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Squirrel724
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I'm currently planning my first pc build to be completed sometime early next year. I am thinking a skylake based build with a budget cap of around $1000 US. My current idea is as follows:

 

Processor: i5-6500 cooled with stock cooler ($204.99 Newegg)

Ram: Corsair Vengance LPX 8GB (2x4GB) ($54.99 Newegg)

Motherboard: MSI Z170A PC Mate ($109.99 Newegg)

Powersupply: Corsair CX600M (64.99 Newegg)

Graphics Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming 4G LE ($299.99 Newegg)

Boot drive: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB ($96.29 Amazon)

Mass Storage: WD Blue 1TB ($51.98 Newegg)

Current Total: $883.22

 

I have not yet chosen a case. I would like to find a case that is relatively subtle, affordable, and good quality. I will be using this pc to game at 1080p and I already have a monitor and peripherals.

 

So how does it look so far? Did I cut costs too much with the motherboard?

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Powersupply: Corsair CX600M (64.99 Newegg)

i5 12600KF | Zotac RTX 4080 Gaming trinity | Team Vulcan 2x16GB DDR4 3600 | ASRock Z690M-ITX/ac | WD Black SN850x 2TB

Cooler Master NR200P v2 | ID Cooling Zoomflow 280 XT | SeaSonic Focus SGX-750 | Thermalright 2x140mm + 2x120mm aRGB

LG C2 OLED 48" 120hz | Epomaker TH80 (Gateron Yellow) | Logitech MX Master 3 | Koss Porta Pro Comm

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solid build, consider swapping the psu from seasonic or xfx, a s340 would be a great case choice, and maybe a h170 board because you wont be overclocking 

Core i7 2600, Gigabyte GTX 570, Asus P8Z68-V LX, 16gb (4x4gb) Kingston ValueRam, CoolerMaster 600Watt PSU

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here buddy,better gpu-psu

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($186.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-D3H-GSM Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($72.00 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($72.00 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.66 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390X 8GB Video Card  ($419.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: XFX XTR 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($90.00 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $1003.61
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-31 21:46 EDT-0400

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here buddy,better gpu-psu

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($186.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-D3H-GSM Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($72.00 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($54.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($72.00 @ SuperBiiz)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.66 @ SuperBiiz)

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390X 8GB Video Card  ($419.98 @ SuperBiiz)

Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Micro Center)

Power Supply: XFX XTR 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($90.00 @ SuperBiiz)

Total: $1003.61

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-31 21:46 EDT-0400

^^^

If your budget is $1000, then this is just about the best you can buy. (Skylake, ect.)

I used to be quite active here.

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So it looks like i got the PSU completely wrong. I also didn't even think that something like a 390X could be an option. This build actually started with a 960 and I was surprised when I found I could fit a 970 in the budget. 

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So it looks like i got the PSU completely wrong. I also didn't even think that something like a 390X could be an option. This build actually started with a 960 and I was surprised when I found I could fit a 970 in the budget. 

390 is better than a 970 tho. 

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/476415-amd-gemini-dual-gpu-card-specs-leakrumourwccf/?p=6386334

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So I have done a bit more research into cards such as the 390s and even the 980 and it looks like the best value for me is the r9 390. I dont really see much value in spending an extra $100 for the 3-5 additional fps the r9 390x would give over the r9 390. The 390 does seem to be better value then the 970 in giving a few extra fps for the same price.I feel that the extra $100 could be better used for more games or a higher capacity ssd.

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So I have done a bit more research into cards such as the 390s and even the 980 and it looks like the best value for me is the r9 390. I dont really see much value in spending an extra $100 for the 3-5 additional fps the r9 390x would give over the r9 390. The 390 does seem to be better value then the 970 in giving a few extra fps for the same price.I feel that the extra $100 could be better used for more games or a higher capacity ssd.

ok whatever :P

ditched the 390x from my build, got you a 390+500gb ssd

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($186.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-D3H-GSM Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($72.00 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($54.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Crucial MX200 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($158.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.66 @ SuperBiiz)

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card  ($319.98 @ SuperBiiz)

Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Micro Center)

Power Supply: XFX XTR 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($90.00 @ SuperBiiz)

Total: $990.60

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-01 13:32 EST-0500

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Personally I'd go pay an extra 70 bucks for an i5 6600k and a decent air cooler like the cm hyper 212 evo. The 6600k will already give you a 10 percent boost plus with the 212 evo you could probably get it up to the low 4 ghz by oc. 70 bucks more for a 30 percent performance gain. Or if you go liquid you could probably squeeze 4.6-4.8 ghz out.

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So I am looking at 2 possible uses for the last ~$100 of my budget. My two ideas are:

1) More SSD storage

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/YPKTLk
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/YPKTLk/by_merchant/
 
CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($194.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-D3H-GSM Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($79.89 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Crucial BX100 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($159.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($51.88 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card  ($309.98 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: NZXT H230 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($64.99 @ Micro Center) 
Power Supply: XFX XTR 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1016.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-03 14:00 EST-0500
 
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2) More Processor
 
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/pPQQ4D
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/pPQQ4D/by_merchant/
 
CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($254.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($24.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($79.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($51.88 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card  ($309.98 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: NZXT H230 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($64.99 @ Micro Center) 
Power Supply: XFX XTR 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1041.69
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-03 13:59 EST-0500

 

I am not sure how much overclocking I would end up doing with the 6600k but it does push me closer to the recomended system requirements of fallout 4 and gives me the option to experiment with overclocking if I feel the need.

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get the one with the oc option, since it will come more handy if you overclock in cpu intensive games

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imo, you needed a better cpu cooling solution if you really want to get the most out of your 6600k. the tc12 from phanteks will do an excellent job. i've also changed the motherboard as gigabyte boards may not allow you to set adaptive mode for your cache ratio and vring. asrock boards will. i've changed the ram to 3200 mhz (xmp profile). this will make a difference. i changed the psu to a slightly less expensive model with enough wattage for a cpu and gpu overclock.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($254.99 @ Amazon)

CPU Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC12DX_BK 68.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($59.99 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($102.98 @ Newegg)

Memory: Team Dark 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($57.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($67.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.89 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card  ($319.99 @ B&H)

Case: NZXT H230 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($64.99 @ Micro Center)

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($84.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $1058.80

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-03 15:04 EST-0500

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Heres where I am for the final build. 

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/KBQmt6
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/KBQmt6/by_merchant/
 
CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($254.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($24.99 @ Micro Center) 
Motherboard: ASRock Z170M Pro4S Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($98.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($79.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($51.88 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card  ($309.98 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Corsair 350D Window MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: XFX XTR 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($86.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1052.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-08 13:50 EST-0500
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