First time desktop build, thoughts on my components?

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Bob_Bard

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Hey people, this is the first time I am building a computer. Since this forum has been very helpful to find answers to a bunch of questions I had during my search, I thought I might just ask for some final advice on my selection. I am aiming for a budget of about €800. I use my computer for some games (Assassin's Creed, Mass Effect, Supreme Commander), video editing with Lightworks, and studying with Word and dozens of internet tabs.

CPU: Intel i5-6400 (€180.50)
GPU: Gigabyte Nvidia GTX 950 (€148.50)
Mobo: MSI H110M Pro-VD (€57.50)
RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury 8GB DDR4 2133 MHz (€43.50)
SSD: Corsair Force LE 240 GB (€73.4 9)
HDD: reuse one from a laptop or server, 700GB-1TB
Case: Cooler Master N200 (€49.50)
PSU: Cooler Master G450M (€52.00)

And then there is Windows 10, a screen and HDMI cables bringing the total to €820 and a bit.

Any thoughts are appreciated!
 
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Mr Kagouris
Buy an Rx 470 instead of the GTX 950 and see if you can bump the CPU up to an i5 6500. The 6500 gets a major clock speed advantage for very little money.
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Bob_Bard

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Hmm, €20 for 0.5GHz, does that make that much of a difference? On cpu.userbenchmark it seems to be only 5% faster.

The RX 470 is about €200, that is too much for now (except if I get rid of the ssd or something). Also my video editing software (Lightworks) recommends Nvidia so I think I'd rather stick with that.
 
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Mr Kagouris

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Yes, 20 euros for 0.5GHz is VERY much worth it with a CPU, because you also get much higher boost clocks too (slap a Cryorig M9i on it and you'll be running at boost clocks 100% of the time while under load with almost no noise). cpubenchmark is not an accurate representation of performance.
 
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Bob_Bard

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Okay, interesting. I did see that the 6400 is barely used in desktops.

Well, the thing is that that is the only site I found that at least tries to quantify differences between components. Maybe not in absolute numbers but at least to see how things rougly compare.
 
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