$700 gaming rig

[piemadd]

About a week ago, I started planning this build. Could anybody tell me anyway to get this from $770 to $700 or at least 740? I promise that if I can get good deals that I will build this and put up the end result. Cheers.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/wx7DGX

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/wx7DGX/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($183.88 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($49.99 @ Amazon)

Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($34.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($67.54 @ Amazon)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($40.00)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 380 2GB ITX Compact Video Card ($178.98 @ Newegg)

Case: Thermaltake Versa H21 ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)

Case Fan: Cooler Master SickleFlow 69.7 CFM 120mm Fan ($5.99 @ Micro Center)

Monitor: Asus VS228T-P 60Hz 21.5" Monitor ($98.98 @ Mac Mall)

Other: Windows 10 Home ($35.00)

Total: $770.33

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-26 15:10 EST-0500

[shadowbyte]

About a week ago, I started planning this build. Could anybody tell me anyway to get this from $770 to $700 or at least 740? I promise that if I can get good deals that I will build this and put up the end result. Cheers.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/wx7DGX

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/wx7DGX/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($183.88 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($49.99 @ Amazon)

Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($34.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($67.54 @ Amazon)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($40.00)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 380 2GB ITX Compact Video Card ($178.98 @ Newegg)

Case: Thermaltake Versa H21 ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)

Case Fan: Cooler Master SickleFlow 69.7 CFM 120mm Fan ($5.99 @ Micro Center)

Monitor: Asus VS228T-P 60Hz 21.5" Monitor ($98.98 @ Mac Mall)

Other: Windows 10 Home ($35.00)

Total: $770.33

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-26 15:10 EST-0500

change psu immediately. get rid of ssd. get rid of extra fan. attempt to get 4 gb 380

[piemadd]

change psu immediately. get rid of ssd. get rid of extra fan. attempt to get 4 gb 380

Could you make a better one for me? I am helping someone else out with their build. Thanks.

[TheRandomness]

Could you make a better one for me? I am helping someone else out with their build. Thanks.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($183.88 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($49.99 @ Amazon) 

Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($34.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($62.99 @ NCIX US) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($40.00) 

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 380 4GB NITRO Dual-X OC Video Card  ($179.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: Xion XON-310_BK MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($22.98 @ Newegg) 

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

Monitor: Asus VS228T-P 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  ($98.98 @ Mac Mall) 

Other: Windows 10 Home ($35.00)

Total: $764.79

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-26 15:56 EST-0500

[piemadd]

Give me a moment.

Thanks.

[TheRandomness]

Thanks.

I updated the post c:

[shadowbyte]

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/prFdsY

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/prFdsY/by_merchant/

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.89 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($79.89 @ OutletPC) 

Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($39.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.88 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 380 4GB NITRO Dual-X OC Video Card  ($179.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Micro Center) 

Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  ($64.98 @ Newegg) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  ($35.00) 

Monitor: Asus VS228T-P 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  ($98.98 @ Mac Mall) 

Total: $772.59

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-26 15:59 EST-0500

[piemadd]

I updated the post c:

*is stunned*

http://youtu.be/c6fgPNPIekE

[piemadd]

*is stunned*http://youtu.be/c6fgPNPIekE

  

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($183.88 @ OutletPC) Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($49.99 @ Amazon) Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($34.99 @ Newegg) Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($62.99 @ NCIX US) Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($40.00) Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 380 4GB NITRO Dual-X OC Video Card  ($179.99 @ Newegg) Case: Xion XON-310_BK MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($22.98 @ Newegg) Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($55.99 @ SuperBiiz) Monitor: Asus VS228T-P 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  ($98.98 @ Mac Mall) Other: Windows 10 Home ($35.00)Total: $764.79Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when availableGenerated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-26 15:56 EST-0500

I'm not going to be building this for 2-3 months. I will be snagging deals online maybe including an AsRock z170 mobo and a better cpu. I won't be able to reply for 30 minutes.

[Senzelian]

2.7Ghz Skylake vs. 3.2Ghz Haswell

 

I'm more of a fan of the higher clockspeed...

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.89 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($45.89 @ OutletPC) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($34.89 @ OutletPC) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($40.00) 

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 380 4GB NITRO Dual-X OC Video Card  ($194.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: Thermaltake Versa H21 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: Thermaltake SMART 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($49.99 @ Amazon) 

Monitor: Asus VS228T-P 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  ($98.98 @ Mac Mall) 

Other: Windows 10 Home ($35.00)

Total: $709.62

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-26 16:06 EST-0500

[TheRandomness]

 

2.7Ghz Skylake vs. 3.2Ghz Haswell

 

I'm more of a fan of the higher clockspeed...

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.89 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($45.89 @ OutletPC) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($34.89 @ OutletPC) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($40.00) 

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 380 4GB NITRO Dual-X OC Video Card  ($194.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: Thermaltake Versa H21 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: Thermaltake SMART 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($49.99 @ Amazon) 

Monitor: Asus VS228T-P 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  ($98.98 @ Mac Mall) 

Other: Windows 10 Home ($35.00)

Total: $709.62

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-26 16:06 EST-0500

 

Please, not that PSU... Tier 7 on the PSU list...

[Ningols]

About a week ago, I started planning this build. Could anybody tell me anyway to get this from $770 to $700 or at least 740? I promise that if I can get good deals that I will build this and put up the end result. Cheers.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/wx7DGX

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/wx7DGX/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($183.88 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($49.99 @ Amazon)

Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($34.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($67.54 @ Amazon)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($40.00)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 380 2GB ITX Compact Video Card ($178.98 @ Newegg)

Case: Thermaltake Versa H21 ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)

Case Fan: Cooler Master SickleFlow 69.7 CFM 120mm Fan ($5.99 @ Micro Center)

Monitor: Asus VS228T-P 60Hz 21.5" Monitor ($98.98 @ Mac Mall)

Other: Windows 10 Home ($35.00)

Total: $770.33

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-26 15:10 EST-0500

 

Going for haswell/haswell-e/broadwell should be cheaper for not much of a performance difference

[Senzelian]

Please, not that PSU... Tier 7 on the PSU list...

You can trust a random PSU list or a random (German) test.

http://www.computerbase.de/2013-05/thermaltake-smart-m550w-netzteil-test/10/

It's actually well within spec and performs pretty good to okayish and it is semi-modular.

Crossload performance isn't exactly great and could need some improvement, but is still okay. Your house won't burn down, you got some nice cable management and it doesn't sound like a vacuum cleaner.

Is there something I'm missing?

[TheRandomness]

You can trust a random PSU list or a random (German) test.

http://www.computerbase.de/2013-05/thermaltake-smart-m550w-netzteil-test/10/

It's actually well within spec and performs pretty good to okayish and it is semi-modular.

Crossload performance isn't exactly great and could need some improvement, but is still okay. Your house won't burn down, you got some nice cable management and it doesn't sound like a vacuum cleaner.

Is there something I'm missing?

I trust this: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/406160-psu-ranking-and-tiers/ More than that.... Plus, when you can get a Seasonic PSU for $5 more would you?

[Senzelian]

I trust this: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/406160-psu-ranking-and-tiers/ More than that.... Plus, when you can get a Seasonic PSU for $5 more would you?

 

I wouldn't, because it isn't semi-modular and because Thermaltake delivers simply better value here.

But why would you trust a list that doesn't even link to its sources? Literally anyone can post a list and put an AX1500i on the top or the bottom or is there anything special about this list?

I'm not trying to be a dick here, but I'm generally interested what makes people believe in such a list. When I recommend a product I usually check at least 2-3 sources.

[TheRandomness]

I wouldn't, because it isn't semi-modular and because Thermaltake delivers simply better value here.

But why would you trust a list that doesn't even link to its sources? Literally anyone can post a list and put an AX1500i on the top or the bottom or is there anything special about this list?

I'm not trying to be a dick here, but I'm generally interested what makes people believe in such a list. When I recommend a product I usually check at least 2-3 sources.

Because yeah, someone could throw everything on that list wherever they wanted but when I looked at reviews for PSU on people's lists they tended to match up (Like how EVGA's G2/P2/T2 are at the top and the G1/B1/W1 are at the bottom) and the fact that quite a few people use said list to judge PSUs.