pc Should I build around an old office PC with an i7 6700?

[EyeTea]

Hey all, so I got my hands on an old company computer that was rocking an i7-6700 on an Asus H110m-plus board. 

Nothing special but the cpu wasn't half bad, do you guys suggest building around that cpu? I was thinking of swapping the case, psu, adding a gpu and a new ssd. 

The build would look something like this :

Case: phanteks P400

CPU: I7-6700

GPU: AMD RX580 8GB

RAM: 2x8gb of hyper x fury 2133 DDR4

Motherboard: Asus H110-m plus

Hdd: Seagate barracuda 1TB

Ssd: Kingston UV 400 120GB 

PSU: Evga 500W bronze

 

Any recommendations? 

[boey]

Is there a specific budget you wanna keep to?

[BobVonBob]

No harm in it. The 6700 is still a capable CPU. You will definitely get more performance out of your budget than if you bought a new CPU and motherboard.

[Spotty]

i7 6700 is still a decent enough gaming CPU, especially if you got the system for cheap/free. Adding a SSD to it is a great start, even a $30 250GB SSD would be a huge improvement. RX 580 would be a decent choice, and you could probably find some decent prices on used ones. Also keep an eye out for other equivalent used GPUs as well.

I'd say go for it.

[Domrockt]

an nvidia 1060 6GB are going new for 199€ in Germany i would prefer nvidia over AMD not in general but driver whise.

i had to much bad experiences with amd drivers in the past.

 

my last amd cards where a 380 a Fury a Vega 56  and Vega 64 and all of em except the fury where an bad experience. imho

 

[LukeSavenije]

i would look into the mx500 and p1

not a big fan of lower tier evga psus

a mb511 rgb is a good one to keep in mind

 

but the idea is good

[boey]

2 hours ago, Domrockt said:

an nvidia 1060 6GB are going new for 199€ in Germany i would prefer nvidia over AMD not in general but driver whise.

AMD's drivers for their 500 series cards have improved a lot I believe, took them a year to do it but it's there. 580 is like 5-10% better than 1060 and usually cheaper, so it's a better choice. AMD is usually a better choice for anything brand new + 1060-level and below really. 

[boey]

2 hours ago, EyeTea said:

Hey all, so I got my hands on an old company computer that was rocking an i7-6700 on an Asus H110m-plus board. 

Nothing special but the cpu wasn't half bad, do you guys suggest building around that cpu? I was thinking of swapping the case, psu, adding a gpu and a new ssd. 

The build would look something like this :

Case: phanteks P400

CPU: I7-6700

GPU: AMD RX580 8GB

RAM: 2x8gb of hyper x fury 2133 DDR4

Motherboard: Asus H110-m plus

Hdd: Seagate barracuda 1TB

Ssd: Kingston UV 400 120GB 

PSU: Evga 500W bronze

 

 Any recommendations? 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel - Core i7-6700 3.4 GHz Quad-Core Processor	Purchased For $0.00
CPU Cooler	ARCTIC - Freezer 33 eSports ONE (Black/White) CPU Cooler	$32.07 @ Newegg Business
Motherboard	Asus - H110M-PLUS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard	Purchased For $0.00
Memory	ADATA - XPG GAMMIX D10 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory	$88.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Kingston - A400 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$29.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Seagate - BarraCuda 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$42.89 @ OutletPC
Video Card	MSI - GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6 GB VENTUS XS OC Video Card	$260.00 @ B&H
Case	NZXT - H400 (White) MicroATX Mini Tower Case	$92.88 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Corsair - CXM 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply	$39.99 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$606.81
	Mail-in rebates	-$20.00
	Total	$586.81
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-02-23 08:11 EST-0500

It's on the expensive side but it has a black and white theme to it, might look nice

[Domrockt]

52 minutes ago, _d0nut said:

AMD's drivers for their 500 series cards have improved a lot I believe, took them a year to do it but it's there. 580 is like 5-10% better than 1060 and usually cheaper, so it's a better choice. AMD is usually a better choice for anything brand new + 1060-level and below really. 

Of course, you are right too. In this case it depends a bit on prefered Brands.

it is indeed like all say, amd driver mature like Wine and the 580 had enough time to shine, sorta. 

 

[EyeTea]

15 hours ago, Spotty said:

i7 6700 is still a decent enough gaming CPU, especially if you got the system for cheap/free. Adding a SSD to it is a great start, even a $30 250GB SSD would be a huge improvement. RX 580 would be a decent choice, and you could probably find some decent prices on used ones. Also keep an eye out for other equivalent used GPUs as well.

I'd say go for it.

Thanks for the advice, I have ordered an sapphire nitro plus rx580 8GB 

For now I'm just sticking to that. 

Next month I'll be adding an cx500 psu and a corsair h100 cooler