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LeonCaleb

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Making a PC for a friend and I've come up with this rig. Mainly he wants to play CS:GO and other low demanding games. Just want some advice before we purchase.

- Thanks in Advance.

Case: BitFenix Nova ATX Mid Tower Case
CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor
MoBo: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory
GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 950 2GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0 Video Card
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer
PSU: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply
Wireless Adapt: TP-Link TL-WN781ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter

Link to partpicker: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/F7h8hM

Note: Hes not looking to overclock.
 
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few things to change actually..
Z97 of mate is a cheap board imo.. A good h97 board will do it..
Change the psu asap cuz that will give u headaches after some time and it will for sure damage the computer...
A good tier 1 or 2 psu should do it.. since using the gtx 950 500 or 550W should be enough.. Check the xfx 550W psu..
If you're not going to overclock you can go with a H97 chipset and save a few bucks. Personally I'd switch out the hard drive for a 2TB Seagate. Everything else looks fine.
 
few things to change actually..
Z97 of mate is a cheap board imo.. A good h97 board will do it..
Change the psu asap cuz that will give u headaches after some time and it will for sure damage the computer...
A good tier 1 or 2 psu should do it.. since using the gtx 950 500 or 550W should be enough.. Check the xfx 550W psu..
 
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