Need Help Picking Parts For New Gaming PC

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I have started picking parts for my first gaming PC, but need help on finding out whether all the parts are compatible with each other. I am planning to overclock the PC. The chosen parts will be listed below :

i5 4690k

AsRock Z97 anniversary

XFX R9-280X

Western Blue Digital 1TB

Corsair 8GB DDR3 1866Mhz Vengeance Memory

Cooler Master Elite 430 and Elite 500w PSU (As Combo)

 
What's your actual budget?

A 280x isn't bad, but kind of weak compared to an OC'd i5.

And Coolermaster doesn't really make good PSUs, and PSUs are one of the top 3 important components of a computer. (Because they have the power to destroy the rest of your computer if they're low quality)
 

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OCing is kind of out of your budget, and you don't really need to, it's doesn't really provide much gain in the mid-range which is what you have, it's more a boost for the already high-end systems or the really weak low-end ones.

Here, this GPU is about 40-50% stronger, and will result in much better game performance. The CPU is locked, but you don't really need to OC it anyways, outside of benchmarking software you won't see FPS improvements really. http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1041?vs=1355

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: *Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor (£136.47 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: *ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£57.56 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: *Kingston Savage 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£35.65 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: *Sandisk X110 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£37.91 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.96 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (£259.00 @ Aria PC)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 430 ATX Mid Tower Case (£38.95 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: *EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£36.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Optical Drive: *Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£9.38 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: *Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 OEM (64-bit) (£67.95 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £719.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-21 21:27 BST+0100

 


That NEX power supply is crap. Tier 3.

Get a EVGA GS 550w. Cheap and tier 1. Also look at the Antec HCG and XFX XTR or TS (budget). A SSD is not needed in gaming builds and is a luxury after all other parts are decided on.

Tier One
The highest quality and most stable Power Supply Units available. Protected by industrial grade protection circuitry and can output wattage at a rated maximum temperature of 50°C or below. These units are also Haswell certified, meaning they can cope with the C6 and C7 sleep states of 0.05Amps without triggering the under-current protection switch. May even go over labelled wattage and still work until it safely shuts down.


Antec High Current Pro Platinum Delta Electronics

Be Quiet
Dark Power Pro P10 / 850w FSP (550w - 750w) / Seasonic (850w - 1200w)
Dark Power Pro P11 850w FSP

Corsair
AX / AXi series 760w - 1200w Seasonic (AX) / Flextronics (AXi)
AX1500i Flextronics
HXi Channel Well Technology
RMi 750w Channel Well Technology

Cooler Master V series / V series 1200w Seasonic

EVGA
SuperNova G2 / P2 / T2 Super Flower
Supernova GS Seasonic
Supernova PS Seasonic

Enermax DigiFanless 500w Channel Well Technology

Firepower Silencer MK3 1200w Super Flower
FSP Aurum PT FSP
LEPA G1600 Enermax

Seasonic
Platinum series Seasonic
Snow Silent 1050w Seasonic
X series / X series XM2 Seasonic

Silverstone Nightjar Platinum 520w Seasonic

Super Flower
Leadex Gold / Platinum Super Flower
Golden King Super Flower
Golden Silent / 430w Super Flower

XFX
Pro series Black edition Seasonic
Pro series Black edition Limited Edition 1000w Seasonic
Pro series XXX / Semi-Modular Seasonic
XTR series Seasonic
XTS Fanless Seasonic

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Tier Two
As above, just slightly lower quality. Still safe to use and are all stable for any PC of today's standards, including Haswell C Stepping certification and 100% Japanese Capacitors. It is rare to find a PSU here with Taiwanese Capacitors and perform very well here, but they are here just in case.

Andyson
Platinum-R 1200 Andyson
Titanium N 700w Andyson

Antec
EDGE Seasonic
Earthwatts Delta Electronics/ Earthwatts Platinum FSP
High Current Gamer Delta Electronics (Non-Modular) / Seasonic (Semi-Modular)
Truepower Classic Seasonic (Essentially a Non-Modular version of the EDGE series)

Azza Platinum Super Flower
Be Quiet Straight Power 10 FSP
Cooler Master VS Series Enhance
Corsair RM 850w Channel Well Technology
Enermax Platimax Enermax
EVGA Supernova B2 Super Flower

Firepower
Silencer MK III 400 500 600 / 750 850 Super Flower
ZX Great Wall

Fractal Design Edison M Seasonic
High Power / Sirfa Astro GD Sirfa

Rosewill
Capstone series Super Flower
Lightning series Super Flower
Quark 1000w Enhance
Silent Night 500 Watts Super Flower
Tachyon series Super Flower

Seasonic
G series / G series V2 Seasonic
M12-II EVO (fully modular) Seasonic
S12G (Think of 2011 - 2013 Seasonic G series) Seasonic
S12-II Seasonic

SilentumPC Supremo M1 Gold 550w Sirfa

Silverpower
SP 460w Fully Modular Seasonic
SP Semi-modular Seasonic

Silverstone
Strider Gold Evolution Enhance
Strider Plus 750w 850w 1000w 600w Enhance

Super Flower Golden Green / Modular / HX series Super Flower
Sentey Golden Steel Power 850 Watts Super Flower

Thermaltake
Toughpower Gold 850M Enhance
Toughpower Grand Platinum 850w 1200w Enhance
Toughpower DPS Gold Channel Well Technology

XFX TS 430w / 550w-SEW Seasonic


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Tier Three
Some Haswell compatible, some not (maybe unconfirmed). Still safe to use and stable, just lower quality components. Some capacitors maybe Japanese, but can include the Taiwanese capacitors. Not really ideal in serious overclocking or super-high load situations, such as a Bitcoin mining rig or a high end gaming system.


Antec VP / VP w/P or F suffix Delta Electronics

Be Quiet
Power zone series 650 850 750 1000 FSP
Pure Power / Pure Power CM HEC Compucase
Straight power E9 FSP

Cooler Master
G Modular Channel Well Technology
GX II Enhance
Silent pro M2 / Gold / Platinum Enhance

Corsair
CS Great Wall
RM Channel Well Technology (450w - 650w, 1000w) / Chicony (750w)
VS Channel Well Technology

Deepcool Quanta 750w 1000w 1200w Channel Well Technology

Enermax
naXn ADV 650 Watts Enermax
Revolution X't series Enermax
Triathlor / Triathlor FC series Enermax

EVGA
430W / 500W HEC Compucase
500B / 600B HEC Compucase
Supernova NEXB / NEXG 750 Watts FSP

Firepower
Fatal1ty 2012 1000w Gold Channel Well technology
ZT series Sirfa

FSP
Aurum 92+ FSP
Aurum Gold FSP
Aurum S FSP
Aurum Xilencer FSP

Fractal Design
Integra M series High Power / Sirfa
Newton R3 Series ATNG

InWin
Commander III InWin / Powerman
GreenMe series InWin / Powerman [/b]

Kingwin Powerforce 850w High Power / Sirfa

LEPA
G500 Enermax
Lepa G900 Enermax

NZXT Hale 90 V2 FSP

Rosewill
Fortress Series ATNG
Hercules 1600 Watts High Power / Sirfa
Hive / Hive S series High Power / Sirfa
Photon 750w High Power / Sirfa

SilentumPC Vero M1 600w Sama / Guangzhou AOJIE
Silverstone Strider Essential 400w 500w 600w High Power / Sirfa

Thermaltake
London 550w Channel Well Technology
Toughpower1200M 1350M 1500M Channel Well Technology
Toughpower Gold 1200w Enhance
Toughpower XT 775M Channel Well Technology
Toughpower XT Gold series (Really confusing name, since they are rated Platinum) Channel Well Technology
Toughpower XT Platinum 1275w (Please don't confuse this one with the XT Gold line) Channel Well Technology

XigmatekMaverick S 500w Andyson
Xilence Performance A series HEC Compucase
 

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so is this psu (Xfx Ts Series P1-550G-Ts3x (550W) Power Supply) tier 1 or 2. I have seen it for £30, so i'm wondering whether it will be a bargain.
 


Maybe you should reread what tier 3 is.