My pc build, any help would be great!

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Few suggestions: If you are going to overclock then go with a z97 motherboard. If your not going to overclock, go with the non-k version of the 4690 and that motherboard. I'd swap out the seagate barracuda HDD for the western digital caviar blue. The barracuda is known to fail after 18 months while WD hdd's are known to last longer. A r9 280 or GTX 970 would be better instead of the 960 for that budget. I'd get the XFX 550W PSU just to have some head room for some future upgrades. Add a small SSD in there just for the OS and crucial programs. It can definitely fit in the budget. Remove the hyper 212 evo, it's pointless if you will not overclock. I'd drop the 144Hz monitor and get a 60Hz monitor. However, if you are going with a GTX...
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Few suggestions: If you are going to overclock then go with a z97 motherboard. If your not going to overclock, go with the non-k version of the 4690 and that motherboard. I'd swap out the seagate barracuda HDD for the western digital caviar blue. The barracuda is known to fail after 18 months while WD hdd's are known to last longer. A r9 280 or GTX 970 would be better instead of the 960 for that budget. I'd get the XFX 550W PSU just to have some head room for some future upgrades. Add a small SSD in there just for the OS and crucial programs. It can definitely fit in the budget. Remove the hyper 212 evo, it's pointless if you will not overclock. I'd drop the 144Hz monitor and get a 60Hz monitor. However, if you are going with a GTX 970, then feel free to get the monitor. But please note, getting a 60Hz monitor would cut costs.

For under £800 I would get this:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£167.94 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£66.56 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£44.99 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£48.00 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£41.14 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card (£198.99 @ Dabs)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£49.19 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX TS 650W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (£57.72 @ More Computers)
Monitor: BenQ GL2460HM 60Hz 24.0" Monitor (£114.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £789.52
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-03 21:44 BST+0100
 
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