First Ever PC Build.

[JoKr]

Hey guys,this is my first post and i have a few questions about the PC parts I chose before buying it,I wanna know if it is compatible and i also wanna know which parts are just not need and what parts are needed.

By the way,Im 15 and also Im from Singapore and this is also my first PC Build.

 

Case: Corsair Carbide Series SPEC-01 Mid Tower Gaming Case Black

CPU: Intel® Core™ i3-6100 Processor (3M Cache, 3.70 GHz)

Motherboard: MSI B150M Bazooka Plus Motherboard

Ram: Kingston HyperX FURY 8GB Desktop Memory 2133MHz DDR4 CL14 DIMM 1.2V Low Voltage 288-Pin HX421C14FB/8

PSU: Corsair CX Series CX450M 80 PLUS Bronze Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply

GPU: Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 3GB GDDR5 PCI-E Graphics Card

SSD: 160GB SSD INTEL 320 Series 2.5" SATA Internal Solid State Drive

Extra Case Fan:Corsair Air Series AF120 LED Quiet Edition High Airflow Fan

CPU Heatsink: ID-Cooling SE-214X Heatsink

Thermal Paste: niceEshop 30g Thermal Grease Paste Compound Tube

 

Total Cost:  SGD 1014.83   =   746.58 USD

 

Budget is SGD 1100

 

and also I won't be overclocking.

 

Question:

1)Is the CPU heatsink needed?

2)Is 1 extra case fan enough?

3)Is the PSU strong enough to run my rig

4)Is the SSD good enough?

5)Is an i3 good enough?

6)Is 8gb of ram good enough?

 

 

(I did not put in a HDD as I'm  using the one from my old pc)

 

My aim is to at least run Overwatch,Gta 5 or Battlefield 1 at atleast Medium or High settings

 

Thanks and if i post something wrongly,please do correct me.

 

 

 

 

[GDRRiley]

better psu and if you want to play bf1 and gta5 well look at maybe an i5.

[Thinkfreely]

2 minutes ago, JoKr said:

Hey guys,this is my first post and i have a few questions about the PC parts I chose before buying it,I wanna know if it is compatible and i also wanna know which parts are just not need and what parts are needed.

By the way,Im 15 and also Im from Singapore and this is also my first PC Build.

 

Case: Corsair Carbide Series SPEC-01 Mid Tower Gaming Case Black

CPU: Intel® Core™ i3-6100 Processor (3M Cache, 3.70 GHz)

Motherboard: MSI B150M Bazooka Plus Motherboard

Ram: Kingston HyperX FURY 8GB Desktop Memory 2133MHz DDR4 CL14 DIMM 1.2V Low Voltage 288-Pin HX421C14FB/8

PSU: Corsair CX Series CX450M 80 PLUS Bronze Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply

GPU: Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 3GB GDDR5 PCI-E Graphics Card

SSD: 160GB SSD INTEL 320 Series 2.5" SATA Internal Solid State Drive

Extra Case Fan:Corsair Air Series AF120 LED Quiet Edition High Airflow Fan

CPU Heatsink: ID-Cooling SE-214X Heatsink

Thermal Paste: niceEshop 30g Thermal Grease Paste Compound Tube

 

Total Cost:  SGD 1014.83   =   746.58 USD

 

Question:

1)Is the CPU heatsink needed?

2)Is 1 extra case fan enough?

3)Is the PSU strong enough to run my rig

4)Is the SSD good enough?

5)Is an i3 good enough?

6)Is 8gb of ram good enough?

 

 

(I did not put in a HDD as I'm  using the one from my old pc)

 

My aim is to at least run Overwatch,Gta 5 or Battlefield 1 at atleast Medium or High settings

 

Thanks and if i post something wrongly,please do correct me.

 

 

 

 

Swap that I3 for an i5 6600k, it will last longer and you can overclock it later if you want.

 

Also if your going 1060 GTX do the 6gb version for memory. At high-ultra settings on those games 3gb is going to create bottlenecks to affect performance. 8 GB of ram is fine, most games don't use that much and if you can easily add another 8 later. Ram is one of the cheapest things to upgrade. Currently there are only 1-2 games that actually recommend 16 gb of memory.

[Herman Mcpootis]

what's your budget in SGD?

[JoKr]

It is suppose to be 1000 SGD but I could go for 1100 SGD,thats why i did not go for a more expensive GPU or a higher CPU

[WaffleTiger13]

You should go i5 if you can but if not you should get the Pentium. 

[JoKr]

Im not looking to overclock as Im not that good in that kind of things and also,i would not want to upgrade to an i5 6600k(wish i could) as in my country,it is really overpriced.

But is my i3 not good enough?Is it really weak?and can't i run the games i wanted to at least medium settings?

[dantayy]

14 minutes ago, JoKr said:

1)Is the CPU heatsink needed?

2)Is 1 extra case fan enough?

3)Is the PSU strong enough to run my rig

4)Is the SSD good enough?

5)Is an i3 good enough?

6)Is 8gb of ram good enough?

1) You should get a better CPU cooler if you can afford it

2) I'll recommend at least 1 in the back and 1 in the front

3) Get a higher quality one if possible

4) Yes, take a look at Samsung SSDs too

5) Good enough for medium settings in most games

6) Yes it's enough

[JoKr]

2 minutes ago, Ernest_L said:

1) You should get a better CPU cooler if you can afford it

2) I'll recommend at least 1 in the back and 1 in the front

3) Get a higher quality one if possible

4) Yes, take a look at Samsung SSDs too

5) Good enough for medium settings in most games

6) Yes it's enough

Alright,I decided to wait a bit longer and to increase my budget to 1500 SGD,so i upgraded my CPU to Intel Boxed Quad Core I5-6600 3.3GHz Processor,i change my PSU to Superflower Leadex Silver 90+ Full Modular 550W,added 1 extra case fan and also upgraded to CPU Heatsink to ID-Cooling Frostflow 120L CPU AIO.Good enough?

[dantayy]

2 minutes ago, JoKr said:

Alright,I decided to wait a bit longer and to increase my budget to 1500 SGD,so i upgraded my CPU to Intel Boxed Quad Core I5-6600 3.3GHz Processor,i change my PSU to Superflower Leadex Silver 90+ Full Modular 550W,added 1 extra case fan and also upgraded to CPU Heatsink to ID-Cooling Frostflow 120L CPU AIO.Good enough?

Try to get a least a Tier 4 PSU on this list

 

 

[Herman Mcpootis]

cpu and mobo:i5 6500 and h110m pro vhl $406

graphics card, ram,ssd,case and psu:zotac gtx 1060 6gb, kingston ddr4 2133 16gb valueram, sandisk ssd plus 240gb, armageddon microtron t2z, corsair cx450m $609.30*

total: $1015.30

after lazada app HURRYSEP100 $100 promo code($600 minimum).

all prices not bracketed are from pcthemes in sim lim square. do ask around for price quotes and discount.

 

[JoKr]

1 minute ago, Ernest_L said:

Try to get a least a Tier 4 PSU on this list

 

 

Tier 4,sorry,I'm not that good at this,could you help me?

http://www.lazada.sg/shop-power-supply-units/

[Herman Mcpootis]

Just now, JoKr said:

Tier 4,sorry,I'm not that good at this,could you help me?

http://www.lazada.sg/shop-power-supply-units/

cx450m is tier 3, pretty decent psu. if you cann spend more get the leadex silver but sticking with the cx450m is still a good choice.

[dantayy]

3 minutes ago, JoKr said:

Tier 4,sorry,I'm not that good at this,could you help me?

http://www.lazada.sg/shop-power-supply-units/

I don't really recommend lazada, look on Carousell, and get the price lists of Bizgram, CyberMind and tradepac

[Herman Mcpootis]

Just now, Ernest_L said:

I don't really recommend lazada, look on Carousell, and get the price lists of Bizgram, CyberMind and tradepac

lazada quite a few of the sellers are the distros themselves, or the retailers in sim lim. very reliable.

[Mi26]

When Lazada and Q10 have promotion or coupon then the price will be cheaper.

 

[JoKr]

5 minutes ago, herman mcpootis said:

cpu and mobo:i5 6500 and h110m pro vhl $406

graphics card, ram,ssd,case and psu:zotac gtx 1060 6gb, kingston ddr4 2133 16gb valueram, sandisk ssd plus 240gb, armageddon microtron t2z, corsair cx450m $609.30*

total: $1015.30

after lazada app HURRYSEP100 $100 promo code($600 minimum).

all prices not bracketed are from pcthemes in sim lim square. do ask around for price quotes and discount.

 

 

1 minute ago, Ernest_L said:

I don't really recommend lazada, look on Carousell, and get the price lists of Bizgram, CyberMind and tradepac

So I should just throw off my shopping list on lazada and look somewhere else?

What do you mean by carousell,Individual sellers,2nd hand sellers or dealers?Should i go sim lim?would the price be higher or lower?Can they be trusted?

Or is there any better Website or source i could buy the parts from in Singapore

[Mi26]

A few months back i manage to get 2 750 EVO 120GB SSD for under $45 SGD from Q10 when there's sales 

[Herman Mcpootis]

6 minutes ago, JoKr said:

 

So I should just throw off my shopping list on lazada and look somewhere else?

What do you mean by carousell,Individual sellers,2nd hand sellers or dealers?Should i go sim lim?would the price be higher or lower?Can they be trusted?

Or is there any better Website or source i could buy the parts from in Singapore

get the motherboard and cpu from sim lim, the rest get from lazada. lazada right now got excellent promo code, $100 off for $600 purchases so it'll be cheaper than the stores. the pc component sellers in lazada are usually singapore's main distributors and sim lim's retailers.

[JoKr]

1 minute ago, herman mcpootis said:

get the motherboard and cpu from sim lim, the rest get from lazada. lazada right now got excellent promo code, $100 off for $600 purchases so it'll be cheaper than the stores. the pc component sellers in lazada are usually singapore's distributors and sim lim's retailers.

Alright then,I'll get the motherboard and CPU from Sim Lim.Is the Cpu(Intel Boxed Quad Core I5-6600 3.3GHz Processor) and the motherboard( MSI B150M Bazooka Plus Motherboard ) i listed good enough?and can they be found in Sim lim?and about the PSU,what if i upgrade it to EVGA G2 80+ Gold Full Modular PSU?Is that a tier 4?

[Thinkfreely]

30 minutes ago, JoKr said:

Im not looking to overclock as Im not that good in that kind of things and also,i would not want to upgrade to an i5 6600k(wish i could) as in my country,it is really overpriced.

But is my i3 not good enough?Is it really weak?and can't i run the games i wanted to at least medium settings?

It is weak for current and coming gen games, if your not going to over clock go i5 6600 standard if you can afford it.

[Herman Mcpootis]

2 minutes ago, JoKr said:

Alright then,I'll get the motherboard and CPU from Sim Lim.Is the Cpu(Intel Boxed Quad Core I5-6600 3.3GHz Processor) and the motherboard( MSI B150M Bazooka Plus Motherboard ) i listed good enough?and can they be found in Sim lim?and about the PSU,what if i upgrade it to EVGA G2 80+ Gold Full Modular PSU?Is that a tier 4?

good enough. but get the 6500 instead, 6600 not worth the extra price. supernova G2 is a tier 1 psu, very good. but the superflower leadex gold is cheaper and the same so i recommend that instead.

[JoKr]

3 minutes ago, Thinkfreely said:

It is weak for current and coming gen games, if your not going to over clock go i5 6600 standard if you can afford it.

 

3 minutes ago, herman mcpootis said:

good enough. but get the 6500 instead, 6600 not worth the extra price. supernova G2 is a tier 1 psu, very good. but the superflower leadex gold is cheaper and the same so i recommend that instead.

Ok so i5 - 6500 and the psu will be the superflower leadex gold 550  watts,is that right?

[Thinkfreely]

That should be more than enough for the 1060 and CPU, but I am not familiar with superflower, they may be an off brand with bad quality and one thing you never want to skimp on is the psu, go corsair or evga or cooler master if you can get any of those, preferably with at least a bronze rating.

[Herman Mcpootis]

33 minutes ago, JoKr said:

Alright,I decided to wait a bit longer and to increase my budget to 1500 SGD,so i upgraded my CPU to Intel Boxed Quad Core I5-6600 3.3GHz Processor,i change my PSU to Superflower Leadex Silver 90+ Full Modular 550W,added 1 extra case fan and also upgraded to CPU Heatsink to ID-Cooling Frostflow 120L CPU AIO.Good enough?

cpu and mobo: i7 6700 and gigabyte b150m-d3h $600

graphics card and case: palit gtx 1070 dual and tecware alpha $524*

ram and ssd: kingston ddr4 2133 8gb valueram(2) and samsung 850 evo 250gb $219* 

psu: superflower leadex gold 550w $139

total: $1482

*after lazada app HURRYSEP100 $100 promo code($600 minimum).

**after lazada app HURRYSEP30 $30 promo code($200 minimum).

all prices not linked are from pcthemes.