Finalised Gaming PC, last minute changes?

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xVanquiisher

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Hello, everyone

So, after a couple of weeks on PCPartPicker, I've come up with my finalised Mid-High end gaming PC. Here it is.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£154.92 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-Gaming 3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£84.66 @ More Computers)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£35.72 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£32.40 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 390 8GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£236.39 @ Aria PC)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£49.19 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£63.14 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £656.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-29 16:54 BST+0100

However, the Antec PSU has been reduced to essentially a bargin, on Amazon.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0079Y0EYM/ref=ox_sc_imb_mini_detail?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE
It's £34.57, a massive saving from the RRP, and brings my total down to £627.43.

Are there any changes you would make to this build to further enhance the performance of this build? I've gone for the "future-proof" route, with an R9 390 and an MSI Gaming 3 Motherboard, for overclocking capabilites and enough VRAM for upcoming titles. I would greatly appreciate, feedback opinions and suggestions, before I order these parts to build in the upcoming days!

Thanks,
xVanquiisher
 
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Tyler Hammond

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That looks good to me. If you have the money I would try to squeeze an ssd in their to make your boot times much much faster, as well as getting the i5-4690k. You will have a much easier time overclocking the 4690k since it is unlocked. You can overclock the 4590 but I believe you will only be able to change the base clock, and you may run into stability issues. The 8gb of vram doesn't make a difference at all compared to the gtx 970. Plus the 970 is a much better overclocker than the 390 is. They get the same exact performance with the 970 taking win ( barely ) and that depends on which video you watch. They are very similar in price and performance. And instead of that power supply I would get the evga 650w. Its fully modular and has an 80+ gold rating.
 
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Hey, Tyler Hammond. Thanks for your response!

I would definitely go for the i5 4690k, but my budget doesn't allow me to at the moment. I will try to also squeeze in an SSD. From what I've seen on the GTX 970 vs R9 390, the R9 390 outperforms it in most games, but it's pretty much equal except for the fact that the R9 390 has double the VRAM compared to the GTX 970, and is a couple of £ cheaper than the GTX 970. As for the PSU, it's listed on Tom's Hardware PSU 2.0 Tier list, as tier 2 which is good enough for me. :)
 
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Nope it looks pretty good to me. I would change your power supply to at least 750w though. Im sure it will be fine but personally I think your pretty close of hitting the power limit based on parts and if you going to do overclocking thats going to draw more power from your psu. So that may be a problem, it may not be a problem. But it looks pretty good for your budget.
 
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