Help with £600 Gaming desktop build

[marcus1]

Hi, I am hoping to get some advice on this build. I am new to building Desktops. I have chosen the pentium processor as I have heard it can be good overclocked and a possible upgrade is the i5-4690K, however, I have never overclocked before and I wouldnt ideally if it wouldnt compromise performance massively. I am a bit clueless on motherboards (my friend recommended the below to me) and the power unit I have chosen is based purely on the highest rated on a website I saw so I am not sure if it is the best.

I have a 500GB HDD which I salvaged from my old laptop which I could use as a second HDD. I quite like the h440 case aesthetically and it is a good size and hopefully future proof.

Thanks in advance for the advice!




PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/yzyMgs
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/yzyMgs/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor (£51.99 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£115.99 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£56.34 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£51.54 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Tri-X Toxic Video Card (£157.97 @ Dabs)
Case: NZXT H440 (Blue/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£84.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£58.73 @ CCL Computers)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN881ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£13.00 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £590.55
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-05 14:56 BST+0100

 

[Mugglensu1984]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£179.99 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.97 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£64.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£49.39 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.97 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Tri-X Toxic Video Card (£157.97 @ Dabs)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£29.99 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£56.99 @ Amazon UK)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN881ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£12.98 @ Aria PC)
Total: £617.24
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-21 21:32 BST+0100

 

[logainofhades]

Drop the overclocking, and use the money saved towards a far better GPU.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£147.54 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-E34 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£39.37 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Kingston Savage 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£43.71 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.97 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 290 4GB Black Edition Double Dissipation Video Card (£209.99 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H22 ATX Mid Tower Case (£26.87 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£62.48 @ Novatech)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£28.65 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £598.58
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-21 22:16 BST+0100