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Hello Gents/Ladies,

After some advise before i do a buy

Looking at building a new pc and i am wondering what we think of this spec ?

Motherboard:
MSI B85M-E45 Intel LGA1150 B85 Micro-ATX Motherboard (4x DDR3, 4x USB 3, 8x USB 2, GBE, LAN, VGA, HDMI, DVI)

Processor
Intel Core i5 4690K Processor (3.5 GHz, 6 MB Cache, LGA1150 Socket)

SSD
Kingston Technology 120GB Solid State Drive 2.5-inch V300 SATA 3

Graphics
MSI Nvidia Gtx 960 Gaming 2 GB PCI-E Graphics Card

RAM
HyperX Blue Fury Series 8GB 1866MHz DDR3 CL10 DIMM (Kit of 2) Memory

PSU
Would 500W cope with the above spec?
EVGA 500W PC Power Supply

OR

Corsair Builder Series CXM 750W Modular 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX/EPS PSU

Box
CiT Goblin Mesh Gaming Case Black/Green Interior USB3 12cm Green LED Toolless

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No allowance for cooling, sound card, network card

HDD from my old PC

anything else to consider?
Package above comes in at Circa £560

or would i be better just buying the below?

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http://www.meshcomputers.com/Default.asp...EY=1310569

If you're going with a B85 motherboard then you can just drop the K SKU and get a normal 4690. Should be a little cheaper. Get the 750w. In case you want to upgrade in the future. If possible, see if you can get a 970, better price/performance, but the 960 is fine enough.

Well, im not sure about the ssd. Maybe you would be better off with a samsung 850 evo or an intel one. Other things look fine and take the 750w psu, then you'll be futureproof.

Think I'd be better with the package then? Linked at the bottom

In no particular order:

I've got a Kingston 120/240gb SSD and both are still going after 3\5 years no problem.

The k series cpu's are designed for overclocking, if you don't see yourself doing that you could get the non k version and save a bit.

Power supply, just make sure you don't get a cheap/no name brand. I've got a corsair ax760i and only use about 450w under load with a 3770k and a gtx titan black. You should be fine with 550-600w.

If you do get a K series board (recomend it, thats the processor I have but oc'd to 4.2) then I'd recomend adifferent case as by the looks of it that one has a single small one might want to think abiut a CPU cooler too, mines sits at about 35 degrees with one and thats in a hot, stuffy room

The reason I got a K CPU is because overtime they hold their value better than the non K CPUs

Need PSU 600w enough for u.

Maybe get new i5 6500 and 1151 is coming soon.

Went for a Asus z97-P board and that case a few people said it will fit no problem

Will combine with a 4690k i5 with artic cooler pro 7

But this is interesting...

http://www.cpu-monkey.com/en/compare_cpu...5_4690-356

128 gb ssd
Nvidia 970
750w psu most likely for future proofing
8gb ram at 1600mhz 2 x 4gb sticks