$1100 Build planning

[Minechap555]

So I've been planning to move away from my laptop, and I've put together a parts list here:http://pcpartpicker.com/p/RJYJvK

Its for general use and light to heavy gaming mostly

Any pointers or part alternatives with a better price to performance ratio is greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks in advance 

[rtpb5642]

i7 to i5 6600k

960 to r9 390

 

[xLmarley]

you could save some money on a smaller power supply but thats up to you.    i would say a 970 is better value but again its your call.

[Minechap555]

But would the 6600k be able to handle the same workload as the 6700k?

And the r9 390 is a bit out of my budget

[Jonathan Lemmens]

7 minutes ago, Minechap555 said:

So I've been planning to move away from my laptop, and I've put together a parts list here:http://pcpartpicker.com/p/RJYJvK

Its for general use and light to heavy gaming mostly

Any pointers or part alternatives with a better price to performance ratio is greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks in advance 

This seems like a good choice, allthough a Core i5 6600K would be good enough for "light to heavy gaming". If you're not going to overclock it, get a non-K branded CPU, that'll save you some more $$. In that case you may also want to get a cheaper CPU cooler.

Maybe you could also look for a motherboard with integrated WiFi, it might save you some money.

Because I live in the Netherlands, I'm not very familiar with Newegg, Ebay, Amazon, etc. so I can't easily find good links for you. I'm sorry.

[Streetguru]

20 minutes ago, Minechap555 said:

So I've been planning to move away from my laptop, and I've put together a parts list here:http://pcpartpicker.com/p/RJYJvK

Overclocking isn't worth it, and this includes an SSD and a faster GPU

 

also the NEX PSUs are fairly sub par which is why they're so cheap

Do you really even need a DVD drive?

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/MDM8WZ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/MDM8WZ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($329.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-S2HP Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($71.38 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($58.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Sandisk Ultra II 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($74.79 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 390 8GB PCS+ Video Card  ($308.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  ($29.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $1029.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-13 22:28 EDT-0400

[Minechap555]

1 minute ago, Jonathan Lemmens said:

This seems like a good choice, allthough a Core i5 6600K would be good enough for "light to heavy gaming". If you're not going to overclock it, get a non-K branded CPU, that'll save you some more $$. In that case you may also want to get a cheaper CPU cooler.

Maybe you could also look for a motherboard with integrated WiFi, it might save you some money.

Because I live in the Netherlands, I'm not very familiar with Newegg, Ebay, Amazon, etc. so I can't easily find good links for you. I'm sorry.

I'm trying to "future-proof" this build as much as possible.

As for the GPU I'm a looking at the GTX 970 as an alternative to my aforementioned GTX 960 (both in the 4GB variant)

[Streetguru]

2 minutes ago, Minechap555 said:

I'm trying to "future-proof" this build as much as possible.

As for the GPU I'm a looking at the GTX 970 as an alternative to my aforementioned GTX 960 (both in the 4GB variant)

Future proofing isn't real aside from your Case, and the 390 is faster than the 970, not to mention with seemingly better DX12/Vulkan support, and saving money should you get an adaptive sync display.
 

 

 

[Minechap555]

7 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

Future proofing isn't real aside from your Case, and the 390 is faster than the 970, not to mention with seemingly better DX12/Vulkan support, and saving money should you get an adaptive sync display.
 

 

 

As for the CPU would I get better price/performance from a 4790K?

And the R9 390 is looking good.....any recommended manufacturers?  

[Streetguru]

Just now, Minechap555 said:

As for the CPU would I get better price/performance from a 4790K?

You'd want the Xeon 1231v3 if you were going Haswell, otherwise you're going to want the 6700(non K) because overclocking isn't worth it when the chip already turbos to 4ghz, at best you're going to get 4.5ghz on an OC for an extra $100-150 dollars for maybe 10% more performance? It's simply not worth it to pay extra for overclocking anymore.

[Jonathan Lemmens]

1 minute ago, Streetguru said:

You'd want the Xeon 1231v3 if you were going Haswell, otherwise you're going to want the 6700(non K) because overclocking isn't worth it when the chip already turbos to 4ghz, at best you're going to get 4.5ghz on an OC for an extra $100-150 dollars for maybe 10% more performance? It's simply not worth it to pay extra for overclocking anymore.

I agree. Although if you enjoy it, the fun of overclocking could be worth $100-150

[Streetguru]

Just now, Jonathan Lemmens said:

I agree. Although if you enjoy it, the fun of overclocking could be worth $100-150

Or, like screw overclocking and throw in a 480gb SSD instead which is going to help a lot more than slightly better minimum frame rates

[Jonathan Lemmens]

Just now, Streetguru said:

Or, like screw overclocking and throw in a 480gb SSD instead which is going to help a lot more than slightly better minimum frame rates

.....Priorities 

[Minechap555]

1 minute ago, Streetguru said:

Or, like screw overclocking and throw in a 480gb SSD instead which is going to help a lot more than slightly better minimum frame rates

I've got a 120GB SSD already so the 1TB HDD is for mass storage

[Streetguru]

Just now, Minechap555 said:

I've got a 120GB SSD already so the 1TB HDD is for mass storage

Well just throw the saved money towards a better display like a 4K IPS free-sync display, they run about $500 or so, that's still more important than 10% more CPU performance lol

[Minechap555]

4 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

Well just throw the saved money towards a better display like a 4K IPS free-sync display, they run about $500 or so, that's still more important than 10% more CPU performance lol

Ive been using my samsung 226BW for a few years and I just love it....but will the R9 390 handle the 4K?

[Minechap555]

Any recommendations on a Z170 based mobo? preferably not asrock or gigabyte, so a name brand like msi

[Streetguru]

2 minutes ago, Minechap555 said:

Ive been using my samsung 226BW for a few years and i just love it....but will the R9 390 handle the 4K?

It'll run like dota 2/rocket league and stuff like that at 4k, any other games would be 1080p which scales perfectly with 4k displays, and then in the future, GPUs capible of running every game at 4k is going to be less and less expensive, which is why you'd want to invest in a 4k display before a higher end GPU

 

and like I said, it's not worth it to get into overclocking. the H110 board above has all the IO you could want plus USB 3.1 + Type C

[Minechap555]

Looking at this benchmark here:http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-6700-vs-Intel-Core-i7-4790K/3515vs2384

the 4790K is looking slightly better

[xLmarley]

226BW if it was me i would go for a 1080p or 1440p monitor max with a high refresh rate.   it would still be a step up in pixel density and you can enjoy the extra frames.   

[Streetguru]

2 minutes ago, Minechap555 said:

Looking at this benchmark here:http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-6700-vs-Intel-Core-i7-4790K/3515vs2384

the 4790K is looking slightly better

You lose USB 3.1 going with haswell, and while it may be faster overall due to clock speeds, the speed increase still isn't going to be worth all the extra money spent to get it.

 

as far as gaming goes just about any intel quad core running at 3ghz or higher will be fine for gaming.

[Jonathan Lemmens]

14 minutes ago, Minechap555 said:

ny recommendations on a Z170 based mobo?

The MSI Z170-A Pro you picked is a good choice, if you really want to overclock though, you might want to get a higher tier mobo.

 

9 minutes ago, Minechap555 said:

Looking at this benchmark here:http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-6700-vs-Intel-Core-i7-4790K/3515vs2384

the 4790K is looking slightly better

I'd say the difference isn't that great. To me, the lower heat output, lower power usage and a more power efecient pc in general (due to DDR4) of the 6700k would be preferable.

[Minechap555]

21 minutes ago, Jonathan Lemmens said:

The MSI Z170-A Pro you picked is a good choice, if you really want to overclock though, you might want to get a higher tier mobo.

 

I'd say the difference isn't that great. To me, the lower heat output, lower power usage and a more power efecient pc in general (due to DDR4) of the 6700k would be preferable.

Would this mobo be better? https://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-z170agamingm5

[Jonathan Lemmens]

1 minute ago, Minechap555 said:

Would this mobo be better? https://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-z170agamingm5

For overclocking definetely

[Minechap555]

So I did some minor paring down price-wise and this is where its at: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/VXqkCJ