Building for a buddy, any last thoughts?

[Whorax]

Helping my buddy build a computer. The most intensive thing he'll be doing on it is gaming. His initial goal was to stay under $600, but now it's more likely staying as close as possible to $700.

 

After a bit of alteration, I think I've got a fairly good build down. Would anyone make some last minute alterations before I tell him he's good to start purchasing?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($194.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($53.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($26.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($58.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($299.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case  ($22.99 @ Micro Center) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($65.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Other: Windows 10 @ Kinguin ($30.00)
Total: $753.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-16 19:28 EDT-0400

 

Disregard the spoiler below this. This originally started as a 6400 vs 4460 thread and evolved into something else. Rather than making another topic I'm just editing my OP.

Spoiler

 

I've created two builds in PCPP, one Haswell and one Skylake. I think they perform around the same, with the Skylake being about 20 bucks more.

 

Does anyone have any insight on if they do perform around the same? Do you think it's worth the extra money? Would you change anything? The goal is to be as close to 700 as possible.

 

Haswell:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($169.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($43.88 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($26.88 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($58.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 390 8GB PCS+ Video Card  ($287.10 @ Newegg) 
Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case  ($22.99 @ Micro Center) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 
Other: Windows 10 @ Kinguin ($30.00)
Total: $709.62
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-16 18:32 EDT-0400

 

Skylake:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($179.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($53.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($26.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($58.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 390 8GB PCS+ Video Card  ($287.10 @ Newegg) 
Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case  ($22.99 @ Micro Center) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 
Other: Windows 10 @ Kinguin ($30.00)
Total: $729.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-16 18:33 EDT-0400

 

Thanks folks.

[Fatelinha]

Newer better? They are pretty much equal BUT the 6500 is newer architecture and socket and it may be the more appropriate one to get

[Whorax]

4 minutes ago, Fatelinha said:

Newer better? They are pretty much equal BUT the 6500 is newer architecture and socket and it may be the more appropriate one to get

Just to clarify, are you talking about the 6500 or 6400? My lists that I have here consist of the 6400 because it's cheaper. How does that compare to the 4460?

 

I could recommend him the 6500 seeing as how it's only 15 bucks more, but I don't know how open he is to going nearly $50 over budget (probably more once shipping and taxes come into play). Hence why I was mainly comparing the 6400 and 4460.

[chiwas]

2 minutes ago, Whorax said:

Just to clarify, are you talking about the 6500 or 6400? My lists that I have here consist of the 6400 because it's cheaper. How does that compare to the 4460?

Go for 6500 since you get extra 500MHz for only $15.

[Whorax]

2 minutes ago, chiwas said:

Go for 6500 since you get extra 500MHz for only $15.

After reading around on the internet this seems to be the case. I'll let him know. Thanks for the input.

[FRN]

Go for the 2nd one, replace CPU with 6500. Newer CPU, better performance for the price. Also, go for the Sapphire version of that R9 390. Do you really need 650W for the PSU?

[Whorax]

3 minutes ago, FRN said:

Go for the 2nd one, replace CPU with 6500. Newer CPU, better performance for the price. Also, go for the Sapphire version of that R9 390. Do you really need 650W for the PSU?

I believe the Sapphire is a bit more expensive, as the PowerColor is on sale by like 30 bucks and I never hear particularly bad things about the brand. I could be wrong though.

 

Regarding the PSU, I was thinking the same thing but a 550W EVGA GS is only $5 less. Figured I'd go for the higher wattage. Do ya think it would be wise to go with 550 anyways?

[FRN]

1 minute ago, Whorax said:

I believe the Sapphire is a bit more expensive, as the PowerColor is on sale by like 30 bucks and I never hear particularly bad things about the brand. I could be wrong though.

 

Regarding the PSU, I was thinking the same thing but a 550W EVGA GS is only $5 less. Figured I'd go for the higher wattage.

Didn't check your links, blocked in the office (shhhhh!)

 

There is a power calculator in pcpartpicker. Use that to check how much power you need and find a PSU close to what you really need.

[Whorax]

1 minute ago, FRN said:

Didn't check your links, blocked in the office (shhhhh!)

 

There is a power calculator in pcpartpicker. Use that to check how much power you need and find a PSU close to what you really need.

Power draw is 425. I suppose in any case 550W will be enough.

[FRN]

1 minute ago, Whorax said:

Power draw is 425. I suppose in any case 550W will be enough.

I'd recommend Seasonic M12II 520 80+ Bronze Certified. Its fully modular, too for $65.99.

[Whorax]

9 minutes ago, FRN said:

I'd recommend Seasonic M12II 520 80+ Bronze Certified. Its fully modular, too for $65.99.

Okay. Change in plans. Turns out the 390 is no longer on sale, so I'm having him go with a 970 as well as the PSU you recommended.

 

Think it looks good?

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($194.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($53.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($26.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($58.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($299.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case  ($22.99 @ Micro Center) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($65.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Other: Windows 10 @ Kinguin ($30.00)
Total: $753.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-16 19:21 EDT-0400

[FRN]

3 minutes ago, Whorax said:

Okay. Change in plans. Turns out the 390 is no longer on sale, so I'm having him go with a 970 as well as the PSU you recommended.

 

Think it looks good?

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($194.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($53.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($26.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($58.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($299.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case  ($22.99 @ Micro Center) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($65.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Other: Windows 10 @ Kinguin ($30.00)
Total: $753.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-16 19:21 EDT-0400

Looks good. But I would stick with the PowerCoror R9 390. It has better performance for the price.