Building pc for a friend.

[Jaycor11]

Hello, I'm looking into helping a friend build his first pc. He has a budget of roughly £550.
What do you think of this build?
Thanks!

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£140.42 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£56.93 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£35.67 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£32.40 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card (£159.02 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case (£41.36 @ More Computers)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£49.99 @ Amazon UK)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN881ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£12.95 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £528.74
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-24 18:12 BST+0100

 

[Anarkie13]

I see no issues. Only suggestion is to increase the quality of the PSU to XFX or Seasonic

 

[Onus]

Get a better PSU than the Corsair CX. Since you've got a locked CPU, you may as well save a few pounds on the motherboard by getting a H97 board instead of Z97.

 

[KKAW]

Hello, I'm looking into helping a friend build his first pc. He has a budget of roughly £550.
What do you think of this build?
Thanks!

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£140.42 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£56.93 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£35.67 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£32.40 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card (£159.02 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case (£41.36 @ More Computers)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£49.99 @ Amazon UK)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN881ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£12.95 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £528.74
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-24 18:12 BST+0100

I would personally go for this:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£140.42 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£67.58 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£35.67 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£32.40 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card (£159.02 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£55.90 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£35.40 @ Ebuyer)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN881ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£12.95 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £539.34
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-24 18:27 BST+0100

 

[Onus]

Although I'm a little surprised the H97 is more expensive, that's probably the way I'd go too. It's a decent board; I'll be reviewing it soon.

 

[RCFProd]

I don't think he has to change the motherboard. It is very good for the price, doesn't matter if It's a Z97. Just 2 changes; one for the case and one for the power supply.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Case: Corsair SPEC-03 Red ATX Mid Tower Case (£42.32 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: Super Flower Golden Green HX 450W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (£47.71 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £90.03
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-24 18:32 BST+0100

Super Flower and Seasonic make the best power supplies out there now, this Super Flower especially is a good unit so expect it to last on you more than twice as long as that Corsair CX power supply you've chosen now. Maybe go for the 550w to be a bit more future proof perhaps for your next GPU upgrade.

Other than that I think the setup is solid.

 

[KKAW]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£140.42 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£56.93 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£35.67 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£32.40 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card (£159.02 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£55.90 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£35.40 @ Ebuyer)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN881ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£12.95 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £528.69
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-24 18:34 BST+0100

Changed the motherboard to the previous one. I automatically thought that a H97 would be cheaper however this seems to be a very pleasant surprise.
I just checked the specs and it doesn't seem to be compromising anything worth mentioning.

 

[Onus]

The cheap Z97 is probably not good for overclocking, which is a non-issue in this case, but would explain why it is cheap.

 

[KKAW]

The cheap Z97 is probably not good for overclocking, which is a non-issue in this case, but would explain why it is cheap.

Yeah, i would recommend a minor overclock if anyone is purchasing this motherboard for there unlocked LGA 1550. Perhaps around 4.2 ~ 4.3Ghz