: Cooler Master Seidon 120M Liquid Cooling System 120MM Radiator
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3/2133mhz
Video Card: AMD Radeon R9 280X 3GB 16X PCIe Video Card
Motherboard: ASUS Z97-P INTEL Z97 Chipset
Power Supply Upgrade: Corsair 600 Watts CX600 Gaming Power Supply
SSD: 128GB Samsung 840 SSD
Hard Drive: 1TB Seagate Hybrid Gen3 SATA-III 6.0Gb/s Cache 5400RPM SSHD
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows 8.1 (64-bit Edition)
Internal USB/SATA Expansion Module: Internal USB 3.0 4 Port Hub
Optical Drive: 24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE.
Sound: Presonus Audiobox external sound card
Wireless 802.11N Network Card: ASUS PCE-N15 PCI-E
Flash Media Reader/Writer: INTERNAL 12in1 Flash Media Reader/Writer (BLACK Colour)
 
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Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO is usually your best option for price/performance cpu cooler;
At this price range try to fit a GTX970 gpu;
Corsair CX600 is good only for a budget oriented build;
external sound card is a peculiar choice.
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO is usually your best option for price/performance cpu cooler;
At this price range try to fit a GTX970 gpu;
Corsair CX600 is good only for a budget oriented build;
external sound card is a peculiar choice.
 
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