I'm trying to build a new pc and I'm really new to this because the pc I bought was pre-built so I would like someone to help me with this http://pcpartpicker.com/list/7KJ3Z8 and reccomend me a case and which parts should i change incase i'm fucking something up.

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Looks pretty good, except for the SSD.

Sandisk are the bargain bin "jalopies" of the SSD world. I'd get a much better brand with better benchmarks. Kingston, Corsair, Samsung (I use Samsung myself) are all much better and faster with their high end SSDs.

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Indeed, that's a much better SSD, and for only a couple $$ more.

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i can highly recommend the case i have

I put 120mm fans x 6 as it follows: 3 in front, 2 on top and one at the back. it has noise reduction with anti-phonic material, you can change the color of the leds and even control the speed of the two fans that comes with it at the touch of a button, and lastly I consider it having super good cable management system.

other than that you can seek further review infos on youtube.

hope i helped.

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Aight i'll check out more stuff on youtube. Thanks for the answer

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my pleasure.

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You are buying an unlocked CPU, but your motherboard does not support overclocking. Either buy a non-K i5-6600 or buy a motherboard with a Z170 in its name.
The 212 EVO cooler is outdated. Here is a list of coolers that are better in cooling, and for the same price. Many of them are also smaller, so they fit in cases better (the 212 is not compatible with quite a lot mid-tower cases and won't fit into anything smaller): http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-2467876/alternatives-hyper-212-evo-budget-cooling.html

The rest are decent enough. If you go for the cheaper CPU, buy a Samsung 850 EVO SSD instead. If for the more expensive motherboard,leave the SSD.

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aye, the 212 EVO might not be enough for the 6600k overclocked I suspect

the 850 EVO is a great choice, probably one of the best choices in the market as of a few months ago when I got one

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The 212 could see the 6600K to 3.8-4.0 GHz, and that CPU can cause BSOD over 4.2 GHz on many systems anyway. (Hands-on experience.) The cooling performance of the 212 is good, it is just an old thing that was surpassed by many manufacturers, even its own. It is sort of the "WinRar" of coolers: everyone knows about it, but nobody bothers to see if something better came up in the past many, many years.

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how can it cause BSOD after 4.2? bad silicon lottery?
I got one I'll eventually OC... I except something like up to 4.4...

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It needs overvoltage after that and that is something I really, REALLY hate to do. I have seen enough Intels turn into a smokescreen at even 1.3 Volt…

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Btw is the stock cooler just that bad that I would need to buy one? Or does it overheat easily.

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The stock cooler is designed for Intel chips generating roughly half the heat. it is also noisy as fuck. An aftermarket cooler like the one you selected in one of your builds should keep it way under dangerous temperatures even in a relatively hot room and an average mid-tower with half-decent ventilation.

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You think I should be fine with i5 -6500?

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If your budget for a gaming PC is under USD 1000, then yes. It should be the best CPU you can choose.
Still, change the motherboard. if you buy an i5-6500, get a motherboard with "H170" in its name. I don't think you want me to get technical, so the short version is: a H110 motherboard would slow down your system and you wouldn't be able to use the CPU and graphics card to its fullest. The H110 ones are meant to be used for cheap office workstations or home media PCs.

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Yes. When it comes to motherboard, it is mostly a question of personal preference. I like ASRock, some vote for MSI, ASUS, or Gigabyte. What you linked should serve your needs without any issues.
If I had to add anything is that it is a microATX board,meaning it is smaller than the "normal" ones. While it can be a blessing as it fits better in cases, leaving more room to cables, it can also mean it needs a little more agility to put in anything, plus the smaller boards tend to be more expensive. If you can find one that is a "standard" ATX size, it may be cheaper and still provide the same things..

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Thank you very much for taking your time to respond to me :)

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Pretty much what Talgaby said! A "K" cpu and a cpu cooler need a "Z" chipset motherboard.

  • If you will go with an H chipset and still want a cooler I recommend the cryorig H7 and an i5-6500 should do the trick (just 0.1 GHz below the 6600 and cheaper).
  • If you aim to overclock then pick a Z170 motherboard (asus, gigabyte and msi are the best), pair it with a thermalright Macho rev.B cooler and the 6600K you have already!

Finally, by the end of the year the new CPUs from Intel and AMD will arrive, so if you can I would recommend to wait and see for the performance gains on the new ones or just the black friday/cyber monday deals.

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Won't everything be out of stock immediatly on black friday and cyber monday?

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Not everything, the hottest deals sure, but there will be decent hardware with good discounts too for online shopping. Take this with a grain of salt since it's just what I noticed last year when I helped a friend to put together his first desktop, I haven't done it myself personally to give you 100% certainty.

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Do you remember approx how much money your friend saved when buying on those days?

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Hmmm good question... we built with $1500 a rig with a GTX 980ti that would have costed around $1600-1700, just bear in mind that we didn't get the exact brand or model we had in mind first for the parts (mobo, hdd and ram if I recall correctly)... but originally we aimed for a GTX 970 and ended up with enough budget for a GTX 980ti from Gigabyte.

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Hm, Gigabyte's coolers are usually quite bad, this is why I can only recommend that manufacturer for lower-end cards that generate a lot less heat. A 980Ti is not exactly among those. Doesn't the card heat up a lot?

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Actually no, it has a factory OC so the cooler might have been enhanced from the regular version, but so far my friend is really happy working on his 3D models and with some games (I don't know how far he pushes his card though, he likes to play indies a lot).

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It's a great mobo! You can check a couple of other options if you like:

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yay, got the same CPU, I bought an OP cooler though lol
-> ! you need another motherboard for overclocking though, I think it needs to be a Z1 or Z1a or something, find the Wikipedia page on the LGA1151 (socket).

the rest looks alright to me, I'm eyeing the same GPU as an upgrade, I got a 550w PSU. You could consider 500w for the 1060, my 550 should be enough for a 1070 too, though if you'd want to upgrade to higher end later on the 600 could be good.

Edit: The motherboard size has to be compatible with the case, same for PSU and case

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want cooling? get 6x delta fans, very cheap and each fan will run at least on 2500-4000 RPM

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Short version is as others have said you need a better motherboard than that, a better SSD (I'd say the Samsung Evo 850 Basic 250 Gb), 16 GB RAM and the Asus/EVGA overclocked version of that GTX 1060 (I don't trust the durability of Gigabyte components).

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What motherboard do you reccomend?

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Depending on budget and necessities there are plenty of options. A good budget option would be Asus H170 Pro Gaming, if you wanna overclock the CPU go with the Z170 version of the same thing (has 2 more USB 3.0 at the back too).

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Get this HDD instead Double the storage for the same price and you should get a 250gb ssd tbh. What about this one?

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As for the case I'm using this one

You can check out my build if you want

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A mini-ITX gaming build is only warranted if you are really tight on space. Getting the same parts in ATX size can be almost or more than $100 cheaper.

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Not really... If I went ATX I would've spent the same amount of money, the only variants would've been the mobo and the case and I'm really happy with both of my choices.

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GPU length can be a problem, although I doubt it with a 1060. Cooler options are more limited as well, even with water-cooling.
I'm not saying a mini-ITX gaming rig is bad, but I would probably not recommend it if there is enough space for a mid-tower.

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My case is the size of an ITX one anyways and the only issue I see would be GPU length as for watercooling...

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Try putting an Asus Strix 1060 in a mini build :)).

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Hah, right. I generally really like ASUS and their products, but with their GPUs, honestly, I always feel like as if the principle is "let's make it feel expensive and ask a lot of money for it". Case in point: a triple-fan large cooler on a low-wattage card? Why? The 1060 uses so little power, I wouldn't be surprised if you could passively cool it with the right setup.

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You can actually, in low room temperatures the fans should be idle during web browsing and other undemanding tasks because of the excellent heatsink they used. They did put an 8 pin connector on it so it OCs better than any other version. And it is highly durable compared to others. But for many their Dual OC version should do the job too if they don't want the best of the best.

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Thanks for the HDD reccomendation gonna change it to that one for sure but I'm not really sure about the ssd . Would this one be not that worth? https://www.amazon.com/Kingston-HyperX-120GB-SH103S3-120G/dp/B007R67FNA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1471632033&sr=8-1&keywords=Kingston+HyperX+3K

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Weeeeeell, with SSDs, it is almost a one-bit scenario: Samsung or anything else. Samsung's chips are so much better than anything that it really doesn't matter what you choose: AData, Silicon Power, Kingston, Geil, Crucial, Corsair, Goodram, Sandisk, Transcend, Patriot, Plextor, and whatever I forgot… they will be roughly the same. If you cannot afford a Samsung, might as well just buy an AData SSD. They are as reliable and fast as any other, but they can serve as a good enough system drive, and thy are dirt cheap.

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If you want, but make sure to get the 240gb one

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Besides what Talgaby already pointed out and that I elaborated, take in mind the following too:

  • For just $20 extra you could get a 240gb SSD, I recommend MyDigitalSSD and OCZ (owned by Samsung).
  • Throw an extra $25 and you could get a 3 TB HDD, I recommend Hitachi (HGST) since they have lower chance of failing.
  • The GTX 1060 is pretty solid! Consider the RX 480 too if you are interested in games that will work with Vulkan (like Doom) or you are interested in buying a new monitor, a Freesync monitor is half price of a G-sync one.
  • The PSU is not something you would want to cheap out, the one you picked is good though, but if you can then consider a 80+ Gold EVGA GQ 750 (or GS 750), if not then that 80+ Bronze model is still good like I said.
  • Finally, I wouldn't install an optical drive unless you use it a lot, you can buy an external CD or Bluray drive for $20 and $40 respectably.
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If there is room in the case, the internal drives are a good option. The cheap external one's motors really love to just break down under mild use and an expensive one costs almost thrice as a good enough internal. Externals are a great option for mini-ITX and smaller builds or if you really just use them once in a blue moon.

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Good to know! Personally I haven't used a CD ROM for personal use for about... 6-8 years perhaps? And maybe 4 times during my college years, I'm aware that some people do use them a lot though, so it's very good your clarification!

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PCs as media stations are now a big enough thing to actually make building a small case with an internal DVD/BD player in it a better option than buying a Bluray player. Since a media player can have better configurable options and enhancements than a player, and televisions that can offers such features can be expensive as fuck, there are builds now which can almost center around their disc readers. :)
(Although in many cases I mostly see people having two PCs: one with a large case and the internal drive, running a media player that streams the data to the HTPC, which just displays the feed on the television. The plus side is that it can function like a Steambox as well, streaming games without the hassle of setting up the television as another monitor for the main PC.)

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Hey. One person in the comments said that I shouldn't get the Gigabyte 1060. Would you think that I should get the Asus or Msi one or stay with the Gigabyte one? Does the Boost clock thingie mean anything if I'm not going to overlock it? https://www.amazon.com/GeForce-STRIX-Ready-Graphic-STRIX-GTX1060-O6G-GAMING/dp/B01IPVSN1S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1471683578&sr=8-1&keywords=asus+1060

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Well… eh?
With GPUs, the only thing that is important is the cooler on them. Some are better, some are worse, depending on manufacturer and card type.
While I like ASUS in many things, their GPUs lines tend to have more effort put into the packaging and nice-sounding names than being that much better than the competition. EVGA focuses more on actually delivering said performance boost, but the cost is ridiculous.
ASUS and EVGA NVidia cards are nice, but not in the 1060 mid-level category. I'd recommend them maybe for the 1070 and definitely for the 1080.

Honestly? If you are tight on money, buy a Gigabyte or MSI card (whichever is the cheapest) and make sure they have plenty of space to blow the hot air out. (A small case fan around the GPU blowing air out can help as well.) Yes, they will be noisy, but unless you are really picky about the volume of the PC, that 40-60 USD difference is not exactly something I'd call "mandatory". Plus the 1060 uses very little power and generates a lot less heat, so it's not like cooling is that crucial for it.

Addendum: Gigabyte is not advised usually because their products are a bit of a gamble. They either work for a long time or die in 2-6 months. Since failure rates are not drastic, consider them being a bit of a low-risk gamble for the cheap price. If money can be a concern, I say it is better to go for it. (their warranty covers failures anyway.)

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You think this is the build that I should go with? http://pcpartpicker.com/list/nLcwzM . I still haven't chosen a case and I think i'm just gonna change the asus 1060 back to the gigabyte 1060 or wait for the asus 1060 price to drop down a little bit.

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Frankly, it is a good enough gamer PC build that can also be used for media and work with its storage capacity. You will need to buy the exact same RAM kit within a year or so to upgrade to 16 GB (8 GB can be done right now, but the time to go to 16 GB on gaming is really, really close now), and the GPU will last about 3 years max*, but that goes with PC gaming.

*You may try to switch the GTX 1060 to an AMD RX 470 or 480, but if you want NVidia because it is the only thing you are familiar with, then the 1060 is a good choice for short terms.

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Hmm I guess i'm gonna get 16GB ram now so I won't have to upgrade it later. Accept my friend invite on Steam i'll get u smth for your help.

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I just noticed that I actually can't order my Motherboard because it only ships in USA. Would you know what replacement i should get? Person in this thread reccomended me this one https://www.amazon.de/Asrock-H170A-X1-3-1-DDR4-Motherboard/dp/B01968CLDU/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1471771748&sr=1-1&keywords=ASRock+H170A-X1%2F3.1 . I looked at this one too https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B002LFJ454/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3JWKAKR8XB7XF . I don't know which one is the better one. Maybe I should get one that isn't one of these?

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The Gigabyte one, because it has an M.2 connector. It could be useful in the future.

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Overpriced for your needs and the rest of the build. ASUS has great quality and that mobo has a nifty on-board sound device, but unless you also use expensive headphones or a 5.1 audio system, you won't really hear it. (Plus SupremeFX drivers can have issues, since most of the industry now just pretty much got used to having RealTek audio.)
It is a great motherboard, but I think you will be good with the Gigabyte one as well.

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Hmm ok I'm just gonna stick with the gigabyte one and stop searching for more.

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It's not a bad idea to keep looking around; it took me almost three months to finally come up with the build of my current rig. But there is always a point where you just have to accept that maybe the ideal part has been found. ^_^

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Oh and btw do you think the gtx 1070 prices gonna drop down or are they gonna stay around 420-500

7 years ago
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Some people say Q1 of 2017 COULD BE a price drop because some new stuff AMD is doing.

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It won't drop for a good while most likely. It's the new generation and sells well enough to not warrant any drop.

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Let's say If I changed the video card to rx 480 should all of my other parts be ok? And do u know who's 480 I should get?

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Sapphire, if it is available for a sane price. Powercolor, XFX, MSI—roughly in that order—if not.
Prefer the 8 GB version over the 4 GB one for longevity.

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One more question is the rx 480 really gonna be that much better than the 1060 in the future?

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Yes.

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Indeed, but as you can see, it costs quite a bit. If it is too much for you, you may try to find an RX 470 instead. It should be closer to the 1060 both in performance and in price tag.

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I'm gonna wait a little bit and see if the price drops down.

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Is the I5- 6600 without the k not worth getting. On Amazon the price is only 20dollars higher than the 6500 one

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There is no definite "yes" or "no" answer to it. The 6600 is a lot better in the K variant, and overclock it on a motherboard with a Z170 chipset. The 6500 is somewhat overpriced, but as the entry level i5, it should provide enough processing power so you will never feel slow in almost anything but the most demanding calculations, like rendering.
In other words, the 6600 won't give you too much more, but for +20 bucks, it is not a bad deal, if you can spare the money.

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Hmmm ok I'll think about it

7 years ago
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Oh and should I get an anti-static wrist strap cause when I saw people building pc's they reccomended it .

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It is recommended, but not crucial. I have a higher body electricity rate than normal, yet I am yet to short-circuit any sensitive computer equipment without it. :) If you have a large object near you where you can discharge yourself periodically, it is also enough. But the wristbands aren't too expensive anyway.

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The Asus 1060 Dual OC is a solid option and cheaper and smaller than their Strix version if you wanna save some money. Performance difference isn't considerable unless you wanna push the OC on the Strix a lot.

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Thanks for the answers guys but I'm going to sleep so i'm gonna keep checking out stuff tomorrow.

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I'm gonna favourite this topic because I am in the same situation as you.

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i would prefer you this config

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500
Cooler: EKL Alpenföhn Ben Nevis
Mainboard: ASRock H170A-X1/3.1
Ram: Kingston HyperX Fury DIMM Kit 8GB, DDR4-2133
Case: Nanoxia Deep Silence 3
Psu: be quiet! Straight Power 10-CM 500W
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB
DVD: LG Electronics GH24NSD1 schwarz, SATA, bulk
GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 1060 Gaming X 6G

when you have money left than add this SSD
SSD: Crucial MX200 250GB

i dont know the american prices, but in germany like 800-900€, must be in dollar with US Prices maybe 800$

Edit: when you add the SSD you will need a third Sata3 Cable, when you dont have 1 home than add it in to the basket

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A case is pretty subjective, all based on how you like to build, and your visual tastes. Me personally, I don't use liquid cooling, so I look for cases that have good intake and exhaust fan placement, typically 2-3 each, along with removable filters for easy cleaning, and easy drive installation with clamps as appose to screws. Typically I also buy big cases, so it dwarfs my components and allows a lot of airflow, and it's preferred that my case also has a window panel so I can see inside without having to open the case. So really, you need to sit down and think about what's important for you based on the cooling method, how dusty your environment may get, and so on. Finding a case imo is the most time consuming part to select.

That being said, I'm not certain how shipping costs can be in the U.S but... If it's anything like I go through in Canada, I'd suggest paying attention to checkouts. Sometimes it may seem you're saving money buying from multiple sites, only to have newegg, go and separate all products you're buying from them into 2 separate shipping orders with separate fees, making things more expensive then if you paid $5-$10 more for the part(s) on a different site and had it including under 1 shipping fee.

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Ye I think I'm gonna get this case cause I don't plant using water cooling and everything should fit in it. https://www.amazon.com/Zalman-Tower-Case-Z1-Neo/dp/B019OSCMYK/ref=sr_1_7?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1471696754&sr=1-7&keywords=pc+case . Btw I'm from Europe and the shipping price from amazon.com is over 120 but I'm wondering if I buy the Amazon prime will the shipping be free? I tried the amazon.de and the shipping was like 30 euro so I'm not really sure because the whole build costs cheaper from the amazon.com site but the shipping just adds so much to the price. Do you know if Amazon prime makes all shippings free?

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Ah ok, just thought American based on the partpicker being set to U.S. Amazon prime does give free shipping I think, but not 100% sure, Amazon has a lot of seriously overpriced stuff in Canada, so I avoid it. As for the case, the price is good for what you get (according to newegg, it comes with the 3 fans preinstalled), since you're getting an aftermarket cooler for the cpu, the 3 fans should be sufficient. Worse case scenario, you could also DIY the side panel to add a fan onto the window for extra exhaust, but doubt that would even be needed.

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Can I somehow check what PSU the one on newegg has or is that impossible cause I don't know if I should buy the case from Amazon with no psu or the one from newegg with a psu put in already.

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Doesn't come with a psu.

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Oh

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A friend told me that you can make your account premium in amazon before purchasing and receive everything withouth shipping cost ( he did it buying a 800$ pc like yours)

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Ah ok thanks man

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If you are getting the case from amazon that you posted you may want to think about getting a modular PSU as it doesn't look like it has good cable management considering the PSU is in the same compartment as the motherboard .

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I don't know much about pc parts, but why 8GB Ram, and I would go with something else other than Sandisk.

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I changed the build I have 16gb ram and Samsung 250gb ssd

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For gaming purposes, 8GB is all that's really needed at this time. Anything more then 8GB is merely something that should be considered if a person intends to run multiple applications while gaming.

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not really, 16 GB of RAM is gonna be the norm for Gaming
The New Deus ex mankind divided needs for Full HD 16 GB of Ram
http://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/deus-ex-mankind-divided-steam-system-requirements/
a lot of games that will come 2017 will also need so much
to say that 8 gb is enough is wrong for upcoming games

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I did say at this time. If he's on a budget, adding another 8gb when it's needed isn't that big of an issue. Even then, the 16GB will only be required if a person desires playing in full ultra settings. The majority of the games will still be playable on medium settings and still look gorgeous with just 8gb. It will still be a bit before 16gb is actually required for games to be playable.

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yeah you right, to add 8 gb later when he need them is really the easiest way

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Before picking a case you might want to consider the following:
Budget/Price - Takes into account whether the case is actually worth the price
Features - like number of fans, radiator-ready, psu shrouds, cable management slots, etc
Airflow - Rather important as the temps of your parts can be affected by the airflow allowed by the case

Some cases I can recommend:
Cooler Master N200 (Side Window or Normal Edition)

  • Cheap and has lots of space for your graphics card. Decent airflow too.

NZXT S340

  • Around $30-$40 more than the previous case but it holds up with the build quality in terms of cable management, space, and aesthetic.

Corsair R series

  • I've been hearing a lot of good things about the R series in terms of features. You might want to look into this :) Only reason I don't particularly like this case is because it costs way more than the two cases I mentioned.
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My PC is either dead of dying, its really old. I also making some builds and I think i'm in love with the Phanteks enthoo pro M. It has one dvd drive place, plenty of room and filters everywhere. Sadly only two fans, but I hope i can use two or one of my old (and even broken xD) case. :P

At the end depends of how much money are you going to spend.

NZXT are awesome and pretty nice (imho, this is really really really personal) but those are hard to find with a pace for the dvd. Medium and high tier corsair are brutal, although medium has a total lack of filters (and I'm kinda obsessed with the dust). Fractal Design R5 would be my top of the top, but its over 100$/€

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I think between 800-950

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I meant just in the case, sorry :P I also edited my comment adding some of th cases i've been seeing these days

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Ah ye I don't know if I really feel like spending over 100 for a case so I think the max is like 50 for me

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Around 50€ you can check corsair carbide 100r, 200r and sharkoon DG7000. I'm pretty sure there are more good 50/60 dollaridoos cases but that its entirely of the person looking for the perfect mix between functionality, looks and dimensions

Also, check out this brand. I haven't found it in my country but in USA seems to be all around. In reddit lot of people recommend it and seems to be a good medium tier option
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=tesseract&N=-1&isNodeId=1

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With a powerful VCard, you may be wise to upgrade to that 600W power supply. Nevertheless, you may be able to save a few bucks by transfering the old DVD/CD drive from your old computer. As far as burning capabilities? Ask your friends and family (mostly yourself) when was the last time that they burned a disc?

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Ye I'm gonna use the DVD drive from this computer. I was wondering about one thing too. I bought a new power supply like 3 months ago cause my old one fried for no reason so could you tell me if I even need to buy a new one or if I could use the one I have right now. I have this one http://tecnoware.com/Prodotti/FAL625FS12/free-silent-620w-12-cm-psu.aspx . I thought that I could just use the hdd that I have now instead of buying a new one but idk about that.

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Yeah just use the one you bought 3 months ago. 620W. In the past, you had to worry about whether a power supply could deliver power on the 12V rail for powerful video cards (instead of delivering most of its power on only the 5V rail). I do not see any rail details on this. It should be fine if 620W.

Power supplies are mostly simple. Overpower does you NO good, however, once your system demands more power than a supply can handle--there is a problem.

Yeah if your present HDD is fine. I bought 2 1T drives a few years ago. Without ever using it (I guess I should have taken it out of the system so that it would not spin up.) 1 of them died. I use the other one solely to backup my SSD--(I only have about 10G of music). If you will be solely using the SSD for day-to-day use, look for a setting (I forget if it is in the bios) to tell the HDD to NOT spin up at all, unless data is requested. It adds a big 5sec delay to spin up the HDD when you need it, but it is nice to save wear on your backup equipment if you are only accessing it occassionally.

I am glad that I took the advice of my friend and bought a 250G Samsung 850 Pro. So fast, keep everything there; backup ever month or so. I paid $240 4 years ago. $125 at newegg.com. You can save a bit of money if you go with EVO instead of PRO. Robustness/Quality of Samsung is more important than every bit of performance of PRO.

EDIT: 250G is more valuable than getting a Samsung branded SSD.

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Oh gods… the Italy-made power supplies have only one advantage: they are not Chinese knock-off power supplies, so they won't burn your PC down instantly.
Don't put that thing into a gaming rig though, unless you really want to fry something in it badly.

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My Specs:
Intel Core i5-4570 Box, LGA1150
Be Quiet Pure Rock Tower Cooler
EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW GAMING ACX 3.0
Gigabyte B85-HD3, ATX, Sockel 1150
Samsung EVO 840 250GB
BitFenix Merc Alpha
3x Be Quiet Pure Wings 2
be quiet! PURE POWER L8 400W
16GB Crucial Ballistix Sport Series DDR3-1600, CL9 (4x4GB)
LG GH24NS bare schwarz
Seagate Barracuda 7200 1000GB, SATA 6Gb/s
Seagate Barracuda 7200 3000GB, SATA 6Gb/s

My Power consumption for the Complete PC are:
Idle 40 Watt
Desktop/Browser 56-60 Watt
aida64 stresstest 220-240 watt
furmark 1080p preset 260-280 watt
with a Powertarget for my GPU of 112% and overclocking its 300 Watt with small jumps to 310 Watt by Furmark

i tested it myself with a Energy Monitor from Voltcraft

and you wanna tell him to take 600 watt?

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I once had a power supply with great cables and an LCD display giving me wattage usage; quiet; heat pipes--it was great. Unfortunately, it died in the first year and the company went under. It is nice to get a good reading on wattage from an updated system.

I was not really prodding him to upgrade to a 600W power supply--instead, to keep the 620W PS that he already bought a few months ago. I was discouraging him from buying all fresh components for his constructed system, while instead poaching whatever he could from the functional older system.

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sry my english isnt the best, didnt understood what you said

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In summary, I said: "I did not tell him to buy a 600W power supply [as you show that your system uses 300W]."
I said "Instead of purchasing a new 600W PS, KEEP the 620W PS that you already have."

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I think that your choice of components is pretty good for a first time system builder. The only thing I could advise is to get a bigger SSD, because with the sizes of video games these days 120 GB can fill up pretty quickly. As far as a case goes, my personal preference is Fractal Design, but you may want something different so you can look it up to see if it suits you.

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That's a bit better in my opinion. With a 250GB SSD you will have more breathing room for more games, maybe dual boot Windows and Linux, stuff like that. When it comes to the GPU, you can't go wrong with RX 480 or GTX 1060, they're both very fast and I think you will be happy with either of them. Zalman makes quality enclosures, and both motherboards you picked are just fine. In my opinion you are all set to go.

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Ye I thought about maybe changing gpu to 1070 but it's way too overpriced atm

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Nvidia GPUs are always overpriced because they have a very loyal fanbase, but their GPUs are fast. You should pick a GPU that suits your monitor resolution. If you have a 4K monitor go with 1080, if you have a 1080p monitor go with RX 480.

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Stop. You picked a DDR3 memory stick, but your motherboard uses DDR4. They are NOT backward compatible.

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Good. It's a nice RAM.

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