Gaming PC at 1920x1080 resolution

[Hesper]

Hello, I am new here so please no rude comments. thanks!

i am planning to buy my first custom build gaming PC at 750-800USD
Specs:
Motherboard: MSI 990FXA-GD65 V2
Processor: AMD FX 8350 Black Edition
RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury 16GB kit (2x8GB) DDR3 1866Mhz
GPU: MSI GAMING GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5
HDD: Western Digital 1 TB 7200RPM (2 pieces, 1 for games, 1 for movies and stuff)
SSD: Kingston 120GB SSD V300 SATA 3
PSU: EVGA 600W 80+ Bronze
Casing: Thermaltake Commander MSI Snow Edition
Fans: 5 (4 bought, 1 comes with the case) 120mm fans

I am asking if which do i choose between thermal pad or thermal compound, take note that i am not into overclocking my CPU

and ill be buying 4 120mm fans for the case, 2 on top, 1 for bottom, 1 for front. Which of the fans should be intake and exhaust?
i dont have the budget to maintain a liquid cooling system and i repeat, i am NOT into overclocking

one more thing is i am a bit paranoid of static electricity since this is my first build, any suggestions where should i work when assembling it and how do i ground myself

 

i know the specs are kinda good but i am only going to use a 21" HDTV as a monitor and i am not a hardcore gamer that plays the latest games

what im planning to play on this rig is Witcher 3, AC Syndicate, Black Flag, AC III, Dota 2, Starcraft 2, Diablo 3, GTA V and COD Warfare series.

i have bought a windows 10 Pro 64-bit

 

 

thanks for those who answer nicely!

 

[jools]

thermal compound/paste

[Hesper]

Just now, jools said:

thermal compound/paste

thanks for the answer, any tips on how to apply the thermal compound?

[Enderman]

1) thermal pads are for memory chips, thermal paste for CPU and GPU chips.

 

2) top and rear should be exhaust, front and bottom and side for intake.

 

3) you don't need liquid cooling, just get a 212 evo, it is cheap and quieter than stock and performs well

 

4) ground yourself by touching a large metal object like the case every few seconds and before handling components like GPU and motherboard and CPU.

Work on a non-metal table and preferably not on carpet.

 

5) welcome

[Hesper]

1 minute ago, Enderman said:

1) thermal pads are for memory chips, thermal paste for CPU and GPU chips.

 

2) top and rear should be exhaust, front and bottom and side for intake.

 

3) you don't need liquid cooling, just get a 212 evo, it is cheap and quieter than stock and performs well

 

4) ground yourself by touching a large metal object like the case every few seconds and before handling components like GPU and motherboard and CPU.

Work on a non-metal table and preferably not on carpet.

 

5) welcome

thanks! any tips on how to apply thermal compound? do i need to apply it around the CPU? or just a pea sized dot on the center of the CPU?

[jools]

half pea size center of cpu and spread evenly, lots of vids showing this

[Oswin]

how about this??

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/pB8rm8
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/pB8rm8/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($52.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($89.99 @ B&H) 
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($38.88 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.33 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Dual Video Card  ($274.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox 5 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($57.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair CSM 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $777.12
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-07 12:12 EST-0500

[pwn_intended]

1 minute ago, Hesper said:

thanks! any tips on how to apply thermal compound? do i need to apply it around the CPU? or just a pea sized dot on the center of the CPU?

There are tons of videos online on how to do this. I'm too lazy to link but a quick search on youtube for "CPU thermal compound" will net you lots of results.

[Enderman]

2 minutes ago, Hesper said:

thanks! any tips on how to apply thermal compound? do i need to apply it around the CPU? or just a pea sized dot on the center of the CPU?

 

All you need to know

[Hesper]

1 minute ago, Oswin said:

how about this??

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/pB8rm8
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/pB8rm8/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($52.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($89.99 @ B&H) 
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($38.88 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.33 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Dual Video Card  ($274.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox 5 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($57.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair CSM 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $777.12
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-07 12:12 EST-0500

thanks for the suggestion on parts, but unfortunately most of the merchants don't ship here in my country, Philippines (please no racist comments lol) so i am buying on amazon. if there are shops that you know ships to PH, i would gladly look into it

[Jonathan W]

5 minutes ago, Hesper said:

-snip-

Because at least a couple people are going to ask you, Why go AMD for your chip?

 

Also just to clarify on your Western Digital drives, I highly recommend the WD Blacks just because they are built to last longer than most other drives

 

Also Static Dissipation isn't *really* a big thing to worry about normally. Take your socks off before building, don't rub your feet on a shag carpet, wear as little polyester as possible if you're really freaked out about it. 

and/or go and pick up an ESD wrist strap, tie it around your ankle and clip it to your computer case or another grounded piece of steel and you should be good. Also do not touch any contact surfaces/pins and try to avoid touching exposed circuit boards whenever possible.

 

Luke and Linus have excellent videos regarding safe PC building on the Channel. The older PC Build Guides are generally better because they took a bit more care about safety, now they're proficient enough that things like ESD safety are just commonplace

[Oswin]

Just now, Hesper said:

thanks for the suggestion on parts, but unfortunately most of the merchants don't ship here in my country, Philippines (please no racist comments lol) so i am buying on amazon. if there are shops that you know ships to PH, i would gladly look into it

oh, didnt know that. yep... welcome to the SEA market. i will try to make a list that is available in your country( keep in mind this takes time)

[Oswin]

2 minutes ago, Hesper said:

thanks for the suggestion on parts, but unfortunately most of the merchants don't ship here in my country, Philippines (please no racist comments lol) so i am buying on amazon. if there are shops that you know ships to PH, i would gladly look into it

what is your budget in peso?

[Hesper]

1 minute ago, Jonathan W said:

Because at least a couple people are going to ask you, Why go AMD for your chip?

 

Also just to clarify on your Western Digital drives, I highly recommend the WD Blacks just because they are built to last longer than most other drives

 

Also Static Dissipation isn't *really* a big thing to worry about normally. Take your socks off before building, don't rub your feet on a shag carpet, wear as little polyester as possible if you're really freaked out about it. 

and/or go and pick up an ESD wrist strap, tie it around your ankle and clip it to your computer case or another grounded piece of steel and you should be good. Also do not touch any contact surfaces/pins and try to avoid touching exposed circuit boards whenever possible.

 

Luke and Linus have excellent videos regarding safe PC building on the Channel. The older PC Build Guides are generally better because they took a bit more care about safety, now they're proficient enough that things like ESD safety are just commonplace

the AMD chip is the only one i can find on amazon that ships to the Philippines sooooooo yea it s*cks

[Hesper]

2 minutes ago, Oswin said:

what is your budget in peso?

around 40k-50k PHP

[Jonathan W]

 

2 minutes ago, Oswin said:

what is your budget in peso?

Holy hell...one Bitcoin is worth over 34,000 PHP..

[Hesper]

1 minute ago, Jonathan W said:

 

Holy hell...one Bitcoin is worth over 34,000 PHP..

hahahaha thats why i prefer buying at international stores like amazon. the GPU i picked is priced at 250 USD while if you buy it here, it costs around 330 USD 80 dollar difference lol

[Hesper]

anyways, Enderman said that i should get a 212 Evo, would that fit into my case and not block the ram slots? case is listed on the specs above

[Oswin]

3 minutes ago, Hesper said:

hahahaha thats why i prefer buying at international stores like amazon. the GPU i picked is priced at 250 USD while if you buy it here, it costs around 330 USD 80 dollar difference lol

yep the market is so screwed. the price of the 1060 strix oc in my country is 442.58 USD and its priced at like  309 USD 

[Oswin]

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/bW2m3F
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/bW2m3F/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: MSI H110M PRO-VD PLUS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($42.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($44.88 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($42.03 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.33 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GAMING X Video Card  ($259.99 @ B&H) 
Case: Thermaltake Versa H23  ATX Mid Tower Case  ($24.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $687.18
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-07 12:32 EST-0500

 

are these parts available?

[Jonathan W]

9 minutes ago, Hesper said:

anyways, Enderman said that i should get a 212 Evo, would that fit into my case and not block the ram slots? case is listed on the specs above

it's less to do with the case and more to do with the motherboard and the height of your ram sticks

[Hesper]

4 minutes ago, Oswin said:

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/bW2m3F
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/bW2m3F/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: MSI H110M PRO-VD PLUS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($42.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($44.88 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($42.03 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.33 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GAMING X Video Card  ($259.99 @ B&H) 
Case: Thermaltake Versa H23  ATX Mid Tower Case  ($24.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $687.18
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-07 12:32 EST-0500

 

are these parts available?

anything from newegg dont ship here to PH

just to make it easier, all parts are from amazon except for motherboard since they dont have any seller that ships to PH.

[Oswin]

1 minute ago, Hesper said:

anything from newegg dont ship here to PH

even the CXM PSUs?

[Hesper]

3 minutes ago, Oswin said:

even the CXM PSUs?

yes.. even the PSU

[Oswin]

Just now, Hesper said:

yes.. even the PSU

any specific website you are buying from? if you could you give me the link?