My First Build (advice very very welcome)

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Migdecsag

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Hi to everyone and thanks to all the wonderfull advice i've seen on this forum...So after a couple of weeks research i've decided to build my first PC...I'll be using this build for mainly Photoshop and Latest Games(Both just hobbies)...I dont have a 4K monitor (nor do i think i'll get there for a few years :().So maximum res of 1920x1800 FullHD will be where i'm at.Also i'm on a budget of 1000 euros since i live in Spain...i can get the parts here for about 1100..a little over my budget but i think i could convince my wife ;)
Anyways any advice if the build is good enough for my hobbies and any advice on making it cheaper and still have the
same power would be extremely helpful...(ie-Would an AMD build be any cheaper as i've not researched AMD cause i've always
had Intel PC's)
So here's my idea and thanks in advance to any and all comments positive or negative :)

Intel Core i5-4590 3.3Ghz Quad-Core/ 194 euros

Gigabyte GA Z97X-Gaming 5/ 142 euros

Kingston Savage 16Gb (2x8Gb) DDR3-1866/ 100 euros

WD Black 1TB SATA3 7200rpm/ 76 euros

Kingston HyperX Fury 240GB SSD/ 95 euros

MSI GeForce GTX 960 4GB/ 259 euros

Corsair Cx750m 750w 80 Plus Bronce Modular/ 95 euros

Cooler Master Storm Enforcer ATX/ 73 euros

LG GH24NSC0/ 14 euros

Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO/ 29 euros (would the stock fan be enough??)

TOTAL 1077 euros

PS:Allready have the monitor,keyboard,mouse,tablet and my Windows 7 ultimate CD...


 
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ScrewySqrl
you don't need the Z97 motherboard - you aren't overclocking, so get an H97 instead. At 1`920x1080, you won't need the 4 GB version of the 960. a 2 GB 950 will play everything out there on ultra or high, and the 750W PSU is overkill on wattage and unreliable in construction.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (€194.00 @ Amazon Espana)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-D2V Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (€57.95 @ Amazon Espana)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (€92.75 @ Amazon Espana)
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (€91.95 @ Amazon...
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you don't need the Z97 motherboard - you aren't overclocking, so get an H97 instead. At 1`920x1080, you won't need the 4 GB version of the 960. a 2 GB 950 will play everything out there on ultra or high, and the 750W PSU is overkill on wattage and unreliable in construction.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (€194.00 @ Amazon Espana)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-D2V Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (€57.95 @ Amazon Espana)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (€92.75 @ Amazon Espana)
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (€91.95 @ Amazon Espana)
Storage: Toshiba 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€47.62 @ Amazon Espana)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card (€194.00 @ Amazon Espana)
Case: Cooler Master K281 ATX Mid Tower Case (€51.92 @ Amazon Espana)
Power Supply: SeaSonic ECO 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (€56.42 @ Amazon Espana)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHDS118-04 DVD/CD Drive (€19.33 @ Amazon Espana)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 OEM (64-bit) (€88.43 @ Amazon Espana)
Monitor: Samsung S22C200B 21.5" Monitor (€98.37 @ Amazon Espana)
Keyboard: Genius 31330194102 Wired Standard Keyboard w/Optical Mouse (€14.77 @ Amazon Espana)
Total: €1007.51
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-09 17:48 CEST+0200

this build trims the motherboard, has a higher quality SSD, a 960 w/ only 2 GB (all you need for 1920x1080), a less expensive case, a more appropriate, higher quality power supply (listed is 310W usage, you have a 430W PSU), then includes an OS. keyboard, mouse, and monitor.

 
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raisonjohn

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Just a suggestion (i5-4690k build):

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (€221.00 @ Amazon Espana)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool GAMMAXX 200 37.2 CFM CPU Cooler (€19.10 @ Amazon Espana)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (€96.00 @ Amazon Espana)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (€92.75 @ Amazon Espana)
Storage: Crucial BX100 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (€184.97 @ Amazon Espana)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card (€194.00 @ Amazon Espana)
Case: Thermaltake VP300A5W2N ATX Mid Tower Case (€88.21 @ Amazon Espana)
Power Supply: Super Flower Golden Green HX 450W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (€88.59 @ Amazon Espana)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224FB/RSMS DVD/CD Writer (€22.06 @ Amazon Espana)
Total: €1006.68
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-09 18:57 CEST+0200

No idea if you already have a monitor, peripherals, and OS. So, these were excluded in total cost.
 
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Migdecsag

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Thanks for you're quick reply...taking you're advice you've actually got me below the 1000 limit seeing as i forgot to mention i have the monitor,mouse and tablet and OS allready (good news for my wife)...
One thing though...Would the Asrock Fatatl1ty H97 Performance motherboard with the MSI GTX Gaming 2gb gpu work with you're suggested build...(still under the 1000 :) )
Photoshop is a huge ram hog hence the 16gb of ram...Which in 6 months to a year i'd like to upgrade to 32gb of ram which the Asrock can handle...and also i live in a red and black world..(my car,sitting room,bedroom even my rooted cell phone are all red and black based)...another reason i'm leaning towards the Asrock and MSI...
Yeah i'm a bit.....:pt1cable:


 
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