Is this a good gaming pc for £650?

[iRobbzZz]

Case - NZXT Phantom 410 Mid Tower
Motherboard - Asus Z97-A
CPU - Intel i5 4690
Video Card - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760
Memory - Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) 1866Mhz
Hard Drive - WD Cavair Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM
PSU - XFX 550W P1550SXXB9
Optical Drive - Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE

If you would recommend any improvements that will keep the total cost around £650 that would be appreciated!

 

[barto]

I would add a motherboard. It would be a little difficult to do anything without that.

 

[iRobbzZz]

I would add a motherboard. It would be a little difficult to do anything without that.

Haha yeah, realised that I missed out the motherboard on the description after I published it. Updated it now though, motherboard is Asus Z97-A

 

[Archgaull]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£162.18 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.44 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£70.16 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£40.39 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270X 4GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£171.98 @ Dabs)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£32.99 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£72.98 @ Novatech)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£13.15 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £649.26
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-05 01:46 GMT+0000

How about that?

 

[barto]

Haha yeah, realised that I missed out the motherboard on the description after I published it. Updated it now though, motherboard is Asus Z97-A

No harm. I just couldn't let that one slide.

Technically speaking, nothing needs to be changed. There are a few things you could change to save a few quid. You could drop the Z97-A for a simple H97 board because you're not overclocking and the PSU wattage is too low for SLI/CF.

I'm not sure if the 760 GTX has dropped in price yet, but you could find a 960GTX for a similar price.

But technically, nothing is wrong.

 

[iRobbzZz]

Haha yeah, realised that I missed out the motherboard on the description after I published it. Updated it now though, motherboard is Asus Z97-A

No harm. I just couldn't let that one slide.

Technically speaking, nothing needs to be changed. There are a few things you could change to save a few quid. You could drop the Z97-A for a simple H97 board because you're not overclocking and the PSU wattage is too low for SLI/CF.

I'm not sure if the 760 GTX has dropped in price yet, but you could find a 960GTX for a similar price.

But technically, nothing is wrong.

Okay, thanks for the suggestions!

 

[iRobbzZz]

Haha yeah, realised that I missed out the motherboard on the description after I published it. Updated it now though, motherboard is Asus Z97-A

No harm. I just couldn't let that one slide.

Technically speaking, nothing needs to be changed. There are a few things you could change to save a few quid. You could drop the Z97-A for a simple H97 board because you're not overclocking and the PSU wattage is too low for SLI/CF.

I'm not sure if the 760 GTX has dropped in price yet, but you could find a 960GTX for a similar price.

But technically, nothing is wrong.

I have chosen to go with a H97 board instead and have decided on the GTX 960 but not decided on which variant, which would you recommend?

 

[barto]

I have chosen to go with a H97 board instead and have decided on the GTX 960 but not decided on which variant, which would you recommend?

I'm a fan of EVGA (ACX) but there are other good brands out there. Asus or Gigabyte would be my other choices.

 

[iRobbzZz]

@barto

Here's the final spec that I've decided to go for:
Case - NZXT Phantom 410 Mid Tower
Motherboard - MSI H97M-E35
CPU - Intel i5-4690
Video Card - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Memory - Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) 1600Mhz
Hard Drive - WD Cavair Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM
PSU - XFX 550W P1550SXXB9
Optical Drive - Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE

 

[barto]

Everything looks fine.