Buying a gaming computer

REYNOLDS918

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I'm buying a gaming computer with a budget of £700 and have put together a build on the site 'pcspecialist' and would like some feedback on whether it's a good or bad build and why as I don't know a lot about it. Any feedback would be highly appreciated.

Case
InWIN 703 MID TOWER GAMING CASE (BLACK/RED)

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-4460 (3.2GHz) 6MB Cache

Motherboard
Gigabyte Z97P-D3: ATX, LG1150, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs

Memory (RAM)
8GB Kingston DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB)

Graphics Card
4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 960 - DVI, HDMI, 3 x DP - 3D Vision Ready

1st Hard Disk
1TB SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 32MB CACHE

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

Processor Cooling
INTEL STANDARD CPU COOLER

Power Supply
CORSAIR 450W VS SERIES™ VS-450 POWER SUPPLY

Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING

Extra Case Fans
2x 120mm Black Case Fan (configured to extract from rear/roof) (£9)

Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)

USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS

Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)

Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence (£109)

Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language

Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365

Anti-Virus
BullGuard™ Internet Security - Free 90 Day License inc. Gamer Mode

Keyboard & Mouse
CM Storm Devastator Keyboard and Mouse (£29)

Gaming Mouse Pad
SteelSeries 4HD Gaming Mouse Pad (£15)

It works out about 762 which is a little over but if it works then why not. Thank you.
 
Solution
Okay, you don't want a corsair VS series power supply for your build as it isn't a good unit, which means you'll have to spend a little bit more for something like this http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1450sx2b9

You can save money by dropping down to a h97 motherboard as you can't overclock your CPU which is the major reason to get a z97 motherboard.

Also, you don't need the thermal paste as the intel CPU cooler comes with it already applied.
Okay, you don't want a corsair VS series power supply for your build as it isn't a good unit, which means you'll have to spend a little bit more for something like this http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1450sx2b9

You can save money by dropping down to a h97 motherboard as you can't overclock your CPU which is the major reason to get a z97 motherboard.

Also, you don't need the thermal paste as the intel CPU cooler comes with it already applied.
 
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