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dennis w2
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Hello everyone,

I’m planning to make my first PC for some time now and I think I have made a good list. I life in The Netherlands and my budget is around €1300,- for the pc. I am planning to put one 1440 monitor on it and buy a 2nd later on.

This is my list:

  • ·         Intel Core i5-6600K Boxed (Processor)

  • ·         MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (Motherboard)

  • ·         Asus STRIX-R9390X-DC3OC-8GD5-GAMING (Video Card)

  • ·         Seagate Desktop HDD ST2000DM001, 2TB (HHD)

  • ·         be quiet! Dark Rock Advanced C1 (Processor Cooler)

  • ·         Phanteks Eclipse P400S (PC Case)

  • ·         Corsair Vengeance LPX CMK16GX4M4A2133C13  ( RAM a kid of 4*4GB)

  • ·         Crucial BX100 250GB (SSD)

  • ·         Cooler Master GM G650M (Power)

There is one thing I worry about, the be quiet processor cooler is pretty big and I’m affright it is too big for the RAM and the PC case. I could pick a smaller processor cooler (like the be quiet! Dark Rock 3) or maybe buy a kid of 2 * 8 GB RAM and a bigger case.

I hope someone can help me with this!

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€201.71 @ Mindfactory)
Motherboard: ASRock H170A-X1 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (€92.07 @ Mindfactory)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (€69.23 @ Mindfactory)
Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€128.91 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€50.39 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card  (€654.85 @ Mindfactory)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (€80.89 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: XFX XT 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (€61.77 @ Mindfactory)
Total: €1339.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-21 16:19 CEST+0200

 

If you don't care much about aesthetics i made your build more powerful

 

Though i highly reccomend you wait for polaris/pascal, they should release within 2 months

FPS <3

Flick G1 Review

Nixeus Revel Review

 

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3 minutes ago, dennis w2 said:

Cooler Master GM G650M (Power)

this, this has got to go

i recommend

EVGA G2/P2

Corsair RMi/HXi/AX

pick ~650W version of either model

 

5 minutes ago, dennis w2 said:

the be quiet processor cooler is pretty big and I’m affright it is too big for the RAM and the PC case.

should be fine with the RAM, but it wont fit in the case

Case CPU Cooler max height: 160mm

Dark rock advanced height = 166mm

6 minutes ago, dennis w2 said:

2 * 8 GB RAM and a bigger case.

2x8gb kit is better, but 4x4 is fine too

-sigh- feeling like I'm being too negative lately

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12 minutes ago, Aytex said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€201.71 @ Mindfactory)
Motherboard: ASRock H170A-X1 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (€92.07 @ Mindfactory)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (€69.23 @ Mindfactory)
Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€128.91 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€50.39 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card  (€654.85 @ Mindfactory)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (€80.89 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: XFX XT 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (€61.77 @ Mindfactory)
Total: €1339.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-21 16:19 CEST+0200

 

If you don't care much about aesthetics i made your build more powerful

 

Though i highly reccomend you wait for polaris/pascal, they should release within 2 months

The XT series is XFX's like one bad psu line.

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According to PCPartPicker, the beQuiet! Dark Rock Advanced C1 is incompatible with the Phanteks P400S. Not sure if it's absolutely true but it's most likely it won't fit. So I'd look to getting a bigger case.

 

Get a better PSU. While the PSU isn't crap, there should be better quality offers from SeaSonic or XFX that should be around the same price. Or if you're looking for great quality, something from the EVGA G2/P2 lineups.

 

Avoid the STRIX model of the R9 390X. The cooling is just not good at all... Try to get the Sapphire variant (the MSI, XFX, Powercolor variants are all good alternate choices).

'Fanboyism is stupid' - someone on this forum.

Be nice to each other boys and girls. And don't cheap out on a power supply.

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CPU: Intel Core i7 4790K - 4.5 GHz | Motherboard: ASUS MAXIMUS VII HERO | RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 | SSD: Samsung 850 EVO - 500GB | GPU: MSI GTX 980 Ti Gaming 6GB | PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 650 G2 | Case: NZXT Phantom 530 | Cooling: CRYORIG R1 Ultimate | Monitor: ASUS ROG Swift PG279Q | Peripherals: Corsair Vengeance K70 and Razer DeathAdder

 

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11 minutes ago, Deoros said:

If Pascal is coming out in 2 months is it still okay to get everything except the graphics card. Maybe not? Because there is no way to tell if the Skylake CPU's will support it or the motherboards.

I really don't think you have to worry about that.

[CPU: 4.7ghz I5 6600k] [MB: Asus Z170 Pro G] [RAM: G.Skill 2400 16GB(2x8)]

[GPU: MSI Twin Frozr GTX 970] [PSU: XFX Pro 850W] [Cooler: Hyper 212 Evo]
[Storage: 500GB WD HDD / 128GB SanDisk SSD ] [Case: DeepCool Tessaract]

[Keyboard: AZIO MGK1] [Mouse: Logitech G303] [Monitor: 2 x Acer 23" 1080p IPS]

 

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Hello @dennis w2, and welcome to the forum!

It would be helpful to know where do you live, so we can use the right country and right merchant for your part list.

The current list looks OK, but it can be improved and made more streamlined to be more cost effective.

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The problem is that this is an nVidia product and scoring any nVidia product a "zero" is also highly predictive of the number of nVidia products the reviewer will receive for review in the future.

On 2015-01-28 at 5:24 PM, Victorious Secret said:

Only yours, you don't shitpost on the same level that we can, mainly because this thread is finally dead and should be locked.

On 2016-06-07 at 11:25 PM, patrickjp93 said:

I wasn't wrong. It's extremely rare that I am. I provided sources as well. Different devs can disagree. Further, we now have confirmed discrepancy from Twitter about he use of the pre-release 1080 driver in AMD's demo despite the release 1080 driver having been out a week prior.

On 2016-09-10 at 4:32 PM, Hikaru12 said:

You apparently haven't seen his responses to questions on YouTube. He is very condescending and aggressive in his comments with which there is little justification. He acts totally different in his videos. I don't necessarily care for this content style and there is nothing really unique about him or his channel. His endless dick jokes and toilet humor are annoying as well.

 

 

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5 minutes ago, Shahnewaz said:

Hello @dennis w2, and welcome to the forum!

It would be helpful to know where do you live, so we can use the right country and right merchant for your part list.

The current list looks OK, but it can be improved and made more streamlined to be more cost effective.

I live in Europe in The Netherlands 

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You don't need nearly as much as 1300 euros to build a great gaming PC.

Here's an example for <700 euro, that is perfect for 1440p gaming.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($194.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($53.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($35.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 390 8GB Nitro Video Card  ($322.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($39.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($74.22 @ Amazon)
Total: $768.06
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-21 11:23 EDT-0400

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The problem is that this is an nVidia product and scoring any nVidia product a "zero" is also highly predictive of the number of nVidia products the reviewer will receive for review in the future.

On 2015-01-28 at 5:24 PM, Victorious Secret said:

Only yours, you don't shitpost on the same level that we can, mainly because this thread is finally dead and should be locked.

On 2016-06-07 at 11:25 PM, patrickjp93 said:

I wasn't wrong. It's extremely rare that I am. I provided sources as well. Different devs can disagree. Further, we now have confirmed discrepancy from Twitter about he use of the pre-release 1080 driver in AMD's demo despite the release 1080 driver having been out a week prior.

On 2016-09-10 at 4:32 PM, Hikaru12 said:

You apparently haven't seen his responses to questions on YouTube. He is very condescending and aggressive in his comments with which there is little justification. He acts totally different in his videos. I don't necessarily care for this content style and there is nothing really unique about him or his channel. His endless dick jokes and toilet humor are annoying as well.

 

 

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7 minutes ago, Shahnewaz said:

You don't need nearly as much as 1300 euros to build a great gaming PC.

Here's an example for <700 euro, that is perfect for 1440p gaming.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($194.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($53.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($35.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 390 8GB Nitro Video Card  ($322.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($39.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($74.22 @ Amazon)
Total: $768.06
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-21 11:23 EDT-0400

It's better to go with the I7 because it lasts longer?

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12 minutes ago, Deoros said:

It's better to go with the I7 because it lasts longer?

Nope. It doesn't "last longer".

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The problem is that this is an nVidia product and scoring any nVidia product a "zero" is also highly predictive of the number of nVidia products the reviewer will receive for review in the future.

On 2015-01-28 at 5:24 PM, Victorious Secret said:

Only yours, you don't shitpost on the same level that we can, mainly because this thread is finally dead and should be locked.

On 2016-06-07 at 11:25 PM, patrickjp93 said:

I wasn't wrong. It's extremely rare that I am. I provided sources as well. Different devs can disagree. Further, we now have confirmed discrepancy from Twitter about he use of the pre-release 1080 driver in AMD's demo despite the release 1080 driver having been out a week prior.

On 2016-09-10 at 4:32 PM, Hikaru12 said:

You apparently haven't seen his responses to questions on YouTube. He is very condescending and aggressive in his comments with which there is little justification. He acts totally different in his videos. I don't necessarily care for this content style and there is nothing really unique about him or his channel. His endless dick jokes and toilet humor are annoying as well.

 

 

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2 hours ago, Deoros said:

If Pascal is coming out in 2 months is it still okay to get everything except the graphics card. Maybe not? Because there is no way to tell if the Skylake CPU's will support it or the motherboards.

Why would Nvidia release a graphics card that is not compatible with current hardware ? o.O 

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