What do you think of my potential build?

Will Davitt · Jul 28, 2015

Hi guys!

I am building a gaming rig for around £650 and have been choosing components. I just wanted to hear everyones opinion of my component choices with potential changes.

Just want to mention I already own a 1TB HHD and a cooler master 550w psu. Also I dont really want an SSD as I believe its a bit of a hassle to setup.

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/4nkPkL
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/4nkPkL/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£177.00 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-Gaming 3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£84.66 @ More Computers)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£65.64 @ More Computers)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (£259.00 @ Aria PC)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£55.90 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £642.10
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-28 20:28 BST+0100

Thanks!

gskill support · Jul 28, 2015

That's as good as it gets for gaming.

azca · Jul 28, 2015

the biggest improvement you can make is buy an SSD. Yes, it makes a huge difference.

Will Davitt · Jul 28, 2015

azca :

How exactly does an SSD make a big improvement? Thanks by the way!

azca · Jul 28, 2015

it's 10 times faster at random read and writes, which happen all the time in your computer. Once you use an SSD for your OS, HDD will feel unbearably slow. There is no point of getting high end parts like you do and sticking a tortoise for storage that will bog everything else down.

Will Davitt :

Will Davitt · Jul 28, 2015

azca :

it's 10 times faster at random read and writes, which happen all the time in your computer. Once you use an SSD for your OS, HDD will feel unbearably slow. There is no point of getting high end parts like you do and sticking a tortoise for storage that will bog everything else down.

Will Davitt :

Ahhh okay. So firstly can you recommend me a SSD and secondly are all the other components okay?

Thanks ^^

azca · Jul 28, 2015

if you want the best SSD, get Samsung 850 Pro either 128GB or 250GB and use HDD as your main storage. Another good SSD is Crucial MX100 or BX200.

For video card, consider AMD R9 390; it's has 8GB VRAM vs GTX 970 (which only has 3.5GB) and they same similar performance

sora · Jul 28, 2015

Will Davitt :

azca :

Ahhh okay. So firstly can you recommend me a SSD and secondly are all the other components okay?

Thanks ^^

The components are definitely okay and I would look into a Samsung EVO SSD!

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