Critique my build

timberflake

Hi guys, I'm looking at building my first PC, and just wanted peoples opinion on the spec I've put together. Here's what I'm going for:

Case: Corsair CC-9011028-WW Obsidian Series 350D - £69.00
MB: Gigabyte GA-H81M-H Socket 1150 - £37.20
PSU: Corsair CXM 600W - £58.07
CPU: Intel Core i5 4570 3.20GHz Socket 1150 - £145.92
RAM: Corsair 8GB DDR3 1600MHz - £51.66
Optical: LG UH12NS30 Internal 12 x Blu Ray Read 16x DVD - £41.98

I already have a copy of Windows and a 480gb Crucial SSD which I'll be using.

I plan to add a GPU and card reader in a couple of months, but what does everyone think of the above spec? It comes to £400 of new parts, is there anything you'd do differently with the same budget?

emptybox

Think I'd maybe be tempted to spend a bit more on the motherboard?
No need to go OTT, but maybe an H87 chipset?

timberflake

emptybox wrote: »

Think I'd maybe be tempted to spend a bit more on the motherboard?
No need to go OTT, but maybe an H87 chipset?

Any recommendations? I went for that one because the price was good & it has USB 3.0, gigabit lan & hdmi.

Cisco001

CX600m is 53 at amazon
I5 4570 144 Amazon

A.Penny.Saved

A smaller PSU. 600watts is very rarely needed unless you intend running a very powerful video card or dual cards.

A 400-450watt will run most setups very easily. I am considering replacing my 520 with a 400 because it has some issues. I have never used over about 230 watts even with a heavily overclocked Core i7-3770. Clocked to 4.6GHz stress tested CPU & video and pulled 280 watts from the wall which is approx 225watts usage.

Do you intend using the retail heatsink or getting a better heatsink? They are usually easier to fit than the horrible push pins which you will worry you are going to break the board when fitting.

emptybox

timberflake wrote: »

Any recommendations? I went for that one because the price was good & it has USB 3.0, gigabit lan & hdmi.

Well, I'm by no means a motherboard expert, but this one has all the same features, plus it's H87.
And I've had good experiences with Asrock.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/ASRock-H87M-Motherboard-Express-Capacitor/dp/B00CZZ4TLE/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1397349777&sr=8-11&keywords=1150+micro+atx+h87