Better Prices?

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Processor

Intel Core i5-6600k

$260 (£215)

Motherboard

Asus Z170 Pro Gaming

$162 (£110)

Memory

Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 (8GB)

$55

Graphics card

MSI GTX 970 4G

$335 (£270)

Power supply

Corsair CX600M 600 watt 80 Plus Bronze

$65 (£61)

Primary storage

Samsung 850 EVO 250GB

$98 (£74)

Secondary storage

Western Digital Black 2TB WD2003FZEX

$125 (£96)

CPU cooler

Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO

$35 (£25)

Disc drive

Asus 24x DVD-RW

$21 (£14)

 

 

Do you think that the prices on these items will be better around black friday time or are they as good as it gets?  I am trying to decide whether to wait or buy now.  The GPU and CPU are what affect the price the most but I don't know if that will go on sale or not.  What you do guys and gals think?

[SPAS-ID]

Change the PSU to EVGA G2 / GS / Thermaltake Toughpower 650W

[Castdeath97]

Sense black friday is close I'll wait. Anyhow get the r9 390 it outperforms the 970 in some games in 1080p.

[TheRandomness]

Seagate Barracuda or WD Blue 2TB HDD, blacks can be and tend to be noisy. (Plus, every hard drive will fail. It's simply a matter of when)

[Nena Trinity]

That PSU may explode!

[thekeemo]

Change the PSU to EVGA G2 / GS / Thermaltake Toughpower 650W

no TT psu

[SPAS-ID]

no TT psu

umm but lucky_n00b said it was a good Tier 2 PSU okay then

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I am getting back into building gaming rigs after a 15 year hiatus so all of your input is welcome,  I got this build from PCGamer http://www.pcgamer.com/best-gaming-pc/

[Point]

I noticed that the PSU you sugggested is rated GOLD as opposed to BRONZE, what does this designation signify?

[Coaxialgamer]

Black friday is close .

Wait .

Also , buy your cpu at microcenter , you save like 50 dollars.

[Point]

Black friday is close .

Wait .

Also , buy your cpu at microcenter , you save like 50 dollars.

That is in store pickup only and they don't have a store in my city, but I could get my sister to buy it and ship it for a 50 dollar savings, I will have to give her a call.

[Lazmarr]

 

Processor

Intel Core i5-6600k

$260 (£215)

Motherboard

Asus Z170 Pro Gaming

$162 (£110)

Memory

Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 (8GB)

$55

Graphics card

MSI GTX 970 4G

$335 (£270)

Power supply

Corsair CX600M 600 watt 80 Plus Bronze

$65 (£61)

Primary storage

Samsung 850 EVO 250GB

$98 (£74)

Secondary storage

Western Digital Black 2TB WD2003FZEX

$125 (£96)

CPU cooler

Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO

$35 (£25)

Disc drive

Asus 24x DVD-RW

$21 (£14)

 

 

Do you think that the prices on these items will be better around black friday time or are they as good as it gets?  I am trying to decide whether to wait or buy now.  The GPU and CPU are what affect the price the most but I don't know if that will go on sale or not.  What you do guys and gals think?

 

Change the PSU to EVGA G2 / GS / Thermaltake Toughpower 650W

The XFX PSUs are also very good

[QueenObama]

I noticed that the PSU you sugggested is rated GOLD as opposed to BRONZE, what does this designation signify?

The efficiency of the power it draws from the wall to the amount it uses IE electric bill will go down probably around 25cents  a month min if you use it alot 

[braneopbru]

The efficiency of the power it draws from the wall to the amount it uses IE electric bill will go down probably around 25  a month min if you use it alot 

Go down around 25 what?

 

25 Dollars? 25 cents? 25 per cent? 25 cats?

 

The difference from bronze to gold is 5%. Let's say that OP does HEAVY usage for four hours a day and is pulling 500 watts from the wall during that time; the rest of the day the computer is on and using 50 watts at idle. There's 1000 watts in one kw, so op is using .5kw x 4 hours (2kw/h) and .05 x 20 hours (1kw/h). Let's say OP uses 3 kw/h a day to run his PC. that's 93 kw/h a month. If OP was using a gold rated instead of a broze PSU, he would be using 5% less; 5% of 93kw/h is 4.65kw/h.

 

The average rate in the UK for hydro is about £0.10 a kw/w. A computer with a bronze PSU might cost OP £9.30 a month to run. OP would stand to save £0.47 a month by moving up to gold. If OP spent an extra £10 to upgrade to a gold rated PSU, it would take nearly two years to recoup the the cost in electricity savings.

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Go down around 25 what?

 

25 Dollars? 25 cents? 25 per cent? 25 cats?

 

The difference from bronze to gold is 5%. Let's say that OP does HEAVY usage for four hours a day and is pulling 500 watts from the wall during that time; the rest of the day the computer is on and using 50 watts at idle. There's 1000 watts in one kw, so op is using .5kw x 4 hours (2kw/h) and .05 x 20 hours (1kw/h). Let's say OP uses 3 kw/h a day to run his PC. that's 93 kw/h a month. If OP was using a gold rated instead of a broze PSU, he would be using 5% less; 5% of 93kw/h is 4.65kw/h.

 

The average rate in the UK for hydro is about £0.10 a kw/w. A computer with a bronze PSU might cost OP £9.30 a month to run. OP would stand to save £0.47 a month by moving up to gold. If OP spent an extra £10 to upgrade to a gold rated PSU, it would take nearly two years to recoup the the cost in electricity savings.

Thank you for the in-depth answer