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1100€~New Build-Gaming & General Use System

StrikeLeaderGR

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So I just passed in the The School of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens and I decided to buy a new system for gaming and everyday usage for the various tasks for the University. Because I am going to spend a lot of hours in front of the computer screen the following years I want to build a desktop that it will last in time and it will be able to keep up with the progress of technology. Please note because I live in Greece not all of the parts you might suggest will be available here and at a competitive price like in other countries.

Approximate Purchase Date: In 2 weks approxemately
Budget Range: 900-1100€
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Programming, Various projects for the University, Media, General Use
Are you buying a monitor: YES
Do you need to buy OS: NO, I will install Windows 10 Pro with a key from my University
Location: GREECE
Parts Preferences: Intel for CPU, I prefer mostly NVIDIA GPUs because of the features and the name
Overclocking: Maybe in the future, but not in the first years
SLI or Crossfire: NO
Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080

Here is the list of the parts I have researched so far with the approximate prices I have found them in several local stores here in Greece.

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 355€
GPU: ZOTAC GeForce GTX 970 85€ (Because I own a gift card in Amazon and I will pay less)
MOBO: Gigabyte B150-HD3P (rev. 1.0) 100€
RAM:Kingston ValueRAM 8GB DDR4-2133MHz 55€
HDD:Seagate Barracuda 1TB SATA HDD ST1000DM003 55€
SSD: Kingston SM2280S3 120GB M.2 SATA SSD 70€
CASE:Sharkoon VG4-W 42€
CPU COOLER: CoolerMaster Hyper T4 32€
CASE FAN: Corsair SP120 LED Blue High Static Pressure 120mm 15€
POWER SUPPLY: Corsair VS Series VS650 80Plus 64€
Blu-Ray Driver: Samsung SN-506BB 57€


Monitor: Samsung S22D390H 140€
Keyboard:Logitech Keyboard K120 13€
WIFI Adapter: There is a chance I will need this so I will probably buy a cheap one around 10-15€ (Suggestions?)
Speakers: Already have Creative Inspire T6300 5.1 Multimedia Speaker System
Mouse: Already have Razer DeathAdder Chroma


SUM IS AROUND 1100€ And this is the maximum amount of money I can spent. I would like to keep it even lower if possible

So what do you think? Is this a good setup for this amount of money? Do you have any suggestions? I am also open fot any tradeoffs for better parts.
 
Yes it is a good setup, should work well.
Your power supply is a bit bottom of the range though.
But if you went with a build like mine, you could afford a much nicer monitor. As you say, you are going to be spending years looking at it....
my build
i5 4690k with Stock cooler.
Gigabyte H81 HD3
Crucial Ballistix memory 1600Mhz CL9 8Gb
Nvidia 960 graphics card
Samsung Evo SSD
500W power supply from a decent quality supplier
Cheap Case with one exhaust fan
HDD for extra storage