First Build - Opinions?

[jeysan]

Hey guys, I was wondering if my build was good for its budget. I'm spending $800 hopefully possibly lower. However on PCPartPicket it's $727 which is good but when you get all the parts together on Newegg it's $760 or so, oh well! I've been looking around for the best parts I can use that's great for its price. I'm hoping this computer lasts me for awhile because I don't plan on upgrading anytime soon.

(Update : I only plan on playing a couple of games, such as Minecraft / CSGO / H1Z1 / DayZ)

Anyways, here's the build.

CPU : Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core

CPU Cooler : Using the stock market cooler.

Motherboard : ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150

Memory : Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866

Storage : Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM

SSD : I don't plan on using one.

GPU : EVGA GeForce GTX 960 4GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+

Case : Corsair 200R

PSU : Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Semi Modular ATX

Optical Drive : Asus DRW - 24B1ST/BLK/B/AS




Over all I personally think this is a good build I just need your guys and gals opinions about it. Glad to hear what I can add / remove.

*Also I have around $40+ I can use, I don't know what to use it on tho. GPU / CPU??*

PCPartPicker : https://pcpartpicker.com/p/CQymMp

 

[BottleGamer]

I would spend the 40 $ on an aftermarket cooler
Everything else looks fine to me

 

[LegitKraze]

If you don't mind the noise the stock cooler is fine, since this isn't overclockabel you won't need to worry about temps if they CPU does fail you are more than in your legal rights to return the CPU as the stock coolers are garunteed to keep temps stable at stock frequencies. Other than that though I'd opt for the WD blue over the seagate as WD has long been known to be more reliable than seagate and it performs a little bit better, and I would go for a SSD, it's well worth it, it doesn't have to be much just a 60gb Samsung to store the essentials in the contingency that the main hard drive fails and definately store the operating system on your SSD which you didn't include in your build either which I would advise adding the windows 8.1, which will greatly improve the speed of your system, other than that it should be fine.

 

[PunishedSnakeGr]

If u go for locked i5 the cost difference between 4460 and 4590 isn't worth it.
R9 380 is a bit faster than GTX 960 in almost all games.Also no point going for 4GB,assuming you play on 1080p.
Instead of Corsair CX i included a Seasonic one.
Also,any particular reason for going for microATX?

Here is a build:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/w2rJ3C
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/w2rJ3C
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/w2rJ3C/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($175.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($83.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($53.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($46.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 2GB Video Card ($198.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case ($58.59 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($64.99 @ B&H)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.45 @ OutletPC)
Total: $699.66
With the rest of your money get an SSD, 850 evo is a good value/performance.

 

[LegitKraze]

He does however get as with almost what all Nvidia cards have over and is substantially lower temps and the icing on the cake, the ever popular physX.

 

[PunishedSnakeGr]

There are like 17 or so games that support GPU accelerated Physx,others can run with AMD cards no problem.
The more heat output difference is relevant.5 to 8 degrees is not that great in my eyes.
Wattage is worth to consider though,it could variate from 50 to 90 watts difference depending on the implementation.

 

[jeysan]

So after reading everyone's opinions. This is what I've done.

Switched GTX 960 for R9 380 4GB
Switched out Seagate for Western Digital Blue.
Got an SSD - 120 GB
Switched out the i5 4590 for the i5 4460


Anything else?

 

[PunishedSnakeGr]

You are good to go m8.Have fun building your PC!

 

[jeysan]

Thanks everyone!

 

[LegitKraze]

No go back to the 960, it's well worth it