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Hi, I would like to know if this system will be able to play my selection of games on high/ultra graphics. The games are:

Skyrim, Fallout: New Vegas, WoW, GuildWars2, Battle Field 4, All the Borderland games.

Also hopefully id like to play some new games such as The Division, BF: Hardline, H1Z1, Dying Light and other next gen/new games.

Also I'm not worried about no having SSD
Any advice or comments would be great :)

The Build is this:
CPU: Intel Core i5 4590
CPU Cooler: Zalman CNPS5X Performa
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Motherboard: Gigabyte G1 Sniper Z97
RAM: 8GB Corsair 2133mhz Vengeance (2x4GB)
Hard Drive: 1TB S-ATAIII 6.0Gb/s
Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB
Sound card: Onboard 7.1 Audio
Case: Corsair Graphite 230T
PSU: 650W Corsair VS
 
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As you're not overclocking there's absolutely no need to buy an aftermarket cooler, the stock Intel one's are pretty capable. I agree that for more certain future-proofing an CPU with hyperthreading might be better so I've used the Xeon E3 1230 V3 which is basically an i7 with a couple of things not relevant to gaming missing.

The PSU is better made and provides plenty of power for this build. A Z97 motherboard is unnecessary unless you plan to SLI with another GTX 970 in the future in which case, you'll want a 750W PSU too.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£185.94 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150...
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With that gpu you will chew all the games you mentioned, at least on 1080p or lower :) . The only thing i would change about that build is the cpu. You should go for a i7 or amd fx8350 so it will last you longer. Can you replace that cpu cooler with an cooler master hyper 212 evo and look for a cheaper mobo so that you can go with the better cpu?
 
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As you're not overclocking there's absolutely no need to buy an aftermarket cooler, the stock Intel one's are pretty capable. I agree that for more certain future-proofing an CPU with hyperthreading might be better so I've used the Xeon E3 1230 V3 which is basically an i7 with a couple of things not relevant to gaming missing.

The PSU is better made and provides plenty of power for this build. A Z97 motherboard is unnecessary unless you plan to SLI with another GTX 970 in the future in which case, you'll want a 750W PSU too.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£185.94 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£64.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£58.80 @ Kustom PCs)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (£275.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: Corsair Graphite Series 230T Black ATX Mid Tower Case (£53.08 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £721.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-08 21:20 GMT+0000
 
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Do you think i should keep the cooling fan? if not i can use that money and get an i5 4690k instead, since if i get the i7 im looking at £1000 as my cpu can be replaced later on this is just one to make do :) and I cant really get a better price on mobo to fill in the gaps for components such as the cpu :(
 
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The build above has a Xeon (basically i7) for much less than £1000, are you buying pre-built?
 
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If that are your options, then go with the i5 4590 and an cooler master 212 evo. You can OC it then to 4ghz and you are all set. I mentioned i7 and fx8350 only so you dont have to buy a cpu in 2-3 years. Don't worry though, that i5 will be good for years to come :)
 
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The Xeon CPU is a spot on mention. It's quad core with hyper threading, gives quite a significiant boost. Anyways i5 is going to last well for years I think, you don't really need an i7.
 
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The i5-4590 is fine for gaming purposes...
 
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