Building a new rig

[Timetravelingbunny]

I'm currently looking at components for a new gaming rig, I'd love a PC that will allow me to play upcoming games and does not get outdated within 2 years.

and this is what I have so far:

Harddisk
WD Blue WD10EZEX - Western Digital 1TB
€ 55,00

RAM:
Corsair Vengeance - 8 GB : 2 x 4 GB - DIMM 240-pins - DDR3 - 1600 MHz / PC3-12800 - CL9 - 1.5 V
€ 55,90

Powersupply:
Corsair CX Series Modular CX750M - 750 Watt
€ 99,90

DVD
ASUS BC 12D2HT
€ 64,90

Motherboard
MSI Z97 GAMING 5
€ 149,89

Processor
Intel Core i5 4690K / 3.5 Ghz
€ 252,90

Graphicscard:
MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4G
€ 370,00

This will cost me € 1.049,40. Is there anything I could save some money on? Not sure if it's realistic, but my budget is around 900.

I already own a HAF X case and a SSD.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Blaise170]

What country are you from? That CX750 is a mediocre PSU and seems overpriced.

 

[Diganta Das]

as Blaise170 CX750 is overpriced. choose a better psu that will cost you less. you can also buy a cheaper mobo, that won't affect the rig much.

 

[tech-wreck]

[strike]seconded[/strike] thirded. this would be a better option:
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1650bbefx

unless you want to add a second 970 in future, 750w would be enough for two in SLI, but then you will definitely want a good quality unit.

 

[Timetravelingbunny]

Thanks for the replies. I've always figured Corsair had these great PSU, I pretty much blindly picked this one. Thanks for pointing that out. So the XFX 650W 80+ should be enough to power this rig without any problems?

What about a cheaper motherboard? Any suggestions?

 

[Blaise170]

Corsair has some really mediocre PSUs and some really good ones. CX/CS/VS are below average, HX/TX above average, AX top quality. You will be fine running on a 500W PSU, you don't need more than that unless you are doing really heavy overclocking or multi-GPU. Antec, XFX, Superflower, Seasonic, most EVGA/FirePower/be quiet! are good.

 

[Timetravelingbunny]

Thank you. I will be looking for a different power supply.

Any thoughts about the motherboard? I'm clueless about those. I'm looking for one that costs around 100, not sure if that's realistic.

 

[tech-wreck]

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gaz97pd3
is at the cheap end of the Z97 line, but on paper it looks pretty decent.

 

[Timetravelingbunny]

Thank you. One last question, what about the software? Should I get Windows 10? Or would 8.1 be enough?

 

[tech-wreck]

i'd stick with what works, at least until all the issues have been ironed out in w10.