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I'm looking to build a pc mainly for playing newer games like GTA V and Fallout 4. I'm trying to keep this build under $1,350 CAD. I'm wondering if the parts are the best I can get for the money and if anything is incompatible or if anything's being bottlenecked. Thanks. (Also would I need any additional fans or a better CPU cooler, or would the stock ones do fine?)

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/3w47f7
Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/3w47f7/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($278.50 @ shopRBC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($142.50 @ Vuugo)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($57.50 @ Vuugo)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($61.90 @ BestDirect)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($65.98 @ DirectCanada)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card  ($298.50 @ Vuugo)
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 300R Windowed ATX Mid Tower Case  ($96.75 @ DirectCanada)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($69.99 @ NCIX)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  ($27.54 @ DirectCanada)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  ($129.00 @ shopRBC)
Total: $1228.16
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-21 00:49 EST-0500

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You can shave off some cash by going H170 instead of Z170 since you can't overclock the CPU.

 

ASUS R9 380s tend to run a bit hotter than other models, I'd consider getting another model instead.

 

The V300 is a bait and switch product, meaning it's garbage. Try to go for either a Sandisk SSD Plus or Adata SP550 rather than that.

 

The 600B is a pretty meh PSU, try to go for SeaSonic or XFX. Any of their 500W PSUs would be fine.

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Be nice to each other boys and girls. And don't cheap out on a power supply.

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CPU: Intel Core i7 4790K - 4.5 GHz | Motherboard: ASUS MAXIMUS VII HERO | RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 | SSD: Samsung 850 EVO - 500GB | GPU: MSI GTX 980 Ti Gaming 6GB | PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 650 G2 | Case: NZXT Phantom 530 | Cooling: CRYORIG R1 Ultimate | Monitor: ASUS ROG Swift PG279Q | Peripherals: Corsair Vengeance K70 and Razer DeathAdder

 

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16 minutes ago, HKZeroFive said:

You can shave off some cash by going H170 instead of Z170 since you can't overclock the CPU.

 

ASUS R9 380s tend to run a bit hotter than other models, I'd consider getting another model instead.

 

The V300 is a bait and switch product, meaning it's garbage. Try to go for either a Sandisk SSD Plus or Adata SP550 rather than that.

 

The 600B is a pretty meh PSU, try to go for SeaSonic or XFX. Any of their 500W PSUs would be fine.

Thanks! Anything else that needs modifying?

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30 minutes ago, Ludox said:

Thanks! Anything else that needs modifying?

Nope, the rest looks good.

 

Happy gaming :)

'Fanboyism is stupid' - someone on this forum.

Be nice to each other boys and girls. And don't cheap out on a power supply.

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CPU: Intel Core i7 4790K - 4.5 GHz | Motherboard: ASUS MAXIMUS VII HERO | RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 | SSD: Samsung 850 EVO - 500GB | GPU: MSI GTX 980 Ti Gaming 6GB | PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 650 G2 | Case: NZXT Phantom 530 | Cooling: CRYORIG R1 Ultimate | Monitor: ASUS ROG Swift PG279Q | Peripherals: Corsair Vengeance K70 and Razer DeathAdder

 

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