Thoughts on using this system

[acbattle.designs]

Hello internet and LTT members,

 

I am currently looking at getting a new tower and i believe that this may be a good starting system. It is one of ASUS new bundle pc's starting at 799.99 USD. They claim it is 4k ready but don't shed any light on what mother board or power supply they use. I would be buying it at my local best buy, since i am an employee there. Here is the Model ASUS M32CD-B09 VivoPC. It comes with a "Intel Core i7-6700 8M Skylake Quad-Core 3.4 GHz LGA 1151 65W BX80662I76700 Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 530", 12GB of 2133 hz DDR 4 ram, a 1TB +8GB HHD, and windows 10 home. I would be looking at replacing the case with a cooler master pro 5 case and getting a liquid cooling setup with either a gtx 960 or 970 graphics card. Of course we dont have a store demo so i cant figure out if the mother board is micro itx, or atx. If anyone wants to maybe shed some light on this system it would be great. I plan on using this for direct x 12/13 and also using the adobe Creative Cloud suite. mainly the photo, illustration, and web design side but i don't plan on rendering or video editing. The links supplied here are to the bestbuy listing page and to ASUS main info page. If anyone can help out it would be great.

 

Best Buy: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-desktop-intel-core-i7-12gb-memory-1tb-8gb-hybrid-hard-drive-gray/4819400.p?id=bb4819400&skuId=4819400

Asus: https://www.asus.com/us/Tower-PCs/VivoPC-M32CD/overview/

 

This is my best guess at what could be in the system but i may only be half correct.

 

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

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($309.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Intel BXTS15A CPU Cooler  ($26.97 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Asus Z170I PRO GAMING Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($159.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston ValueRAM 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($16.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston ValueRAM 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($31.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate  1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive  ($69.88 @ OutletPC)
Case: Asus VENTO 3600 RED ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: Cooler Master Elite Power 400W ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Directron)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  ($18.89 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  ($85.49 @ OutletPC)
Wired Network Adapter: Intel EXPI9301CTBLK 10/100/1000 Mbps PCI-Express x1 Network Adapter  ($27.99 @ Amazon)
Keyboard: Microsoft Keyboard 200 Wired Standard Keyboard  ($8.99 @ Directron)
Mouse: Perixx Perimice-710 Wireless Optical Mouse  ($7.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $795.15
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-10 16:23 EDT-0400

 

[Moonzy]

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2 minutes ago, acbattle.designs said:

I plan on using this for direct x 13

bruh, dx12 games are just launching and you're getting ready for dx13? talk about futureproof lol

[Frosty]

I would guess that the motherboard is Micro ATX, probably an H170 or similar chipset. OEM PCs like that generally don't have very fancy motherboards. Just what the manufacturer needs to get the features they want on the sticker.