$1600 AUD Gaming Build

[HKZeroFive]

G'day boys and girls.

 

A mate of mine has recently contracted me to plan out his first gaming PC so I've whipped up a rough idea of what I'll get. His budget is around $1600 AUD and he won't require any peripherals, monitor or OS.

 

On a side note, I'll probably get a few replies saying to change to the R9 390. I'm more of a 'whichever is cheapest' guy and the GTX 970 is actually priced lower than its AMD counterpart here, and I'll have the added benefit of helping him through all of the NVIDIA software which I already know through my own experience. So yeah, other than that, feel free to suggest any other changes.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($358.00 @ Umart) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($55.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Motherboard: Asus Z170-P ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($189.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($135.00 @ Centre Com) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($129.00 @ Centre Com) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($69.00 @ Centre Com) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card  ($479.00 @ Centre Com) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($108.50 @ CPL Online) 
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($104.00 @ CPL Online) 
Total: $1626.50
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-12 22:55 AEDT+1100

[lbrwnie]

Looks pretty good, though to shave some money off you could go for a Coolermaster Hyper 212 EVO if you can find one .

[HKZeroFive]

2 minutes ago, lbrwnie said:

Looks pretty good, though to shave some money off you could go for a Coolermaster Hyper 212 EVO if you can find one .

I prefer the look of the CRYORIG H7 to be honest.

 

I might just give him my own CM Hyper 212 EVO and take it for myself  

[comicsansms]

5 minutes ago, lbrwnie said:

Looks pretty good, though to shave some money off you could go for a Coolermaster Hyper 212 EVO if you can find one .

Really? Have you looked at the price of the CM 212? https://www.pccasegear.com/products/22829

[lbrwnie]

Just now, Comic_Sans_MS said:

Really? Have you looked at the price of the CM 212? https://www.pccasegear.com/products/22829

That's not the evo but I see where you are coming from. I remember it was basically impossible to find a 212 evo for a build I was doing for a friend. That's why I said if you could find one

[ybriK]

Looks alright, I personally wouldn't try 4.8GHz CPU + 1600MHz GPU though. Could probably achieve it but 520W seems too low for me at those OC settings.

 

I found this btw, I'd personally go for it highly doubt you'd see a difference in boot times... But it's up to you.

https://www.ple.com.au/ViewItem.aspx?InventoryItemId=623067

https://www.ple.com.au/ViewItem.aspx?InventoryItemId=623068

 

http://ssd.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Samsung-850-Evo-250GB-vs-OCZ-Trion-100-240GB/2977vs3501

[MarkoCroatiaMC]

just change the psu, like this http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/nvz6TW

[HKZeroFive]

1 minute ago, MarkoCroatiaMC said:

just change the psu, like this http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/nvz6TW

Sorry bud, I'm not taking that suggestion. The Antec one is way better.

[ybriK]

1 minute ago, MarkoCroatiaMC said:

just change the psu, like this http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/nvz6TW

Downgrade?

 

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html

[HKZeroFive]

21 minutes ago, ybriK said:

Looks alright, I personally wouldn't try 4.8GHz CPU + 1600MHz GPU though. Could probably achieve it but 520W seems too low for me at those OC settings.

 

I found this btw, I'd personally go for it highly doubt you'd see a difference in boot times... But it's up to you.

https://www.ple.com.au/ViewItem.aspx?InventoryItemId=623067

https://www.ple.com.au/ViewItem.aspx?InventoryItemId=623068

 

http://ssd.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Samsung-850-Evo-250GB-vs-OCZ-Trion-100-240GB/2977vs3501

Eh, I believe 520W is enough. The GTX 970 won't draw much power so I'm not worried at all.

 

Thanks for the SSD suggestions, I'll have a look at them.