Check these specs?

ThtEllGuy

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Hey there,

Looking for a new gaming desktop under £800, and created myself this, specs good or bad and improvements or other desktops?

Case
STYLISH PIANO BLACK ENIGMA MICRO-ATX CASE + 2 FRONT USB

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-4690 (3.5GHz) 6MB Cache

Motherboard
ASUS® H81M-PLUS: Micro-ATX, LG1150, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs

Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (2 x 8GB)

Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 760 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready

1st Hard Disk
500GB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 16MB CACHE

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT

Power Supply
CORSAIR 550W VS SERIES™ VS-550 POWER SUPPLY

Processor Cooling
INTEL STANDARD CPU COOLER

Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs

USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS

Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)

Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence (£79)

Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365

Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL

Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)

Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)

Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
 
Looks OK for £800 - is this coming from a custom builder or are you doing it yourself?

I would advise you get an ATX motherboard and case unless space is a problem. Not a big fan of mATX especially for performance builds such as yours. That board is also quite low-end with it only being H81. I'd look at Z97 for an £800 build.

I would personally get 8GB of RAM and put the money to the graphics card instead. RAM is quite expensive at the moment. I reckon if you got 8GB instead of 16 you may be able to afford a GTX 770 which will be more beneficial for gaming than the RAM.

Apparently the 4690K is on the way - that will be better for overclocking if you are interested in that. You could always look at an i5 4670K if you want to overclock but can't wait for the 4690K.
 
Case no good.
mobo - can get h97/ Z97 if you want. But not essential.

How much is your set-up and which company?
You may want to check dinopc.com as they have one similar for ~£699, but with i5 4590, z87 and Corsair 230T
 
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