Is it worth the price?

Jak278

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In my last thread I posted this PC http://imageshack.us/i/paSssrr0j which I customised on PC SPECIALIST. I was told it was not worth the money and that I could improve it. I was suggested this which I have customised a little and wanted to know if this is worth the price, Thanks in advance!
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£167.50 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£64.90 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-G1.SNIPER Z97 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£118.76 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£68.12 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£75.54 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card (£269.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design Core 2500 ATX Full Tower Case (£39.50 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£66.50 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.46 @ Aria PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) (£75.35 @ Ebuyer)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£26.39 @ Aria PC)
Total: £1018.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-24 21:30 GMT+0000
 
The cpu cooler is not really worth the cost, if you are going to pay that much then should be getting a water cooler.

WiFi for gaming will slow you down, if hardwired Ethernet is just not an option then you should look at 500-600mbps powerline adapters. They will give you much better response time (latency) over wifi, which is way more important for gaming then mbps.
 


Unfortunately it is the only option for me, I may look into a water cooler, thanks for the advice.