Need help with gaming rig

BlueTirrick

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Feb 13, 2015
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Any help with this build would be appreciated. Would like to try and stick to an red theme.
Rig is basically only going to be used for gaming and maybe a bit of streaming.

AMD FX-6350 3.9GHz 6-Core Processor
£60.00 Getting this from a friend at mates rates and I am thinking about overclocking hence the cooler. May upgrade to a 8350 at some point but for now the price on the 6350 is too good.


Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler
£25.50 Great budget cooler to replace the terrible stock cooler and to help with over clocking

MSI 970 GAMING ATX AM3+ Motherboard
£71.99 Great motherboard with everything I need and fits in with the red colour scheme.

Kingston Fury Red Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory
£52.99 Fits with coulour scheme and is a great price for the ram.

Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
£41.35 Just standard storage for games, films and music.

MSI Radeon R9 290 4GB TWIN FROZR Video Card
£229.55 Great graphics card at a great price could get a gtx 970 but advice would help.

Corsair SPEC-03 Red ATX Mid Tower Case
£45.80 Looks a great case for the price.

Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply
£56.99 Good power supply. Semi modular to help with cable managemen.

Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer
£9.98 Only really going to be used to install windows.

Total price 594.15
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/cVLvhM

Budget could be stretched to £650-£700 but would like to not go overboard.

Many thanks.
 

ykki

Honorable
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6350 3.9GHz 6-Core Processor (£60.00)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.50 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£71.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston Fury Red Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£52.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£41.35 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (£269.96 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Corsair SPEC-03 Red ATX Mid Tower Case (£45.80 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.79 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer (£9.98 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £624.36
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-23 12:15 GMT+0000

Getting a 970 is worth it.
Also corsair cx uits are bad.
Everything else is good.
 
Solution

plywrlw

Admirable
The GTX 970 is a much better performer than the R9 290 so I'd seriously consider it

Have you considered the Rajintek Themis for the cpu cooler, it performs better than the Hyper 212 evo (tho is a couple of dB louder) and even better - it's got a red fan!

I'd suggest the Antec HCG 620m as the PSU as it's much better made than the CX600 and as a bonus is red and black! http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/antec-power-supply-hcg620m