My first build, would really appreciate your thoughts!

Foysal94

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I want a pc that is futureproof and doesn't break the bank. I want it to last me atleast 6years+ in terms of performance. Obviously i might change the video card during that time. This is not going to be a 100% gaming pc, I am a programmer/student so I will be doing work on it aswell. I don't know if I will be playing games on it a lot tbh, I am 100% going to purchase an xbox one during the christmas period so it will be a tough choice to decide to get a game on the xbox or this PC. I am a gamer of both.Nevertheless I want to be able to play most modern and upcoming games such as fallout 4 on 1080p ,60fps. I do not plan on going above 1080p, this is good enough for me. If am being 100% honest, I just see myself playing league of legends and getting the games on the xbox one. But I also might want to take advantage of the xbox one game streaming to windows 10 feature, so I will need a good graphics card for that.

My Budget is £700 to £750 and I am buying my parts from the UK. Heres my build...

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/rJb3D3
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/rJb3D3/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£157.49 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus H97M-E Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£69.28 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.00 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£36.44 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£69.98 @ Amazon UK)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£24.99 @ Amazon UK)
Other: ACER G227HQLA (£99.00)
Other: Corsair 1600C9R Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 Mhz CL9 (£40.79)
Other: EVGA 2 GB Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 Superclocked (£156.22)
Total: £693.19
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-20 16:15 BST+0100

Ok I am going for a Nvidia card even though I know the 960 isn't liked by many. I know there are a lot of equal AMD cards, R9 280 for example. But I have read a lot of complaints about how hot and loud the AMD cards get and I am not a fan of that. Am going for the EVGA reference model and am not sure if I should go for the Super clocked models or not.

Also about the motherboard, right now I am aware of one other good Mobo which is the AsRock H97M PR04 (http://www.scan.co.uk/products/asrock-h97m-pro4-intel-h97-s1150-ddr3-pcie-30-(x16)-quad-crossfirex-vga-dvi-hdmi-micro-atx) Have I made the right choice, as I don't see much of a difference tbh? Do you guys recommend any other mobos?

Also this is my first time building a pc, I don't really know if this case will be big enough currently. I mean will it be tough to get the graphics card in, the power supply, hard drives etc. Will they all be so cramped leading to a lot of heat inside the case? Basically I don't have much of a clue so I would really appreciate some help. I think all of my components should work with the MOBO but if you guys could double check that would be great. Really worried if they don't all fit in the case.

Finally, I know the 750W power supply might be a lot, but am considering future expandability when I might put 1 or 2 SSDs inside in or heck 2/3 years time get a more power hungry graphics card as technology evolves. I don't want to then get a new Power supply aswell as a card, unnecessary money.
Thanks for the read, I know its a lot but I would really appreciate your thoughts.

The ACER G227HQLA is a monitor found here http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/computing/pc-monitors/pc-monitors/acer-g227hqla-full-hd-21-5-ips-led-monitor-white-10071551-pdt.html
 
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£140.47 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£58.52 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£29.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.98 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (£238.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: Zalman Z3 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£25.29 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£49.98 @ Novatech)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£24.99 @ Amazon UK)
Other: ACER G227HQLA (£99.00)
Total: £706.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-20 16:54 BST+0100
 


+1; This is a great revision to the original build as it includes a higher quality power supply (no poor capacitors like the Corsair CX series of power supplies) and a stronger graphics card (GPU)!