First PC Build (Maximum £900 Budget)

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JJJordan

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I need some advice on this build. All help is greatly appreciated.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£177.92 @ Amazon UK)
Thermal Compound: Deepcool Z3 1.5g Thermal Paste (£2.99 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: MSI B85-G41 PC Mate ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£64.58 @ BT Shop)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£31.18 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive (£60.24 @ BT Shop)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£57.99 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£70.97 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit (£78.91 @ More Computers)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-N10 PCI-Express x1 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter (£9.99 @ Amazon UK)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse (£26.99 @ Novatech)
Speakers: Logitech Z130 5W 2ch Speakers (£27.99 @ Amazon UK)
Other: Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB G1 GAMING Graphics Card (£280.00)
Total: £889.75
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-22 17:24 BST+0100

Advice on a monitor would also be nice.

Thank-you
 
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logainofhades
I would go with a current gen i5, so you have an upgrade path. Also, I would recommend a better Wifi adapter.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£174.91 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£63.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£32.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive (£60.24 @ BT Shop)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H35 ATX Mid Tower Case (£48.50 @ More Computers)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX...
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logainofhades

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I would go with a current gen i5, so you have an upgrade path. Also, I would recommend a better Wifi adapter.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£174.91 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£63.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£32.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive (£60.24 @ BT Shop)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H35 ATX Mid Tower Case (£48.50 @ More Computers)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£70.97 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit (£78.91 @ More Computers)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter (£28.15 @ Amazon UK)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse (£26.99 @ Novatech)
Speakers: Logitech Z130 5W 2ch Speakers (£27.99 @ Amazon UK)
Other: Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB G1 GAMING Graphics Card (£280.00)
Total: £893.64
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-22 17:40 BST+0100
 
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<MOD EDIT>. Maybe switch to skylake or a 4690k with the extra cash. thats about all i can offer as an idea. if u have a tight budget. search hardware swap for i7s. (on reddit)
 
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