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Flaw #1: A Skylake cpu DOES NOT work with an LGA1150 motherboard. You need to get a new board

Flaw #2: The power supply is a little on the low side. I'd get a evga 500b psu as theyre quite cheap and reliable. 

SYSTEM: CPU-i5-6600k GPU-EVGA Titan X SC MOBO-Asus Z170-A SOUND CARD-Asus Xonar Essence STX RAM-16GB HyperX Fury 2133 DDR4 COOLER-CoolerMaster Hyper T4 WIFI-Asus PCE-AC68 

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Just now, Nicko_barbeque said:

I recommend getting a PSU with more power just so you can upgrade more easily in the future...

500w?

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better psu

get an ssd

people incoming: people get that processor because it is socket lga 1151, leaving room for upgrades

asus motherboards are better, and there are cheaper ones

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1 minute ago, Sephirothkefka said:

Flaw #1: A Skylake cpu DOES NOT work with an LGA1150 motherboard. You need to get a new board

Flaw #2: The power supply is a little on the low side. I'd get a evga 500b psu as theyre quite cheap and reliable. 

Thanks for that tip, any suggestions on mobos? And I'll change the psu to 500w <3

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1 minute ago, Josephdalepi said:

better psu

get an ssd

people incoming: people get that processor because it is socket lga 1151, leaving room for upgrades

asus motherboards are better, and there are cheaper ones

Psu: 500w?

SSD: Maybe later down the line

People incoming: You called it

2 minutes ago, Sephirothkefka said:

Flaw #1: A Skylake cpu DOES NOT work with an LGA1150 motherboard. You need to get a new board

 

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2 minutes ago, IrishSkittle said:

500w?

550W would be fine. An EVGA G2/GS/GQ PSU would be good as well as anything from XFX, Seasonic and Super Flower. Also, Antec's High Current Gamer lineup is great. For the motherboard, change to a B150 / H110 / H170 motherboard and change the RAM to 8GB of DDR4. Also, Asus AMD cards are not good so get one from anybody except Asus and Gigabyte.

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id get a asus z170-a. I have the same board and its good. unless if its an matx case. then im not sure.

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Just now, IrishSkittle said:

Psu: 500w?

SSD: Maybe later down the line

People incoming: You called it

 

with a system like yours, if you upgrade anything, youll need a better one

ssd is more important than the hdd

hdds are cheap as hell and ssds are so much faster

keep the cpu, new mobo

 

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Alright, so this is the final product: http://prntscr.com/a23gw6

Anyone else have anything to add? Or am I all good to go ahead and order?

 

P.S. any clue on how this can handle GTA V or Payday 2?

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3 hours ago, IrishSkittle said:

500w?

Even 600-750... Just depends in you are wanting to upgrade in the future...

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10 hours ago, Nicko_barbeque said:

Even 600-750... Just depends in you are wanting to upgrade in the future...

For now, I only see myself going for an i5 max

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15 hours ago, IrishSkittle said:

Alright, so this is the final product: http://prntscr.com/a23gw6

Anyone else have anything to add? Or am I all good to go ahead and order?

 

P.S. any clue on how this can handle GTA V or Payday 2?

Can't speak for payday2, but GTA should be OK. You won't be blitzing it - would recommend an i5 for the extra 2 cores

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Do you really need a H97 motherboard? H110 or B150 will work fine with that i3-6100.

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41 minutes ago, iWearKiltz said:

Can't speak for payday2, but GTA should be OK. You won't be blitzing it - would recommend an i5 for the extra 2 cores

Yeah, I was planning on upgrading the CPU down the line.

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Just now, IrishSkittle said:

Yeah, I was planning on upgraing the CPU down the line.

i know you've probably heard it many times - but saving now will be better for you.

 

if you would rather get it now (i understand that - i was in the same shoes in the past :P) then everything looks good. 

 

Would recommend using PCPartPicker (give it a quick google, will be pretty high on the list) - this ensures that everything is compatible (down to power supply, correct sockets etc.). I disagree with the people above talking about increasing PSU wattage - this isn't necessary  but does make the PSU more efficient

 

Hope you enjoy your new pc!

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Just now, iWearKiltz said:

i know you've probably heard it many times - but saving now will be better for you.

 

if you would rather get it now (i understand that - i was in the same shoes in the past :P) then everything looks good. 

 

Would recommend using PCPartPicker (give it a quick google, will be pretty high on the list) - this ensures that everything is compatible (down to power supply, correct sockets etc.). I disagree with the people above talking about increasing PSU wattage - this isn't necessary  but does make the PSU more efficient

 

Hope you enjoy your new pc!

Yeah man, I've been waiting a while for this, I'd really rather get it now, and thanks for the advice <3

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10 hours ago, IrishSkittle said:

For now, I only see myself going for an i5 max

Your CPU is not what will take the power (it does take power, but only a little bit...) : It will be your gpu. AMD is more power-hungry than Nvidia so the more watts you get the better off you are when you get a second gpu or upgrade an existing one...

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