Rig critique - £1200

[squerble]

Hi all, speccing a rig for a friend with a budget of around £1000-£1200, for a complete set up. Any critique/changes to this?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II OC Strix 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £299.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £199.99
1 x Asus VE247H 24" Widescreen LED Multimedia Monitor - Black £131.99
1 x Asus Z97-K Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £92.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 750W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £82.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x Crucial M550 128GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M550SSD1) £68.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £44.99
1 x Asus Xonar DG 5.1 PCI Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp £24.95
1 x Raijintek Themis Black Heatpipe CPU Cooler PWM - 120mm £19.99
1 x Aerocool V3X Devil Red Edition Midi-Tower - Black / Red £19.99
1 x Zalman ZM-K350M Gaming Keyboard £11.99
1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £8.99
1 x Gigabyte M6800 1600DPI Gaming Mouse £7.79
Total : £1,176.10 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 

[stulid]

You dont need thermal paste as that comes with the cooler.

The MX100 is faster, but get a 256GB SSD as 128GB wont last long.

PCI sound card, rather have PCi-E.

I shall do you a basket now


YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 OC Silent "Infinity Black Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **WorldWide Exclusive** £289.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £185.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z97 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £124.99
1 x AOC E2460SH 24" Widescreen 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Black £113.99
1 x SK Hynix 256GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS256G32MNB-2201A) £84.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x Antec TruePower Classic 550w '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £55.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £44.99
1 x Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - Black £39.95
1 x CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle - USB Keyboard & Mouse £29.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Black Heatpipe CPU Cooler PWM - 120mm £19.99
Total : £1,134.83 (includes shipping : ).




The Sniper has decent onboard sound so no need for a separate sound card.