£550 Gaming PC Review (UK)

Benjamin Parsons

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Anyone have any advice on this Gaming PC?
Any advice including criticism would be valued, thanks!
In case you were wondering, I some have custom prices from my chosen shops so that is why some look cheaper than normal
Usage - going to be playing games like Watch Dogs,GTA V and also Minecraft on it mostly, no video editing or other software apart from internet surfing really.

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

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£141.99)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 Evo 43.1 CFM CPU Cooler (£16.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-P ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£68.36 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Kingston Fury White Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£40.99)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card (£135.99)
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£57.98 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX XTR 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£49.99)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£26.27)
Wireless Network Adapter: TRENDnet TEW-805UB 802.11a/b/g/n/ac USB 3.0 Wi-Fi Adapter (£9.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £548.55
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-08 12:42 BST+0100

Thanks for any comments,
Benj
 
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Well balanced build that one. Good power supply, CPU, case etc.

Just two (major) improvements on the motherboard and CPU cooler:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£141.99)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£26.50)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-Gaming 3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£79.96 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Kingston Fury White Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£40.99)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card (£135.99)
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£57.98 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX XTR 550W 80+...

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Well balanced build that one. Good power supply, CPU, case etc.

Just two (major) improvements on the motherboard and CPU cooler:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£141.99)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£26.50)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-Gaming 3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£79.96 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Kingston Fury White Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£40.99)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card (£135.99)
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£57.98 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX XTR 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£49.99)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£26.27)
Wireless Network Adapter: TRENDnet TEW-805UB 802.11a/b/g/n/ac USB 3.0 Wi-Fi Adapter (£9.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £569.66
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-08 12:52 BST+0100

Cryorig H7
http://www.alternate.co.uk/Cryorig/H7/html/product/1174912

http://www.cryorig.com/h7.php
 
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cheese9k

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The S340 is a lovely case... Nom. PSU is great, motherboard is a great bang for your buck board (I really love that board)... Not much to say really, this looks like a great build, I hope you have fun with it! I do agree with @7r1bb1e though, you're probably better of spending the extra now and getting a 970, the build would be alot more futureproof that way.
 

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Yes but my GTX 960 is heavily reduced and my budget is tight so i think ill stick with it but thanks anyway
 

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Ok thanks yes i was wondering about the CPU Cooler anyway as it did not seem amazing and your alternative looks better

Benj