Assess my build please

[bigriggers]

Hi all,

It's been a while since I built myself a PC, so would appreciate some thoughts on the below components, or any potential compatibility issues that I may have missed.
The machine will be used for a bit of gaming (bf4, bioshock infinite etc), possibly some cryptocurrency shenanigans, and just day to day browsing / office tasks after that.
Not too interested in overclocking right now as I think it will be powerful enough for my needs, but may do so at a later date. Hence I thought the stock i5 cooler would be good enough for now.

Gigabyte Z87-DS3H
i5 4670k
8GB G.Skill Ripjaws DDR3
Gigabyte R9 280X
Crucial 240GB M500 SSD
Corsair CXM750
Zalman Z9 case

So, whaddya think?

Cheers.

 

[Abscent]

Whats your budget? also do you ever plan on future SLI/CF?

 

[bigriggers]

Whats your budget? also do you ever plan on future SLI/CF?

Probably not with regards to SLI/CF.

This build comes in at around £780, definitely don't want to go over that. I'm a "casual" user!

 

[Abscent]

Everything is pretty good on your build I changed a few things I would recommend, better quality PSU and also choose a 128 ssd for OS and install your other games on a 1tb HDD. If you want you could order an EVO 212 air cooler it comes with great thermal paste so it would save you on ordering Arctic silver 5

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£164.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£100.64 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.95 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£54.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£43.96 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card (£225.60 @ Dabs)
Case: Zalman Z9 ATX Mid Tower Case (£35.98 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£69.50 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £755.60
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-26 21:06 GMT+0000)

 

[bigriggers]

Everything is pretty good on your build I changed a few things I would recommend, better quality PSU and also choose a 128 ssd for OS and install your other games on a 1tb HDD. If you want you could order an EVO 212 air cooler it comes with great thermal paste so it would save you on ordering Arctic silver 5

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£164.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£100.64 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.95 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£54.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£43.96 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card (£225.60 @ Dabs)
Case: Zalman Z9 ATX Mid Tower Case (£35.98 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£69.50 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £755.60
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-26 21:06 GMT+0000)

Thanks for the suggestions, take your points on the PSU and SSD. In fact I already have a big disk drive so that'll save a bit more cash too.

However I'm just wondering if you think the Z87-D3H is worth the extra over the Z87-DS3H (only £67.98 on eBuyer)? From what I can tell the only real difference is the amount of 8x PCI-E slots, which I don't think I'll be using anyway.

Cheers.

 

[Abscent]

Not much difference, if you want to go with the other board it will work just fine also

 

[bigriggers]

Thanks, saved me a few quid there!