Looking for input/advice regarding a new gaming PC build.

Astoon Martoon

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Hello, I'm building a brand new PC for gaming. Just want to get some advice about this build and whether it is all fine. My main concern is if the PSU is good enough as I don't know much about them and I picked one at random. Also there are some compatibility notes that partpicker gives me which I don't understand what it means and would like to know if I should be concerned about it, I have noted it down below the build. Thank you.

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/myHwCb
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/myHwCb/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8600K 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor (£247.19 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£34.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Motherboard: MSI - Z370 GAMING M5 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£178.63 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£138.92 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£64.45 @ SmartTeck.co.uk)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£34.74 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card (£398.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: NZXT - S340 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£77.99 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£87.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case Fan: Corsair - Air Series SP120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 37.9 CFM 120mm Fans (£17.96 @ PC World Business)
Total: £1281.85

Compatibility Notes:
The motherboard M.2 slot #1 shares bandwidth with a SATA 6.0 Gb/s port. When the M.2 slot is populated, one SATA 6.0 Gb/s port is disabled.
The motherboard M.2 slot #2 shares bandwidth with SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports. When the M.2 slot is populated with a SATA M.2 drive, one SATA 6.0 Gb/s port is disabled.
 
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8600K 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor (£247.19 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£34.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Motherboard: MSI - Z370 GAMING PLUS ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£97.27 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£138.92 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: SanDisk - SSD PLUS 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£66.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£34.74 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB AMP! Edition Video Card (£454.98 @ Ebuyer)
Case: NZXT - S340 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£77.99 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£87.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case Fan: Corsair - Air Series SP120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 37.9 CFM 120mm Fans (£17.96 @ PC World Business)
Total: £1259.01
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-27 21:19 BST+0100

Made a few changes.

The RAM will fit.

The board still seems to fit gaming perfectly.

I don't see the extra money for an M.2 drive being justified by the lower storage amount. It's R&W times aren't as significant like they would be in a higher end productivity build. The SanDisk fits imo.

A 1080 instead of a 1070.
 
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