What do you think of this?

[ppppppp]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£160.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£92.99 @ Novatech) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£34.63 @ CCL Computers) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£70.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.90 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380X 4GB DD BLACK EDITION OC Video Card  (£184.99 @ Novatech) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  (Purchased For £56.00) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (Purchased For £62.00) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM (64-bit)  (£22.00) 
Monitor: Acer G246HLAbd 60Hz 24.0" Monitor  (Purchased For £118.00) 
Total: £842.49
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-24 13:56 BST+0100

[don_svetlio]

Seems solid to me

[Clanscorpia]

If you increase your budget 150 pounds more I can nearly double your performance. For 1000 pounds you can get a 980 and a 6600K

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, Clanscorpia said:

If you increase your budget 150 pounds more I can nearly double your performance. For 1000 pounds you can get a 980 and a 6600K

or a 390X and save 100 quid

[Clanscorpia]

1 minute ago, don_svetlio said:

or a 390X and save 100 quid

Yeah, that works as well :p. But if you are buying a Z170 board, the 50 pounds more for a 6600K and a cooler is worth it

[don_svetlio]

Just now, Clanscorpia said:

Yeah, that works as well :p. But if you are buying a Z170 board, the 50 pounds more for a 6600K and a cooler is worth it

Depends - some people just want extra PCIe ports which aren't offered on H170 boards

[ppppppp]

6 minutes ago, Clanscorpia said:

If you increase your budget 150 pounds more I can nearly double your performance. For 1000 pounds you can get a 980 and a 6600K

What? it's not as easy as "increase you budget"

[Clanscorpia]

14 minutes ago, ppppppp said:

What? it's not as easy as "increase you budget"

Like wait a little so you can earn more.

[Herman Mcpootis]

no need for a z170 board if you're using a non-k cpu, any cheap board will do for a non-k cpu.

[Aereldor]

12 minutes ago, herman mcpootis said:

no need for a z170 board if you're using a non-k cpu, any cheap board will do for a non-k cpu.

 

31 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

Depends - some people just want extra PCIe ports which aren't offered on H170 boards

 

[Herman Mcpootis]

1 hour ago, Aereldor said:

 

 

Fair enough. Not sure if he's gonna use any more of those slots though.

[Aereldor]

12 hours ago, herman mcpootis said:

Fair enough. Not sure if he's gonna use any more of those slots though.

I agree with you. However, keep in mind that Intel always uses the same platform for two architectures. LGA 1150 got both Haswell and Broadwell. Keeping a Z170 board means he'll have both the top-end of this architecture and the next architecture in his potential upgrade path. Honestly, I see the appeal in that.

However, with a 550W power supply, maybe upgradability isn't what he has in mind.

 

@ppppppp- consider swapping out the Z170 board for something cheaper, saving $20 by getting a Core i5 6400, and getting the significantly more powerful R9 390 instead.