First PC Build - Part Check

Alderney_Scouser · January 18, 2016

I'm planning on building a mid range - low high end PC for my first build, nothing too extreme. Could someone just have a look through the parts I have looked at (these are interchangeable as I may go for slightly higher end components depending on difference in price) and give me a run down of if this would work without any significant issues and any suggestions for if I would need anything else.

Intel Core Skylake Processor i5-6500/3.2 GHz
MSI H170A PC Mate
Asus Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 Strix (GTX 980 possible if price is not too high)
HyperX Fury Black Series 8 GB (2 x 4 GB)
Samsung 2.5-Inch 500 GB 850 EVO SSD & Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB HDD 7200rpm
Corsair CC-9011038-WW Graphite Series 230T
EVGA 500B 500W 80+ BRONZE PC Power Supply

HKZeroFive · January 18, 2016

Invest in a better PSU like the SeaSonic 520 S12II or the Antec HCG.

Personally, I'd opt for the R9 390.

Savir · January 18, 2016

I'm planning on building a mid range - low high end PC for my first build, nothing too extreme. Could someone just have a look through the parts I have looked at (these are interchangeable as I may go for slightly higher end components depending on difference in price) and give me a run down of if this would work without any significant issues and any suggestions for if I would need anything else.

Intel Core Skylake Processor i5-6500/3.2 GHz

MSI H170A PC Mate

Asus Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 Strix (GTX 980 possible if price is not too high)

HyperX Fury Black Series 8 GB (2 x 4 GB)

Samsung 2.5-Inch 500 GB 850 EVO SSD & Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB HDD 7200rpm

Corsair CC-9011038-WW Graphite Series 230T

EVGA 500B 500W 80+ BRONZE PC Power Supply

Whats your budget? That power supply is bad and the R9 390 is better

Starelementpoke · January 18, 2016

I'm planning on building a mid range - low high end PC for my first build, nothing too extreme. Could someone just have a look through the parts I have looked at (these are interchangeable as I may go for slightly higher end components depending on difference in price) and give me a run down of if this would work without any significant issues and any suggestions for if I would need anything else.

Intel Core Skylake Processor i5-6500/3.2 GHz

MSI H170A PC Mate

Asus Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 Strix (GTX 980 possible if price is not too high)

HyperX Fury Black Series 8 GB (2 x 4 GB)

Samsung 2.5-Inch 500 GB 850 EVO SSD & Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB HDD 7200rpm

Corsair CC-9011038-WW Graphite Series 230T

EVGA 500B 500W 80+ BRONZE PC Power Supply

Budget? Location? Goal and usage?

Alderney_Scouser · January 18, 2016

I'm based in the UK but due to where I live I don't pay VAT so that helps keep the price down a bit and the setup I listed came in at around £850 ($1200), probably willing to go up to £1200 ($1700) but that would be at a push as still have to get some new monitors, keyboard etc.

This will mainly be used for gaming, looking for a solid 1080p or 1440p at a push and is reasonably power efficient as utility cost are quite expensive where I am.

There will be work done as well however this should have no impact on the specs.