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I've yet to buy the parts, but this will be my first PC build:

Intel Core i5-4690K
MSI Z97-GAMING 5
Samsung 840 EVO 120GB
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB
MSI Radeon R9 280 3GB TWIN FROZR
NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower
Seasonic EVO Edition 520W Full Modular PSU
Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600 CAS 9
Noctua NH-D15 (with an extra Noctua NF-F12 for an exhaust)

Cost: £776.72
Budget is around the £770 mark

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/kTnyQ7

I plan on mildly overclocking and using the rig for gaming and just for a level work etc.
Could this build be improved in any way, or is there a completely different build which would be better at the same price point?
Also, are there any places I could save money on this build without having to sacrifice performance?

Thanks in advance :)
 
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Your build is pretty good, but this will drop the overclocking (you still have the option to do so in the future) in favor of a more powerful GPU:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£129.95 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£90.77 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 Low Profile Red 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory (£57.34 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£64.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX...
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Your build is pretty good, but this will drop the overclocking (you still have the option to do so in the future) in favor of a more powerful GPU:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£129.95 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£90.77 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 Low Profile Red 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory (£57.34 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£64.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX Video Card (£258.08 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair Graphite Series 230T Black ATX Mid Tower Case (£49.95 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£44.98 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £731.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-10 17:10 GMT+0000
You also kinda forgot the RAM...
 
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Haha, my bad, it was 8gb of Corsair Vengeance.
Thanks for the reply, I really appreciate it :)
Do you think that I would even notice an overclock, say to 4.2 ghz, during day to day use or gaming? Or do you think overclocking makes little difference?
Also, how does the kingston SSD compare to the samsung? Does the slighlty less read time even cause any noticeable difference in speeds?
Thanks
 
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Overclocking may yield 5-10% of performance, but a good GPU is much more important.
The Kingston WILL have a bit slower readéwrite speeds, but for around 10 pounds more, it`s definitely worth it. Copying times will increase, but only by a bit.
 
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+1; The GPU is the main factor in terms of gaming!
 
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