Could this be considered a good mid-tier build?

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Isokolon
- PSU is low quality
- a skylake build costs about the same than this last gen CPU
- the GPU looks like a blower style card which I don't recommend for an ATX case

I'd change it to:


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£174.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£65.93 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£34.83 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Blue 1TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive (£44.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 470 4GB NITRO+ Video Card (£186.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
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Isokolon

Isokolon

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- PSU is low quality
- a skylake build costs about the same than this last gen CPU
- the GPU looks like a blower style card which I don't recommend for an ATX case

I'd change it to:


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£174.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£65.93 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£34.83 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Blue 1TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive (£44.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 470 4GB NITRO+ Video Card (£186.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: BitFenix Nova ATX Mid Tower Case (£25.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£48.37 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM 64-bit (£44.00 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £626.08
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-14 21:18 BST+0100
 
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