i5 6600k | GTX 1070

[CallMeMysterious]

I have officially locked in my computer build.

Assuming I can sell my old build and laptop, I will have the funding.

This is it.

For those of you who don't trust PCpartpicker, it consists of:

i5 6600k CPU

Corsair H60i CPU Cooler

Corsair Carbide Series 88R Case

Asus H110M-K D3 Mobo

16gb Crucial Ballistix DDR3 @ 1600mhz RAM

Asus GTX 1070 Turbo edition

Western Digital Blue 1tb @ 7200 RPM HDD

SanDisk SSD PLUS 120gb SSD

EVGA 600w Bronze PSU

 

Parts Rationale:

I own some of the parts, those parts being

- RAM

- WD Blue HDD

- SanDisk SSD

- EVGA PSU

So when I found out that asus makes H110 motherboards that support skylake CPUs with DDR3, I decided on one to save money.

With that in mind, I decided on the i5 6600k because it is $20 more for an unlocked CPU with a slightly higher clock.

I chose an i5 because I will mainly be doing gaming and a little bit of video editing for my youtube channel.

I wanted a liquid cooler for a couple of reasons. It offers better cooling (duh) which will let the CPU turbo up to a higher frequency.

Also (correct me if I'm wrong) it allows for more overclocking headroom as opposed to air. It will also be nice to save a bit of hot air in the case being blown around.

I picked the Asus GTX 1070 Turbo because it is the cheapest 1070 (again, correct me if I'm wrong) on the market at the moment. It is basically the founders edition with a custom cooler.

As for 1070 vs 1060, why not. 1070s are better. I currently have a budget GPU (GTX 750 Ti FTW) and even though the 1060 will beat it up and down, as will the 1070 (just by more), it would be nice to be future-proof (as well as bragging rights).

The Corsair Carbide 88R seems like a nice (and cheap) case to buy. It also helps that it has support for water cooling radiators.

 

BUT, as PCpartpicker says, I'm not sure if the 1070 will fit in the 88R.

Theoretically it should because the 1070 turbo is about 10.5 inches long where the case is 14.8 (or 17.3, idk which is which) inches. That should allow for some breathing room, right?

 

Well let me know what you think ald let me know if the 1070 will fit in the case.

Thanks for your help.

 

**EDIT**

I'm pretty sure it is the Corsair H60, not H60i

And I went pretty parentheses heavy.

[2FA]

Is that RAM DDR3L or just plain old regular DDR3? Skylake only supports DDR3L.

[CallMeMysterious]

2 minutes ago, DeadEyePsycho said:

Is that RAM DDR3L or just plain old regular DDR3? Skylake only supports DDR3L.

I'm pretty sure it's plain DDR3. But can't you underclock and undervolt DDR3 RAM?

 

**EDIT**

It would suck to have to blow $80 on another RAM kit only because I can't underclock and undervolt my ram.

[ItsTheDuckAgain]

I dont know that much about DDR RAM but it sounds like its the bottleneck in the build which is otherwise well rounded concidering you allready got some of the parts. In my opinion those additional 70 bugs will go a long way:

http://pcpartpicker.com/products/memory/#s=402666,403000,403200&Z=16384002&sort=a10&page=1

[zMeul]

that K CPU on a H chipset is a waste of money - you can't overclock it unless it's on a Z chipset

and that H60 ... no suitable for OCing - get a 240mm AIO or a serious air cooler 

ASUS GTX1070 Turbo .... just no  it's much worse than reference cooler

[2FA]

1 hour ago, CallMeMysterious said:

I'm pretty sure it's plain DDR3. But can't you underclock and undervolt DDR3 RAM?

 

**EDIT**

It would suck to have to blow $80 on another RAM kit only because I can't underclock and undervolt my ram.

It has to run at 1.35V.

[CallMeMysterious]

On 9/23/2016 at 1:17 AM, DeadEyePsycho said:

It has to run at 1.35V.

Upon further research, I found that on the motherboard's listing on amazon, it says

 

• "DDR3/DDR3L memory compatibility"

 

So I still don't know if I should get DDR3L or keep my DDR3

[2FA]

2 minutes ago, CallMeMysterious said:

Upon further research, I found that on the motherboard's listing on amazon, it says

 

• "DDR3/DDR3L memory compatibility"

 

So I still don't know if I should get DDR3L or keep my DDR3

If you ran the RAM at 1.5V, it would be essentially overclocking without any speed benefit. Meaning: increased wear on the memory controller. Only DDR3L is officially supported by Intel for that very reason.

[FRN]

On 9/23/2016 at 0:29 PM, CallMeMysterious said:

I have officially locked in my computer build.

Assuming I can sell my old build and laptop, I will have the funding.

This is it.

For those of you who don't trust PCpartpicker, it consists of:

i5 6600k CPU

Corsair H60i CPU Cooler

Corsair Carbide Series 88R Case

Asus H110M-K D3 Mobo

16gb Crucial Ballistix DDR3 @ 1600mhz RAM

Asus GTX 1070 Turbo edition

Western Digital Blue 1tb @ 7200 RPM HDD

SanDisk SSD PLUS 120gb SSD

EVGA 600w Bronze PSU

 

Parts Rationale:

I own some of the parts, those parts being

- RAM

- WD Blue HDD

- SanDisk SSD

- EVGA PSU

So when I found out that asus makes H110 motherboards that support skylake CPUs with DDR3, I decided on one to save money.

With that in mind, I decided on the i5 6600k because it is $20 more for an unlocked CPU with a slightly higher clock.

I chose an i5 because I will mainly be doing gaming and a little bit of video editing for my youtube channel.

I wanted a liquid cooler for a couple of reasons. It offers better cooling (duh) which will let the CPU turbo up to a higher frequency.

Also (correct me if I'm wrong) it allows for more overclocking headroom as opposed to air. It will also be nice to save a bit of hot air in the case being blown around.

I picked the Asus GTX 1070 Turbo because it is the cheapest 1070 (again, correct me if I'm wrong) on the market at the moment. It is basically the founders edition with a custom cooler.

As for 1070 vs 1060, why not. 1070s are better. I currently have a budget GPU (GTX 750 Ti FTW) and even though the 1060 will beat it up and down, as will the 1070 (just by more), it would be nice to be future-proof (as well as bragging rights).

The Corsair Carbide 88R seems like a nice (and cheap) case to buy. It also helps that it has support for water cooling radiators.

 

BUT, as PCpartpicker says, I'm not sure if the 1070 will fit in the 88R.

Theoretically it should because the 1070 turbo is about 10.5 inches long where the case is 14.8 (or 17.3, idk which is which) inches. That should allow for some breathing room, right?

 

Well let me know what you think ald let me know if the 1070 will fit in the case.

Thanks for your help.

 

**EDIT**

I'm pretty sure it is the Corsair H60, not H60i

And I went pretty parentheses heavy.

You cannot overclock on that motherboard. Get a z170 motherboard to enable overclocking.

 

If this is your first build, I'd recommend an air cooler like Cryorig H7 since it will be hassle free and you wont need to worry about your CPU getting leaks from the AIO. It happens, yes, though rare.

 

RAM is RAM. You dont need something with a fancy heat spreader thingy.. and it doesnt cost a fortune to buy 2x4 sticks of 8gb ram. 

 

For the SSD, I'd recommend an Adata SP550 240GB. It should be better than the one you listed.

 

But if you want to stick with your old RAM, just down grade to an i5-6500 and ditch the H60i. Stock cooler will just do fine and you wont be overclocking with a H110M board.

 

Check this GPU with the GPU clearance of your case. 

https://www.zotac.com/mu/product/graphics_card/zotac-geforce®-gtx-1070-mini-0

[Watermelon_Jesus]

You're going to want a motherboard that can overclock if you're getting the 6600K, you're going to want to run DDR4 because it's 1. A lot faster and 2. Supported memory, you'll want a better 1070 that will also fit in your build, and you'll want a 240Gb SSD to not only have Windows installed on (if you're getting a fresh copy of it) but to have your most important applications and some games be booted up faster. -- http://pcpartpicker.com/list/KrFb2R

[belfouf]

everyone here agrees, so please listen to advices