Building a pc, please provide suggestions, unsure of parts picked

[Strider94]

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/zzirgriff/saved/#savedbuild_2081835

The parts are saved in this link, thank you for taking the time to look at it.

 

[eddieb101]

Everything looks good except the power supply, switch it out for something like an EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold. The CX range from Corsair use cheaper parts compared to other Corsair power supplies

 

[Strider94]

I am unsure how good AMD processors, how good are they in comparison to say an i5 4690, what sort of games could it run?

 

[filippi]

Usually a stronger cpu will be far more important than 16GB RAM.
This build has a better PSU and HD too.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor (£143.99 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 V2 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£38.17 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£51.90 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£79.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£58.80 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (£283.98 @ Dabs)
Case: Zalman Z11 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£49.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.79 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.50 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£74.95 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £839.05
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-02 14:24 GMT+0000

 

[Silverbear]

Agreed, you should get an EVGA, here are two options:

More expensive but rated 80+ Gold: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438026&cm_re=EVGA_650_watt-_-17-438-026-_-Product

Less expensive, rated 80+ Bronze but will get the job done: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438014&cm_re=EVGA_600_watt-_-17-438-014-_-Product

The only other thing I would suggest is getting Windows 8.1, much faster boot and application load times and full utilization of your SSD.

 

[LucoTF]

fillipi the 2tb seagates have horrific failure rates

 

[LucoTF]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£154.11 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£61.16 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£54.00 @ Kustom PCs)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£79.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital WD Green 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive (£60.71 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: GALAX GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (£273.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: Zalman Z11 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£49.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.79 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.50 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£74.95 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £865.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-02 14:28 GMT+0000

-changed the FX to a much stronger i5
-The Z97p-d3 is very cheap in the uk right now
- 8gb ram is enough
- changed the gtx 970 to one by galax, probably the best 970 on the market right now
- changed the power supply to a quality rebranded seasonic unit

 

[bootcher]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£143.98 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI H97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£63.56 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£51.90 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£79.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Toshiba 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£56.98 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (£279.98 @ Novatech)
Case: Zalman Z11 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£49.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£38.87 @ Scan.co.uk)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.50 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£74.09 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £849.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-02 14:32 GMT+0000

- i5 +mobo instead of FX6300 for better cpu performance
- 8gb instead of 16gb, since mostly 8gb is more than enough for gaming/general use unless you are doing some heavy editing work. I assume you are building this rig for gaming because of the GTX 970.
- 7200 rpm harddrive instead of 5400 rpm
- better psu
- windows 8.1 instead of windows 7 for better performance

 

[zzirgriff]

i recommend a titan... there alright for this sort of price range

 

[LucoTF]

i recommend a titan... there alright for this sort of price range

This is a joke right?

 

[zzirgriff]

i recommend a titan... there alright for this sort of price range

This is a joke right?

Yeah it was... all in all i would say you're recommended builds are solid. Question .. If you were to skimp on any part of your build LucoTF to save money which part would it be?

 

[LucoTF]

Depends how much you would want to save 😉

 

[filippi]

fillipi the 2tb seagates have horrific failure rates

They are not intended for 24 x 7 usage in NAS units for sure. But i never had any problem with them as a consumer product.

Anyway OP should be fine with a Toshiba (Hitachi consumer drive) at same price range.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor (£143.99 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 V2 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£38.17 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£51.90 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£79.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Toshiba 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£56.98 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (£283.98 @ Dabs)
Case: Zalman Z11 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£49.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.79 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.50 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£74.95 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £837.23
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-02 15:09 GMT+0000

 

[LucoTF]

Price skimming

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£153.97 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-DGS R2.0 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£35.03 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£54.00 @ Kustom PCs)
Storage: Crucial MX100 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£52.76 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Toshiba 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£56.98 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: GALAX GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (£273.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: Zalman Z3 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£26.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£38.80 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.50 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£74.95 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £777.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-02 15:16 GMT+0000

Cheaper mobo
128gb ssd
cheaper case (but still good, comes with 4 fans + a fan controller)
cheaper PSU (450w is plenty for this rig)
not changing the KFA2 gtx 970!