Possible new build - want opinions

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Budget - £600, 730 euro, $1000 (£100 for OS/case, not mentioning here)

CPU - Intel Core i5-3470 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor - £135.98 Aria PC
CPU cooler - Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 45.0 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler - £16.25 Ebuyer
Motherboard - ASRock H77M Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard - £52.35 Amazon
Memory - Corsair XMS3 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory - £49.67 Amazon
SSD - Samsung 840 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk - £79.86 CCL computers
Graphics - Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 1GB Video Card - £89.70 scan.co.uk
PSU - Zalman 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply - £48.57 Amazon

I would go as far as to say I'm not an idiot when it comes to this stuff but I'm by no means an expert, and I didn't spend a really long time on this, but for my low-mid range budget I think this should do well, wanted to get some second opinions though. The machine is primarily for WoW (will be frapsing, maybe streaming) but other games I will probably play are LoL, DoTA and possibly FPS games like CS.

Any advice or opinions are wanted - thanks.

[chazus]

Not sure where you got those prices... For almost £100 less I put together something better in nearly every way. So you can either fill it out more (better cooling, board) or make a straight upgrade on the GPU to a 760 or something.

PCPartPicker part list
CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£155.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.44 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£69.30 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£58.43 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£61.56 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card (£107.70 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£44.98 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £523.40

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Oh sorry, I forgot to mention that the budget includes £100 or so for case/OS, I'll edit original post to include the prices I have for each item - also I've been told before to only ever go for gold certified PSU's

[megabeat]

The xfx one is really good, made by seasonic. And btw, you may want to check out the r7 265 instead of the 750ti

[chazus]

I've been told before to only ever go for gold certified PSU's

Awful advice, honestly. Whoever told you that doesn't understand what "Gold Certified" means, and what that equates to in how much money is going up in smoke from your pocket :P

The only, ONLY time "Gold" is worth getting.. is if there is a comparable Bronze one you intend on getting (like the one I linked) and the Gold is on sale for the same price.

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£155.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.44 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£69.30 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Kingston Blu 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.23 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£43.44 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card (£107.70 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£38.65 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£44.98 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£79.81 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £624.54
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-28 23:48 GMT+0000)

[Deleted]

Awful advice, honestly. Whoever told you that doesn't understand what "Gold Certified" means, and what that equates to in how much money is going up in smoke from your pocket :P

The only, ONLY time "Gold" is worth getting.. is if there is a comparable Bronze one you intend on getting (like the one I linked) and the Gold is on sale for the same price.

Ah, well thanks for setting me straight on that, I did suspect that it wasn't as important as he said.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£155.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.44 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£69.30 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Kingston Blu 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.23 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£43.44 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card (£107.70 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£38.65 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£44.98 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£79.81 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £624.54
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-28 23:48 GMT+0000)

Thanks for the suggestion I'm looking at it now, I would really prefer an SSD I think, but that's always upgradeable.

[Deleted]

Thanks for the suggestion I'm looking at it now, I would really prefer an SSD I think, but that's always upgradeable.

yeah, ssd is easy to add later on. out of curiosity, do u not need more space than 120 gb or do u have an hdd u can reuse?

[Deleted]

I'll be keeping the laptop I currently use for almost everything except playing games which has a 500 GB HDD, I've also got a 1 TB external drive, so storage space isn't really an issue.

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£155.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£69.30 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Kingston Blu 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.23 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£61.56 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card (£107.70 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£38.65 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£44.98 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£82.60 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £620.01
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-01 16:36 GMT+0000)

i´d go for this then and add the aftermarket cooler later on if u saved another 25. if u should run into storage troubles later on, u can just add the western digital at that point.

[Deleted]

This looks pretty solid, thanks very much for your help guys.