New PC ... Overwhelmed by Choice

[Trevtao]

Hi All,

 

First time poster here so be gentle.

 

I'm currently looking at getting a new desktop computer ( two in fact ). The main uses for which will be for playing  World of Warcraft and modded Minecraft. Now I realise that these two games are not that demanding and wont need high end machines to run but I still want them to be able to be run at maximum everything. However even so when I start looking at all the different components I find myself becoming overwhelmed by choice. There are so many similar but ever so slightly different motherboards, graphics cards, ram, ssd's, etc.

 

I have a budget of $AU 1,500-1,700  per machine. I've played around with Pcpartpicker and come up with http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/rgsXgs .

 

The bits I've left out Ie case, monitor, optical drive etc. will if needed be added later or are ones I already have.

 

So basicly what I'm after is some sort of advice as to if I am heading in the right direction or need a change of plan. What are the advantages of the slightly differing "features" of some of the components and so on?

 

cheers.

[Mason_Brasher]

If you can't now, then an actual hard drive for mass storage would be recommended. An R9 390 or 390x is better than a 970 paired with a 6600K, and other than that, you can A LOT more than just WoW and Minecraft with this build.

[Mason_Brasher]

http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/xYLP23

 

You can remove the hard drive, or get a cheaper one also.

[Praesi]

Hi.

This Build can run any Game in 1080p. NVidia Card is a good Choice.

Is your limit reached or can you squezze some more bucks out your wallet?

[Trevtao]

I'm right at what I can afford I'm afraid. Seeing as I have to get two systems I just cant do any more :-(

[tataklee]

1 hour ago, Trevtao said:

I'm right at what I can afford I'm afraid. Seeing as I have to get two systems I just cant do any more :-(

Look, I swapped some parts, so you can fit in a HDD. Also I swapped the RAM, because Skylake loves high memory bandwidth. Changed the PSU to an even better one and I swapped the cooler, cause these smaller AIOs aren't all that impressive. 

[Trevtao]

Bump.

[tataklee]

1 hour ago, Trevtao said:

Bump.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($357.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212X 82.9 CFM CPU Cooler  ($52.00 @ Umart) 
Motherboard: Asus Z170-P ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($189.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Memory: Kingston FURY 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($84.00 @ IJK) 
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: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card  ($509.00 @ CPL Online) 
Case: Inwin 503 BLACK ATX Mid Tower Case  ($84.00 @ IJK) 
Power Supply: XFX XTR 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($139.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Total: $1612.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-01 03:32 AEDT+1100

 

Really messed up my last post.

[Trevtao]

Most likely buying this week.

 

Any other comments?

 

 

[archelocke]

On 2/27/2016 at 7:34 PM, Mason_Brasher said:

If you can't now, then an actual hard drive for mass storage would be recommended. An R9 390 or 390x is better than a 970 paired with a 6600K, and other than that, you can A LOT more than just WoW and Minecraft with this build.

He doesn't necessarily need an HDD or anything above a 250GB SSD, for that matter. It all depends on what else he's planning on doing... I don't even use 100GB on my HDD.