Thoughts about a build list

[oferg]

Can I get your opinion on the following build idea:

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3sPC7P

 

CPU: i5-4460

GPU: MSI GTX 960 (4gb)

MoBo: AsRock B85M-ITX

RAM: 1X8 G.Skill Ripjaws X 1600

Storage: SanDisk SSD Plus 120gb + WD 1TB HDD

PSU: Corsair CX 500W.

 

Any suggestions for improvement or an part I chose poorly? 

Thank you!

[Samppa221]

Change the psu:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Total: $64.99

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-20 05:52 EST-0500

 

 

And the 960 for a R9 380 if you don't need them ShadowPlay

[kameshss]

How about this?

 

This performs way better than your build.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($198.75 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: ASRock Z170M-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($128.99 @ Amazon) 

Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($39.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

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

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.98 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 2GB Double Dissipation Video Card  ($173.98 @ Newegg) 

Case: Fractal Design Core 500 Mini ITX Desktop Case  ($59.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($55.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Optical Drive: LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 

Speakers: Logitech Z506 155W 5.1ch Speakers  ($68.99 @ Best Buy) 

Total: $884.64

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-20 05:58 EST-0500

 

 

Plus you get to Overclock a non 'k' series CPU with AsRock Z170 chipset after a BIOS update! BCLK!

[oferg]

Motherboard: ASRock Z170M-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($128.99 @ Amazon) 

 

Wouldn't it pose a problem with the 5.1 speakers? 

[stconquest]

$894($50 more):

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($198.75 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z170M-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($128.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2800 Memory  ($51.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($127.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card  ($193.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Core 500 Mini ITX Desktop Case  ($59.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($55.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer  ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Speakers: Logitech Z130 5W 2ch Speakers  ($15.99 @ Best Buy)
Total: $873.66
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-20 06:12 EST-0500

[kameshss]

Wouldn't it pose a problem with the 5.1 speakers? 

Then this

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($198.75 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170N-WIFI Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($117.99 @ NCIX US) 

Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($39.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

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

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.98 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 2GB Double Dissipation Video Card  ($173.98 @ Newegg) 

Case: Fractal Design Core 500 Mini ITX Desktop Case  ($59.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($55.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Optical Drive: LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 

Speakers: Logitech Z506 155W 5.1ch Speakers  ($68.99 @ Best Buy) 

Total: $873.64

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-20 07:08 EST-0500

 

You lose the overclocking feature.

 

Or get the 2.1Ch speakers and keep previous build.

[sterlingr]

Can I get your opinion on the following build idea:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3sPC7P

CPU: i5-4460

GPU: MSI GTX 960 (4gb)

MoBo: AsRock B85M-ITX

RAM: 1X8 G.Skill Ripjaws X 1600

Storage: SanDisk SSD Plus 120gb + WD 1TB HDD

PSU: Corsair CX 500W.

Any suggestions for improvement or an part I chose poorly?

Thank you!

A bunch of people will try to suggest their own lists (which you should look at and take note of definitely!) but in regards to your list;

1, as stated, change the PSU, it's something you don't really want to cheap out on. Check out the list of PSU's here on the forums.

2. Get a different motherboard, look at z97. Something like the ASRock Z97M-ITX/AC

2. I suggest getting 2x4 sticks of RAM, especially if you go with a different motherboard that has 4 RAM slots. This way you can run it in dual channel mode.

Hope that helps!

[oferg]

Many of you suggested Skylake cpu's and ddr4 memory. Why so?

[stconquest]

Many of you suggested Skylake cpu's and ddr4 memory. Why so?

 

Faster CPU with the potential to overclock many years later.  That means you can get more out of the CPU over an extended period of time. 

 

There are other benefits to Skylake as well like improved peripheral response times in certain situations... it is just newer/better.  If you can squeeze it in your budget, you should.

[Starelementpoke]

The build @stconquest suggested.