New i5/970 System for Gaming PC

[RobHague]

Posted the other day about building a system for my nephew around £600, but I just put this together now as a better option and before I hit the buy I wanted to see what people thought and if there is anything obvious I am missing. He is in a bit of a hurry for me to buy and build lol.

Tried to give him a bit of a blue theme. What do you guys think?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Bitfenix Nova Midi Tower Case - Black Window= £26.99
• 1 x Intel Core i5-6400 2.70GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £149.99
• 1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (AVD4UZ124001604G-2CI= £41.99
• 1 x Crucial BX200 240GB SSD SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (CT240BX200SSD1)= £53.99
• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 Twin Turbo OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N970TTOC-4GD)= £259.99
• 1 x Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £97.99
• 1 x be quiet! System Power 8 600W 80 Plus Power Supply - Black= £44.99
• 1 x be quiet! Shadow Rock LP Low Profile CPU Cooler - 120mm= £29.99

Total: £705.92
(includes shipping: £0.00)
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[McGraw]

Z series mobo and CPU cooler but no overclockable cpu?

 

[mickyflinn]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x 8Pack Approved - Intel Core i5 6400 @ 4.4GHz Overclocked Quad Core Gaming Bundle = £334.96
  • Memory:Kingston Fury Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C15 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (HX426C15FBK2/8)
  • CPU Cooler:Alpenföhn Brocken 2 CPU Cooler
• 1 x Crucial BX200 240GB SSD SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (CT240BX200SSD1)= £53.99
• 1 x be quiet! System Power 8 600W 80 Plus Power Supply - Black= £44.99
• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 Twin Turbo OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N970TTOC-4GD)= £259.99
• 1 x Xigmatek Ares 1702 Midi-Tower - Black= £17.99

Total: £711.92
(includes shipping: £0.00)
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[RobHague]

You can still OC the CPU though the cooler I picked was poor so I swapped it out with the one in that OC bundle funny enough.

Edit: Though I am not sure if it will fit in the case now, a AIO Watercooler that would be perfect is sadly Pre-Order. It would be perfect as it's a Blue LED fan. I know my nephew is going to be pretty happy if it all lights up in some way

 

[jigger]

Drop the GTX970 and go with an R9 390. It's a better card for less money. Drop the the Shadow Rock heatsink and go with Arctic Freezer 7 Pro V2. Again, its better for less money.

Use the money saved to buy 16gb of memory.