Is This Rig Good? Anything To Improve? Can I Make It Cheaper Without Losing Performance?

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Just wondering how I could improve this! Or if I can get it any cheaper current price to buy it is £950 from www.pcspecialist.co.uk

Sharkoon BD28 Gaming Case (Green LED)

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-4790 (3.6GHz) 8MB Cache

Motherboard
ASUS® Z97-E: ATX, USB3.0, SATA 6GB/S, SLi, XFIRE

Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (2 x 8GB)

Graphics Card
4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 970 - DVI, HDMI, mDP - 3D Vision Ready

Hard Disk
1TB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 32MB CACHE

Power Supply
CORSAIR 550W VS SERIES™ VS-550 POWER SUPPLY

Processor Cooling
CoolerMaster Hyper 212 EVO (120mm) Fan CPU Cooler

Thermal Paste
THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING

Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO

Thank You!:)
 
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Only change I would do, is to change that PSU.
VS series isn't too reliable PSU for high-end builds.

They are enough for office and basic daily usage. But unreliable for heavy gaming and other demanding workloads and high performance parts.

Also, you can make it slightly cheaper by taking H97 motherboard instead of Z97. You won't need Z97 with 4790 since you can't overclock the cpu anyway.
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Only change I would do, is to change that PSU.
VS series isn't too reliable PSU for high-end builds.

They are enough for office and basic daily usage. But unreliable for heavy gaming and other demanding workloads and high performance parts.

Also, you can make it slightly cheaper by taking H97 motherboard instead of Z97. You won't need Z97 with 4790 since you can't overclock the cpu anyway.
 
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Yes, Im aware of my PSU being rather bad as Im on a tight budget. Do you think a 550W would be ok for a few months then an upgrade? What PSU do you recommend? Also, Ive chosen a H97 and its knocked a fair bit off, thanks!
 
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Yes, it will work as temporary solution.

For PSU, I would recommend something like XFX XTR 550W or EVGA GS/G2 550W.
If you want some headroom for more powerful gpu or SLI, you can take 650W too.

EDIT: as noted below, you can leave out the thermal paste. The cooler already comes with it's own which is quite good too.
 
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Sadly I only have a choice of CORSAIR PSU's when ordering...Ill likely upgrade my PSU in the future then.

Also on the Mobo front, only offers ASUS & Gigabyte:/

Mobo: http://prntscr.com/8tg17v
PSU: http://prntscr.com/8tg1gu
 
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Im fine with the ASUS Motherboard as from reviews I've read an heard from friends the Z97-P is a great choice. However i can easily replace the PSU after. Its just these two options (from what i can see) that is restricted. Everything else isn't which is rather odd.
 
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Ok thanks! :)
 
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