My First Gaming PC Build - What Do You Think ?

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I decided to build my own PC for my birthday instead of getting one from the shops, I thought as a avid gamer the experience of building one might be a good learning curve and just for fun.
What do you think about this build ? Will it power through demanding games or just flop ?
Thanks.

Specs - PCPartPicker Link - http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/C2YRQ7

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£176.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.89 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£111.04 @ Dabs)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory (£62.96 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£62.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (£264.97 @ Aria PC)
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£69.59 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£62.98 @ Aria PC)
Total: £835.42
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Looks like a great build! You won't necessarily need that CPU Cooler unless you're planning to overclock however they are always useful to keep around, and occasionally better than the stock.

I'd recommend a 1TB/2TB HDD as a backup in case your SSD fails or you run out of space, with this, the SSD can be prioritized for games/programs which you want to run/load faster and the HDD for data.

You may also want to find some cheaper RAM, there is some RAM on the market just as good at a cheaper price. I suggest recommend G.Skill or Kingston. That RAM is a rip off; it's the price of 16GB.
Otherwise it looks fine, will storm through games no problem! :)
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I've done my research well It seems :)

 
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Looks like a great build! You won't necessarily need that CPU Cooler unless you're planning to overclock however they are always useful to keep around, and occasionally better than the stock.

I'd recommend a 1TB/2TB HDD as a backup in case your SSD fails or you run out of space, with this, the SSD can be prioritized for games/programs which you want to run/load faster and the HDD for data.

You may also want to find some cheaper RAM, there is some RAM on the market just as good at a cheaper price. I suggest recommend G.Skill or Kingston. That RAM is a rip off; it's the price of 16GB.
Otherwise it looks fine, will storm through games no problem! :)
 
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