First Gaming PC in Years - Your Thoughts Required

[smack01]

After being out of the PC gaming scene for years after transitioning to a MAC, i thought it was time to scratch that itch that never went away and build a new rig.

 

I am looking at comments for the parts that I have put together to make sure I am on the right track and everything will work well together.

 

My purpose for the build is as follows:

• Try and keep it somewhat budget;
• I won't be overclocking the CPU;
• It will be used for gaming, but not at 4K;
• Want to keep and clean and quite; and
• I want it to look good.

I have probably picked some parts more to look good then to keep on budget. This 970 is a placeholder at the moment depending on 1070 pricing.

 

I haven't selected a monitor yet so suggestions would be welcome. I will probably run a 2 monitor setup at some time in the future but 1 is enough for now.

 

I am in Australia so purchases will come from places like Umart and MSY.

 

PC PARTS LIST - Please let me know what you think.

[SeanAngelo]

16 minutes ago, smack01 said:

After being out of the PC gaming scene for years after transitioning to a MAC, i thought it was time to scratch that itch that never went away and build a new rig.

 

I am looking at comments for the parts that I have put together to make sure I am on the right track and everything will work well together.

 

My purpose for the build is as follows:

• Try and keep it somewhat budget;
• I won't be overclocking the CPU;
• It will be used for gaming, but not at 4K;
• Want to keep and clean and quite; and
• I want it to look good.

I have probably picked some parts more to look good then to keep on budget. This 970 is a placeholder at the moment depending on 1070 pricing.

 

I haven't selected a monitor yet so suggestions would be welcome. I will probably run a 2 monitor setup at some time in the future but 1 is enough for now.

 

I am in Australia so purchases will come from places like Umart and MSY.

 

PC PARTS LIST - Please let me know what you think.

changed cpu cooler and psu. for the gpu, wait for 1070.

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: *Intel Core i5-6600 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($313.00 @ Umart) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($99.00 @ CPL Online) 
Motherboard: *Asus H170-PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($165.00 @ CPL Online) 
Memory: *Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($105.00 @ CPL Online) 
Storage: *Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($122.00 @ IJK) 
Storage: *Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($68.00 @ CPL Online) 
Case: *Phanteks ECLIPSE P400S ATX Mid Tower Case  ($119.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($155.00 @ CPL Online) 
Total: $1146.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-31 10:06 AEST+1000

 

[flibberdipper]

Looks pretty fine to me, but you might want to step down to an NH-D14 cooler, as it gives roughly the same performance as the Dark Rock Pro 3.

 

And if you feel like waiting for the aftermarket 1070, might as well spring for that. PSU can handle it in strides.

[megaant4]

11 minutes ago, smack01 said:

 

I am in Australia so purchases will come from places like Umart and MSY.

 

Just set pcpartpicker to Australian?

[smack01]

8 minutes ago, SeanAngelo said:

changed cpu cooler and psu. for the gpu, wait for 1070.

....

The CPU Cooler was one of the parts picked based on looks. I love it.

 

I will check out the PSU. Cheers for the suggestion.

[smack01]

4 minutes ago, megaant4 said:

Just set pcpartpicker to Australian?

Didn't even notice that option. Cheers. Updated.

[SeanAngelo]

3 minutes ago, smack01 said:

The CPU Cooler was one of the parts picked based on looks. I love it.

 

I will check out the PSU. Cheers for the suggestion.

the NH-D14 will perform better than the Dark Rock Pro 3  

 

I edited my previous post so its in australian.

[smack01]

Are we expecting the 1070s to come in around the same price as the current 970s??

[smack01]

4 minutes ago, SeanAngelo said:

the NH-D14 will perform better than the Dark Rock Pro 3  

 

I edited my previous post so its in australian.

Its an INTERESTING colour scheme for the fans on the cooler....LOL....The Dark Pro 3 comes in a push pull dual fan setup as well.

 

Its maybe a little too bulky for my liking as well.....Thanks for the suggestion tho.

[paps511]

Alternatively you can also do this build and have both mac os and win10

 

http://snazzylabs.com/article/skylake-mac-mini-hackintosh/

 

Just add in a gpu, swap the case and power supply!

 

I may be doing that for my next upgrade