New Build Recommendations

[demoneye]

I sold my last gaming PC about 10 years ago and now due to illness find myself having more spare time. I want to start playing again but I'm a little out of touch on things like GPUs and MB chipsets. I don't want to go the console route, as any real gamer knows it's got to be mouse and keyboard.

I'm looking to build a new machine for about £600 - I'm happy to build from parts or one of the prebuilt systems available from OcUK. I know it's not a great deal of money, but that's about all I can afford - I may be able to push to £700 if really needed...

Who's going to step up and help out an old skool gamer...

 

[demoneye]

Asus GeForce GTX 960 DirectCU2 OC Strix 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £169.99
Intel Core i3-4170 3.70GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £104.99
Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £79.99
2x TeamGroup Elite Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD316G1600HC11DC01) £147.98
ASRock H97M Pro4 Intel H97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £68.99
SuperFlower FX 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - Black £49.99
Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD10EZRX) **SINGLE PLATTER** HDD £44.99
Cougar MX200 Midi-Tower Gaming Case - Black £23.99
LG 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM GH24NSC0.AUAA15B £13.99

Total = £704.90

Any comments?

 

[demoneye]

I want 32gb for render engine use (mental ray / iray). Only real impact SDD will have is quick Windows response and game loading/level changes. I will take the drive up to a black caviar instead though.

The motherboard was chosen because it had a toslink digital opitical audio out - I've got an old 5.1 amp this will plug into.