New gaming rig, any improvements?

[Wolves4ever01]

CiT Vanquish Gaming Case
ASRock Z97 Pro3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX motherboard
i5 4590 3.3ghz haswell
EVGA GTX 970
HyperX 1600mhz 1x8gb memory
Seagate barracuda 2TB 7200rpm HD
SeaSonic S12II 620 Bronze 620W 80 plus bronze PSU

Any advice on fan setup too?

Thanks

 

[IntelTurtleFan]

4590 is a waist of cash this is a much better option for not much more.
This mobo is also 30 dollars off and is one of the best Gaming motherboards out there period.
2x4GB will perform faster and these RAM sticks are low latency and higher speed.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($95.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($60.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($70.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card ($334.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $862.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-13 16:14 EDT-0400

 

[Wolves4ever01]

Thanks IntelTurtleFan, good advice after a bit more research.
American prices are so much cheaper than UK prices. It almost matches pound to dollar.

 

[IntelTurtleFan]

Should have said from the UK. 😛

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£178.00 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£97.99 @ Novatech)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£64.31 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£57.19 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (£267.72 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£79.29 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £744.50
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-13 22:01 BST+0100

 

[Wolves4ever01]

Should have said from the UK. 😛

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£178.00 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£97.99 @ Novatech)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£64.31 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£57.19 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (£267.72 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£79.29 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £744.50
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-13 22:01 BST+0100

PCpartpicker doesn't include newegg, which pretty much always has cheaper prices than amazon.
When i said it was almost directly pound to dollar, i forgot that i had included my software and accessories in the price too 😛
Thanks anyway for converting it to UK prices

 

[barto]

4590 is a waist of cash this is a much better option for not much more.
This mobo is also 30 dollars off and is one of the best Gaming motherboards out there period.
2x4GB will perform faster and these RAM sticks are low latency and higher speed.

That's an opinion. Not a fact. The 4590 is not a waste. Just like how the need for an overclockable CPU is an opinion, not a fact. There's nothing wrong with either of them. If the OP doesn't care to overclock or have multiple GPUs, they could save 60 quid and retain the same performance.

 

[Wolves4ever01]

Here is a link to my full build (slightly cheaper than PCpartpicker says), The case already comes with 2 or 3 fans. What PSU do you recommend?
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/Wolves4ever01/saved/edit/?saved=2xW8TW

 

[barto]

Here is a link to my full build (slightly cheaper than PCpartpicker says), The case already comes with 2 or 3 fans. What PSU do you recommend?
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/Wolves4ever01/saved/edit/?saved=2xW8TW

The link doesn't work. Don't use the link from the address bar. Use the permalink in the middle of the page.

Also, you should really state what you want to do with this build. While Turtle has a decent build, if you are not overclocking or going to do multiple GPUs, you're spending unnecessary funds.

 

[sora]

4590 is a waist of cash this is a much better option for not much more.
This mobo is also 30 dollars off and is one of the best Gaming motherboards out there period.
2x4GB will perform faster and these RAM sticks are low latency and higher speed.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($95.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($60.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($70.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card ($334.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $862.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-13 16:14 EDT-0400

The i5-4590 is not a WASTE of cash at all. It is great for non-OC builds.

 

[Wolves4ever01]

Sorry, here is the proper link: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/NdLct6
I do wish to OC in the future so would it be best to add water-cooling eventually?
Also, would 4 fans be enough? I can only fit one more in my case.
Thanks

 

[fport]

I think it is almost criminal not to have an SSD bootdrive in almost any setup these days.
You have a super CPU, a fast graphics card and dual channel RAM and then you spoil things
by not going solid state to complete the trifecta.

 

[barto]

Sorry, here is the proper link: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/NdLct6
I do wish to OC in the future so would it be best to add water-cooling eventually?
Also, would 4 fans be enough? I can only fit one more in my case.
Thanks

You don't need that many fans. You don't even need the fan controller. Too many fans add additional sound and can sometimes hurt the air flow. Add fans if necessary. If you're going to overclock, you'll need an aftermarket cooler to do so. Custom water loops are nice and needed for extreme clocks. For mild clocks, sub 4.5, an air cooler is just fine as they have similar results to air all-in-one coolers.

The PSU you selected is an average one that many people don't like to recommend because it's cheap. This would be my choice: Better PSU. Better motherboard.

Only thing left is SSD if you can afford one.

 

[Wolves4ever01]

Sorry, here is the proper link: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/NdLct6
I do wish to OC in the future so would it be best to add water-cooling eventually?
Also, would 4 fans be enough? I can only fit one more in my case.
Thanks

You don't need that many fans. You don't even need the fan controller. Too many fans add additional sound and can sometimes hurt the air flow. Add fans if necessary. If you're going to overclock, you'll need an aftermarket cooler to do so. Custom water loops are nice and needed for extreme clocks. For mild clocks, sub 4.5, an air cooler is just fine as they have similar results to air all-in-one coolers.

The PSU you selected is an average one that many people don't like to recommend because it's cheap. This would be my choice: Better PSU. Better motherboard.

Only thing left is SSD if you can afford one.

Yea decided to fork out a bit extra and go for a 480gb ssd, a full modular PSU and a slightly better motherboard. Do you think 1 intake, 2 exhaust fans would be enough? Thanks
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/FgKct6

 

[barto]

Like I said, add if necessary. I would start with 1 and add the side fan if temps get too high.