New PC

[Telebubbies]

Hey guys! I have posted this before, but now I have changed my motherboard to something that will do the same performance as the last one, but it is cheaper!

I am going to order the parts for my PC today and before I do that, I would just like some closure that everything will work. Here are the specs:

 

Case: CoolerMaster Mastercase Pro 5 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR4 Intel Z170 Chipset LGA1151 Skylake ATX

Processor: Intel i5-6600 3.3GHz 1151 Skylake

Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB 2x4GB 2133MHz DDR4

Power Supply Unit (PSU): Corsair RM650x 650W 80 PLUS Gold Certified Fully Modular 

Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA III 64MB Cache 3.5"

DVD Drive: LG GH24NSD0 Internal SATA 24x Super-Multi DVD Rewriter 

Graphics Card: MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4GB GDDR5 256bit

CPU Cooler: Coolermaster Hyper 212X

OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Home 64bit Operating System - DSP Pack

 

Thanks in advance!

 

[Telebubbies]

Yes.. No SSDs. Will get it soon!

[TheRandomness]

Budget please.

[I am an SSD]

2 minutes ago, Telebubbies said:

 

Graphics Card: MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4GB GDDR5 256bit

 

Get ready to see people recommending an R9 390..thats said, might want to have a look at that.

[Moonzy]

2 minutes ago, Telebubbies said:

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR4 Intel Z170 Chipset LGA1151 Skylake ATX
Processor: Intel i5-6600 3.3GHz 1151 Skylake

nothing wrong, but there should be cheaper boards?

2 minutes ago, Telebubbies said:

Graphics Card: MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4GB GDDR5 256bit

should also mention you're sticking with 970

3 minutes ago, Telebubbies said:

CPU Cooler: Coolermaster Hyper 212X

212X is only marginally better than the 212 Evo, if the price difference is huge then its not worth it

i would also stick with the stock cooler, unless it bothers you so much

[Telebubbies]

1 minute ago, Moonzy said:

nothing wrong, but there should be cheaper boards?

should also mention you're sticking with 970

212X is only marginally better than the 212 Evo, if the price difference is huge then its not worth it

i would also stick with the stock cooler, unless it bothers you so much

I saw a test, if you overclock that CPU and have that stock cooler, it will then go over 100c. 

[cc143]

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-110b20750vr

 

I found that a bit earlier and it seems like a great bargain if you are interested, apart from that, 

 

1. Go with 1x8GB stick of RAM instead for easier upgradeability

2. Get windows from Kinguin for $30 if you weren't already

3. Get the 6600k for $15 more

[Telebubbies]

1 minute ago, cc143 said:

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-110b20750vr

 

I found that a bit earlier and it seems like a great bargain if you are interested, apart from that, 

 

1. Go with 1x8GB stick of RAM instead for easier upgradeability

2. Get windows from Kinguin for $30 if you weren't already

3. Get the 6600k for $15 more

I am ordering from www.wootware.co.za

[TheRandomness]

7 minutes ago, Telebubbies said:

Yes.. No SSDs. Will get it soon!

*cough*

5 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

Budget please.

[Telebubbies]

3 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

nothing wrong, but there should be cheaper boards?

should also mention you're sticking with 970

212X is only marginally better than the 212 Evo, if the price difference is huge then its not worth it

i would also stick with the stock cooler, unless it bothers you so much

And the people who I am getting the parts from, they only has 1 CPU cooler from master cooler. It is cooler master 212x 

[cc143]

Just now, Telebubbies said:

I am ordering from www.wootware.co.za

Not in the US then, disregard the PSU, do the other 2 though

[Moonzy]

2 minutes ago, Telebubbies said:

I saw a test, if you overclock that CPU and have that stock cooler, it will then go over 100c. 

overclocking a locked chip? have fun

im sure @chiwas will be here to help if anything happens

[CoffeeandBagels]

Seagate hard drives? They have a reputation for failure. I heard one stat saying 30% failure rate after three years. I tried to find some hard data to back it up.

 

https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-reliability-q4-2015/

 

Clearly it isn't that bad but they do significantly trail Western Digital, who I might add is almost the same price.

 

Just saying. Might want to consider getting WJ drives even if they are a few bucks more.

[Telebubbies]

1 minute ago, TheRandomness said:

*cough*

R23,100 (my currency) and $1627 American. But I can only get the parts from www.wootware.co.za

[Telebubbies]

1 minute ago, Moonzy said:

overclocking a locked chip? have fun

im sure @chiwas will be here to help if anything happens

Oh wait! Sorry it is the i5 6600k!!!!!! 

[Moonzy]

2 minutes ago, Telebubbies said:

Oh wait! Sorry it is the i5 6600k!!!!!! 

then the z170 board is fine

 

but you might wanna consider a beefier cooler if you wanna overclock, not going over 100 is a must

but personally i prefer not going 75c, 85c is absolute max for me

[Telebubbies]

1 minute ago, Moonzy said:

then the z170 board is fine

 

but you might wanna consider a beefier cooler if you wanna overclock, not going over 100 is a must

but personally i prefer not going 75c, 85c is absolute max for me

Alrighty. I will keep overclocking to about 3.7.. Anyway, for the hard drive, is the western digital blue or western digital black better than the seagate? 

If so, should I get the blue or black? The black one is more expensive but I won't mind paying a few bucks extra.. 

[Moonzy]

2 minutes ago, Telebubbies said:

Alrighty. I will keep overclocking to about 3.7.. Anyway, for the hard drive, is the western digital blue or western digital black better than the seagate? 

If so, should I get the blue or black? The black one is more expensive but I won't mind paying a few bucks extra.. 

3.7? isnt that lower than the boost clock?

i think my locked 6600 can do 3.7 on all cores when it turbo boost `-` never checked but firestrike says so

 

i'd get WD blue over WD black or seagate

because it's a good balance between reliability and price

[Telebubbies]

1 minute ago, Moonzy said:

3.7? isnt that lower than the boost clock?

i think my locked 6600 can do 3.7 on all cores when it turbo boost `-` never checked but firestrike says so

 

i'd get WD blue over WD black or seagate

because it's a good balance between reliability and price

The unlocked cpu goes up to 3.9GHz.. 

[Supercian411]

12 minutes ago, Telebubbies said:

I saw a test, if you overclock that CPU and have that stock cooler, it will then go over 100c. 

you cant overclock it. the cpu must be a k series

[Telebubbies]

2 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

3.7? isnt that lower than the boost clock?

i think my locked 6600 can do 3.7 on all cores when it turbo boost `-` never checked but firestrike says so

 

i'd get WD blue over WD black or seagate

because it's a good balance between reliability and price

Wait, so should I get unlocked or locked? Is it worth it? I can just turbo the locked one? 

[Telebubbies]

Just now, Supercian411 said:

you cant overclock it. the cpu must be a k series

Yeah.. That was a typo. 

[Supercian411]

Just now, Telebubbies said:

Yeah.. That was a typo. 

so it a 6600k

[Moonzy]

Just now, Telebubbies said:

Wait, so should I get unlocked or locked? Is it worth it? I can just turbo the locked one? 

if you get the unlocked one, make it go to 4.5ghz or something

if you wanna get a locked one, the i5 6500 is a good sweetspot, the 6600 offers 100mhz more for $20~30-ish more

[Telebubbies]

3 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

3.7? isnt that lower than the boost clock?

i think my locked 6600 can do 3.7 on all cores when it turbo boost `-` never checked but firestrike says so

 

i'd get WD blue over WD black or seagate

because it's a good balance between reliability and price

And also, I have never built a PC before and I actually want to do stuff like this as a job one day. Do you think that it would be reasonable to build it myself, or should I pay some guy $70 to build it?