Build for this summer

[elago]

So i'm planning to get my first gaming pc this june, with the budget being just under 1000€. This is what i have put together:

Intel Core i5 6500

Gigabyte GA Z170-hd3

GSkill Ripjaws ddr4 2400 2x4gb

Cooler Master hyper 212 evo

Crucial bx200 240gb ssd + WD Blue 2TB

Corsair Carbide 100r

Antec VPF 550W 80 plus bronze

Sapphire nitro r9 380x 

 

Does this look ok to you? The board and CPU cooler are there because i might upgrade in a few years, and i want to be ready now and not having to deal with changing the mobo later. The gpu is also a placeholder, since i will be swapping that for Polaris 11 when i see some benchmarks. The only thing I'm doubting is the PSU, is that good enough? I plan to overclock the GPU i want to minimize issues. 

 

Thank you in advance, really. 

[DrM]

no need for a z170 mobo if its a locked cpu. bx200 isnt a great ssd, id recommend an ocz trion 150. for the psu, id say get a seasonic m12ii 520w. also it would be helpful to put this into a pcpartpicker list. its a lot easier to see your budget and edit parts. everything else looks good

[JPotze]

I agree with @DrM. i would choose an other PSU and because it is not in pcpartpicker i can't see if there is any budget left. If so, swap the WD blue for a WD black and a better SSD. like the samsung 850 pro.

[mikat]

3 minutes ago, DrM said:

no need for a z170 mobo if its a locked cpu. bx200 isnt a great ssd, id recommend an ocz trion 150. for the psu, id say get a seasonic m12ii 520w. also it would be helpful to put this into a pcpartpicker list. its a lot easier to see your budget and edit parts. everything else looks good

i agree, but the bx100 is a great ssd with a great price tag

i have had the bx100 250 gb in my personal rig (for only a year but still) and i've had 0 problems

[DrM]

1 minute ago, mikat said:

but the bx100 is a great ssd with a great price tag

yup, for some reason crucial decided to make the bx200 slower than the bx100. And with the bx100 available for cheaper, its a pretty good budget ssd if you can find it

[mikat]

13 minutes ago, DrM said:

yup, for some reason crucial decided to make the bx200 slower than the bx100. And with the bx100 available for cheaper, its a pretty good budget ssd if you can find it

they went too far on the "budget ssd" pricipal

[Energycore]

29 minutes ago, elago said:

So i'm planning to get my first gaming pc this june, with the budget being just under 1000€. This is what i have put together:

Intel Core i5 6500

Gigabyte GA Z170-hd3

GSkill Ripjaws ddr4 2400 2x4gb

Cooler Master hyper 212 evo

Crucial bx200 240gb ssd + WD Blue 2TB

Corsair Carbide 100r

Antec VPF 550W 80 plus bronze

Sapphire nitro r9 380x 

 

Does this look ok to you? The board and CPU cooler are there because i might upgrade in a few years, and i want to be ready now and not having to deal with changing the mobo later. The gpu is also a placeholder, since i will be swapping that for Polaris 11 when i see some benchmarks. The only thing I'm doubting is the PSU, is that good enough? I plan to overclock the GPU i want to minimize issues. 

 

Thank you in advance, really. 

I don't recommend planning out a build until you're ready to cash in. By June we could have the next generation of GPUs already in the market.

 

The EVO is just not a good price/performance option anymore. There are many coolers that beat it and cost equally or less. Consider one of these:

 

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/raijintek-cpu-cooler-op105246 The Raijintek Aidos performs on par with the EVO and costs a whopping £16.94

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/deepcool-cpu-cooler-gammaxx400 The Deepcool Gammaxx 400 straight up outperforms it while costing £3 more (it trades blows with the much more expensive NH-U12S from Noctua).

 

Here are reviews for the coolers.

 

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Raijintek/Aidos/6.html

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/deepcool-gammaxx-400-slim-tower-cpu-cooler,4460-2.html

 

[Energycore]

With your budget/preferences I'd recommend this build:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£169.99 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool GAMMAXX 400 74.3 CFM CPU Cooler  (£29.69 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£96.91 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  (£73.08 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£52.97 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 4GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card  (£398.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design Define S ATX Mid Tower Case  (£61.99 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£79.99 @ Novatech)
Total: £963.61
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-21 08:45 BST+0100

 

I assume this is for gaming and this computer will crush every game at 1080p and 1440p, even at higher refresh rates.

 

Now if you want to wait for Pascal/Polaris you could throw a low-cost GPU in there for now and save the £400.

 

Something like this guy http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-n750ti2gd5tlp

 

It will play games at 1080p but you'll have to crank down the details.

 

Also, you can overclock that chip using a custom BIOS. It will disable some features and is in general not supported by Intel, but the option is there.

[elago]

I didn't use pcpartpicker because here in Spain parts availability isn't that great and the site doesn't show the price for many parts. I'm using a local online retailer website's configurator for the build. It isn't as good as pcpartpicker, but does the trick. 

 

Here's the build I've made with your recommendations: http://www.pccomponentes.com/pccly/8cF56bAb

 

And here's the configurator, see if you can figure out how it works: http://www.pccomponentes.com/configurador.php?movil=no

[elago]

49 minutes ago, Energycore said:

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That's in pounds, which would make it quite expensive in euros. What would be and acceptable 1000€ build?  Pcpartpicker in Spain doesn't have many parts listed with price. 

[Energycore]

3 minutes ago, elago said:

 

Pardon me, I misread the currency symbol. I'll see what I can do. NVM I read Spain one second too late.

 

Let's see. Is pccomponentes.com the usual store?

[Energycore]

Aha!

Pcpartpicker covers Spain too!

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€188.01 @ Amazon Espana)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool GAMMAXX 400 74.3 CFM CPU Cooler  (€32.91 @ Amazon Espana)
Motherboard: Asus Z170-P ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (€112.21 @ Amazon Espana)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (€37.16 @ Amazon Espana)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€66.18 @ Amazon Espana)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€49.25 @ Amazon Espana)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 390 8GB Double Dissipation Video Card  (€354.93 @ Amazon Espana)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (€64.37 @ Amazon Espana)
Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  (€83.20 @ Amazon Espana)
Total: €988.22
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-21 10:52 CEST+0200

 

All prices ended up being Amazon España which I guess makes it easier than having to buy from multiple retailers.

[elago]

1 hour ago, Energycore said:

Aha!

Pcpartpicker covers Spain too!

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€188.01 @ Amazon Espana)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool GAMMAXX 400 74.3 CFM CPU Cooler  (€32.91 @ Amazon Espana)
Motherboard: Asus Z170-P ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (€112.21 @ Amazon Espana)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (€37.16 @ Amazon Espana)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€66.18 @ Amazon Espana)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€49.25 @ Amazon Espana)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 390 8GB Double Dissipation Video Card  (€354.93 @ Amazon Espana)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (€64.37 @ Amazon Espana)
Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  (€83.20 @ Amazon Espana)
Total: €988.22
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-21 10:52 CEST+0200

 

All prices ended up being Amazon España which I guess makes it easier than having to buy from multiple retailers.

Pccomponentes is the website were pretty much everyone goes to buy pc stuff in Spain, yeah. 

 

And wow,  that's an incredibly solid build for the price, thank you.

[Energycore]

11 hours ago, elago said:

Pccomponentes is the website were pretty much everyone goes to buy pc stuff in Spain, yeah. 

 

And wow,  that's an incredibly solid build for the price, thank you.

I take pride in my builds, thanks! I couldn't quite fit a 2TB HDD without losing out elsewhere. Since Polaris/Pascal will hopefully give better performance/euro you can probably make room if you build late june.

Happy building!