£900 Build Check

Marmot · 11 Mar 2016 at 22:10

Could someone smart please look over the below before I hit the buy button? Would you change anything? Will the CPU cooler fit in the case? Is 550W enough? I'm keen on sticking to Micro ATX or smaller. Thanks.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU)= £64.99
1 x Super Flower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black= £59.99
1 x Aerocool QS-240 Micro-ATX Case - Black= £24.95
1 x Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £249.95
1 x Gigabyte GA-Z170M-D3H Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £99.95
1 x Raijintek Themis Black Heatpipe CPU Cooler PWM - 120mm= £19.99
1 x Intel Core i5-6600K 3.9GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £199.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 10 32/64-Bit - USB Pen Drive - Retail (KW9-00017)= £89.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2B30= £79.99

Total: £889.79
(includes shipping: £0.00)

ExRayTed · 11 Mar 2016 at 22:24

Everything fits fine but that's fairly big for a m-ATX case - 209 x 419 x 372.2mm, not far off a regular midi tower.

Marmot · 11 Mar 2016 at 23:55

Great. I guess the case is down to personal preference and it has decent airflow. Should I go with 970 or AMD equivalent?

mickyflinn · 12 Mar 2016 at 11:11

The 390 just edges it imo but you want a small build so the 970 uses less power and produces less heat mite be a wise choice.

lee32uk · 12 Mar 2016 at 14:08

Cheaper Ram. Also a fully modular psu will make cable management a bit easier in a small case.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Kingston Fury Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C15 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (HX424C15FBK2/16= £56.99
1 x EVGA Supernova GS 550W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply= £72.95

Total: £140.44
(includes shipping: £10.50)

You only get a single rear fan pre-installed in the aerocool case, so I would suggest you buy a couple of fans for the front to get some airflow going.

Marmot · 12 Mar 2016 at 14:55

Will there not be a noticeable difference in performance going from 3000mhz to 2400?

ExRayTed · 12 Mar 2016 at 16:40

Outside of benchmarks the gains will be almost imperceptible - not enough to warrant the extra cost of 3000mhz over 2400mhz