Hello, good people of the LTT Forums. I am here to ask about my friend's first PC build. I would like to receive your input and, quite possibly, your criticism on my friend's pick on the parts that he's going to build.
Here are the parts:
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/Ykz8Yr
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/Ykz8Yr/by_merchant/
CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI H110M Pro-VD Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($55.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($31.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Transcend SSD370 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($53.49 @ B&H)
Power Supply: Silverstone ST50F-ESB 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($55.99 @ NCIX US)
GPU: Asus GTX 950 OC 2GB DDR5 ($149.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $458.34
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-22 21:32 EDT-0400
~~Case is undecided.
His budget is roughly about PHP25,000 which is US$530. He can raise his budget if needed... like about $40 for the case.
Please remember that retailers here have limited parts (some parts are not available) and we don't have the luxury of ordering online (shipping here is a pain).
Also, if you're going to give suggestions, give the US price some headroom because prices here in the Philippines are a little more expensive. If I'm going to use the prices here in our local computer stores, the total price of the parts is already around PHP 25,000-26,000. That's a $70 to $95 difference between the US total price and the Philippine total price.
He also wants to know the advantages of the 6th Gen processors over his initial pick which is a 4th Gen processor (i3-4170), and the difference between DDR4 and DDR3.
He wants to buy and build it tomorrow, and only tomorrow. He doesn't have much time due to college stuff, myself included.
All he wants from his PC is a good-enough performance on games and a future-proof build. Is this build good enough?