Is this a good *first time* gaming build?!

JPWells123

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CPU Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core £155.94
Motherboard MSI Z97-Gaming 3 ATX LGA1150 £87.94
Memory Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 £58.99
Storage Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" SSD £44.94
Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM £36.00
Video Card MSI Radeon R9 290 4GB TWIN FROZR £299.15
Case Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower £44.99
Power Supply Corsair 750W ATX12V £65.99
Optical Drive Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer £11.74
Case Fan Corsair Air Series SP120 High Performance Edition 62.7 CFM 120mm £10.20
LEPA LP70D12R 120mm £1.91

I've got an OS, mouse, keyboard, monitor, etc.
Just need the parts picked above!

Thanks for any help,
JP :)
 
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Looks good to me. I've seen some really cheap 290s, I'm sure you could cut a little cost here and there but overall looks like it will play games very well. If you ever plan to get a second 290 for crossfire, I'd recommend maybe bumping the CPU up to the unlocked I7 4790k.
Looks good to me. I've seen some really cheap 290s, I'm sure you could cut a little cost here and there but overall looks like it will play games very well. If you ever plan to get a second 290 for crossfire, I'd recommend maybe bumping the CPU up to the unlocked I7 4790k.
 
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