About to purchase - any changes/additions?

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OK, about to purchase components in. Need a machine that is capable of gaming at 1900x1200. If it can do that then it can also do everything else I need it to do.
I already have:
OS (Win 8.1 64bit)
Keyboard & Mouse
Monitor
SSD (Samsung 840 256GB) & Platter (Seagate 1TB)

Budget was around the £600-£620 mark. I don't pay for shipping from here. With help from forum members a few weeks back I am at:

Corsair Carbide 200R Case
SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W PSU
Intel i5-4690 "Devils Canyon" CPU
MSI Z97 PC Mate Motherboard
8GB RAM - TeamGroup Vulcan Orange PC3-19200
XFX Radeon R9 280X DD Black Edition 3072MB Graphics
Pioneer 24x DVD-RW

Total cost for this one comes in at £616 delivered (if I use OcUK for all components).

Are there any obvious changes I should make to this? Do I need to consider anything other than the stock cooler for the CPU?

Cheers all.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4690 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £155.99
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 280 TurboDUO 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £67.99
1 x MSI Z97 PC Mate Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £64.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £46.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black (CC-9011023-WW) £44.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £13.49
Total : £558.53 (includes shipping : £11.75).




Some people like an aftermarket cooler for non-overclocking Intels too. I'm not really one of them.

Still, this one is apparently excellent for the price:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler - Black £14.99




If your budget is £600 or so, you can go for the i5-K instead.
 
 
Sorry, should have said I was planning around the "K" version - me bad.
See 280 mentioned over the 280X. That does of course see a £50 saving. Is the 280 a nice capable card?
 
Just another quick question.
One of the builds below mentions the BitFenix Ronin Tower Case. Looks all nice etc, but I don't need windows in the side etc.
I originally decided on the Corsair Carbide 200R - seemed a pretty good case for the money etc. I see it is described as "compact case" - there would be any problems installing something like the Gigabyte Z97X-SLI motherboard into this case would there?
The Corsair case will be OK with any motherboard?

Ta
 
OK, thanks all. I've taken some of the bits & pieces from a couple of people over this thread and the last one I started. I had this budget in place, but of course coming under it is always good :)
I've also decided to add another single SSD so I can move OS to it's own, one for games etc.
So as I press "submit reply" on this message I'll then go off and purchase:

Corsair Carbide 200R
SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W PSU
Gigabyte Z97P-D3 motherboard
Intel Core i5-4690K "Devil's Canyon" CPU
Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler
Kingston HyperX 8GB PC3-19200C11 2400MHz RAM
Powercolor Radeon R9 280 TurboDuo 3072MB Graphics
Crucial MX100 256GB SSD HD
Pioneer 24x CD-RW

£652 delivered.
 
stoofa said:
OK, thanks all. I've taken some of the bits & pieces from a couple of people over this thread and the last one I started. I had this budget in place, but of course coming under it is always good :)
I've also decided to add another single SSD so I can move OS to it's own, one for games etc.
So as I press "submit reply" on this message I'll then go off and purchase:

Corsair Carbide 200R
SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W PSU
Gigabyte Z97P-D3 motherboard
Intel Core i5-4690K "Devil's Canyon" CPU
Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler
Kingston HyperX 8GB PC3-19200C11 2400MHz RAM
Powercolor Radeon R9 280 TurboDuo 3072MB Graphics
Crucial MX100 256GB SSD HD
Pioneer 24x CD-RW

£652 delivered.
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Looks good for the price.
 
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