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caseydavies93

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Hey guys just wanted you're opinions on my first pc that i will be attempting to build, Let me know how good you think it is and if i should change anything to help perfomance or if anything isnt compatible thanks.

Case - £100 - Corsair Obsidian 650D CC650DW-1 Aluminum Mid Tower ATX Enthusiast Black
Processer - £180 - Intel core i5 4690k
Motherboard - £119 - MSI Z97 Gaming 7 Intel LGA1150 Z97 ATX Motherboard (4x DDR3, 10x USB3.0, 6x USB2.0, GBE, LAN, HDMI, DP)
HDD - £43 - 1TB seagate barracuda 7200rpm 64mb
SSD - £90 - samsung 840 evo 250gb
Ram - £65 - RAM-G.Skill 8GB (2x4)
CPU Cooler - £24 - Cooler master hyper 212 evo
Power supply - £55 - Corsair Builder Series CXM 600W Modular 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX/EPS PSU
Graphics card - £430 - Palit geforce gtx 980 4gb graphics card

Opertating system - £69 - Windows 7 home premium 64 bit
Optical drive - £15 - Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer

Total cost- £1190
 
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jasonite
Here's my opinion. As far as I can tell everything's compatible. I made some suggested tweaks and listed them below. I kept your case because it's good and the Obsidian line is great. I love the i5 processor, it's great, and judging from the 'K' version you chose and a cpu cooler I'm guessing you will be overclocking. The problem is, the cooler you chose will not be enough to OC your cpu the way you want, so I replaced with an excellent Noctua for not much more money. Your mobo is fine, however Seagate just does not make reliable hard drives, as you can see here. I replaced with another one that is more reliable and costs even less. I also got a cheaper and well-regarded ram, saving you a few more quid.

I've got to be honest, I...
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You are in good shape. My thoughts are below...

MB - Fine, but maybe a bit of overkill. Look toward the Gaming 5 for a lower cost option. It only gives up two SATA ports to the Gaming 7. Also, the ASRock Extreme 4, ASUS Z97-A and Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI are also good options.
PSU - No CX / CS / Builder series from Corsair. Stick with XFX or Seasonic for known good quality units. There are others, but with these to manufacturers there is no need to think twice.
 
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jasonite

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Here's my opinion. As far as I can tell everything's compatible. I made some suggested tweaks and listed them below. I kept your case because it's good and the Obsidian line is great. I love the i5 processor, it's great, and judging from the 'K' version you chose and a cpu cooler I'm guessing you will be overclocking. The problem is, the cooler you chose will not be enough to OC your cpu the way you want, so I replaced with an excellent Noctua for not much more money. Your mobo is fine, however Seagate just does not make reliable hard drives, as you can see here. I replaced with another one that is more reliable and costs even less. I also got a cheaper and well-regarded ram, saving you a few more quid.

I've got to be honest, I don't have much faith in video cards other than those made by Asus, EVGA, MSI or Sapphire. I switched yours to MSI which is probably the highest-regarded of all of them. As others have said, you need a very high quality PSU for gaming and OC'ing in particular, so I replaced yours with one with higher-quality components. Finally, keep Win 7 if you like, but Win 8.1 will be the best future-proofing you can get as DirectX 12 will not be supported by 7. I hope this helps, and if you will not be OC'ing let me know!

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£167.50 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£48.79 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 7 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£128.04 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£57.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£90.00 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.59 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card (£437.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: Corsair 650D ATX Mid Tower Case (£105.00 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£61.08 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.46 @ Aria PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£72.35 @ Aria PC)
Total: £1218.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-25 07:38 GMT+0000
 
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