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Building a desktop pc for gaming.

ChristianJDavies

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Jun 11, 2014
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Hi, I've decided to build a PC than buy one and I was wondering if this build is any good.

AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor

EVGA GeForce GTX 770 2GB Superclocked ACX Video Card

Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard

G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory

Samsung 840 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive .

Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Case-Corsair Air 540 ATX Desktop Case

EVGA SuperNOVA 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply

Asus BW-12B1ST/BLK/G/AS Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer

Asus Xonar DG 24-bit 96 KHz Sound Card

wireless: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter

monitor: AOC i2367Fh 60Hz 23.0" Monitor

CPU cooling: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler

Is there any way I can make it better and if so it needs to be less than £1500
thanks
 
Solution
You don't need the sound card unless you're making or working with music. Motherboards have very nice sound built-in. You can drop the HDD to 1TB, and RAM to 8GB (2x4GB).