£900 GAMING BEAST! Is this a good build?

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iLiftFood

iLiftFood

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For that budget, i'd build this
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£173.94 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.44 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£110.39 @ Aria PC)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory (£60.30 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: OCZ ARC 100 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£69.98 @ Novatech)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£53.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (£255.59 @ Aria PC)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case (£70.79 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£76.25 @ 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)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-N15 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£15.59 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £995.02
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-01 17:57 GMT+0000
 
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chedda87

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£900 budget should not be spent that way. At that price point you should be looking at an I5 4690k and a Gtx 970 at the very least.
Oh and your power supply is insufficient. you leave no head room which is very bad.
I advise to start again with intel bulid
 
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iLiftFood

iLiftFood

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You basically just described my build :p
 
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chedda87

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PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/srb4jX
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/srb4jX/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£166.74 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.44 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI Z87M GAMING Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£89.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£62.10 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£53.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (£275.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£64.26 @ 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)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-N15 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£15.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £837.26
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-01 18:04 GMT+0000
 
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bignastyid

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Theres a few problems with that build. First if you want a gaming beast you should be going Intel, and the EVGA B1 series is not nearly as good as the newer B2 series and even a 750w B2 would be an the small side for an 8350 and 2 280x's, you'd want an 850w PSU for that setup. You'd be better off going with 1 single faster card and adding a 2nd later rather than going fro crossfire on 2 mid range cards right off the bat. If you play any online games you are going to hate wireless(at least n and older), Either go wired or upgrade to wireless AC.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£173.94 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.44 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£89.98 @ Dabs)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£61.42 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial MX100 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£51.35 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£53.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (£275.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair Graphite Series 230T Black ATX Mid Tower Case (£62.00 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 750W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£60.97 @ Scan.co.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)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-AC56 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£47.47 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £985.31
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-01 18:26 GMT+0000
 
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qwerty987123

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£15 more than your build but better for upgrading in the future as well as at the better at the moment

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/dVMPcf
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/dVMPcf/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£173.94 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.44 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£115.12 @ Dabs)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£53.87 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Crucial MX100 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£51.35 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (£280.00 @ Aria PC)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case (£89.99 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£76.25 @ 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)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-N15 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£15.59 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £1000.30
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-01 19:24 GMT+0000
 
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