£700 New Build/Upgrade

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ok spent hours researching a new build. here's what i came up with...

GPU: MSI NVIDIA GTX 970 GAMING Twin Frozr V 4GB Graphics Card £ 268.99
MOBO: Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 3 ATX Motherboard £ 95.99
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor £ 178.80
COOLING: Corsair Hydro H60 2013 Watercooling Closed-Loop CPU Cooler £ 61.38
RAM: Corsair Vengeance Pro Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C9 2133MHz £ 70.50

TOTAL: 675.66

old components being used...
POWER: corsair cx500
STORAGE:128gb ssd toshiba, 500gb 7200 hitachi hdd
plus a couple of silent fans and a cd drive.


could someone check it over and tell me if its all compatible. last time i posted i ended up changing most of the parts on recommendations so any advice will be welcome. especially on the mobo , ram and power supply.

*Im building it mainly for gaming*
 
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The H60 is not that great of a cooler, and that PSU isn't very good either.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£178.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Zalman CNPS10X Performa CPU Cooler (£24.98 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£95.99 @ Aria PC)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£44.74 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (£268.99 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£64.98 @ Novatech)
Total:...

No vice

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thanks for the advice, ill get a tier 1/2 power pack and see if i can save a little on the ram.
 

logainofhades

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The H60 is not that great of a cooler, and that PSU isn't very good either.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£178.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Zalman CNPS10X Performa CPU Cooler (£24.98 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£95.99 @ Aria PC)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£44.74 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (£268.99 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£64.98 @ Novatech)
Total: £677.68
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-18 20:52 BST+0100
 
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