€850+- System, what are you thoughts of it and what can be improved?

sander7390

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Hello everyone!

So i'm planning to soon build my very first PC which is about 830 euro's right now.
It contains:

CPU: AMD FX-8350 @4.0 GHz - €162,90
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo - €32,99
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Extreme3 R2.0, socket AM3+ - €64,90
GPU: MSI GTX770 TF 2GD5/OC - €279,-
HDD: 1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM - €51,90
RAM: Crucial 8GB DDR3-1600 (BX Sport) - €74,90
PSU: Corsair CX750M, 750Watt - €79,90
Case: Zalman Z11 Plus HF1 - €59,90

An additional 8GB Crucial Memory will be added later on!

Screenshot of it all: http://gyazo.com/1423dd0fb607bc6f0fa075e6b078bbec

Let me know what you think, suggest anything to be changed or what can be improved?
Please stay under the total of €850,-

Sincerely,

Sander

EDIT: I forgot the purpose of the PC. Its mainly for gaming, but I will be doing things such as game recording, livestreaming, video-editing and photoshopping also.


 
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For your price range you could buy a stronger gaming build w/ a Haswell i5 and a 4 GB R9 290 gpu:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor (€152.90 @ Caseking)
Motherboard: ASRock H87M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (€63.67 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (€69.90 @ Caseking)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€50.39 @ Pixmania DE)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 290 4GB Black Edition Double Dissipation Video Card (€386.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid...
For your price range you could buy a stronger gaming build w/ a Haswell i5 and a 4 GB R9 290 gpu:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor (€152.90 @ Caseking)
Motherboard: ASRock H87M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (€63.67 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (€69.90 @ Caseking)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€50.39 @ Pixmania DE)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 290 4GB Black Edition Double Dissipation Video Card (€386.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case (€40.24 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (€75.89 @ Hardwareversand)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer (€16.84 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €856.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-15 16:55 CEST+0200
 
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