PC for September

[WhiteManito]

Hey guys, I'm currently on a hp prebuilt pc that gets struggled on almost everything I want to do, and because I'm going to university, I wanted to build a new pc myself. I've already been searching in the available pages in my country, which is Spain, and found that prices are relatively high compared with USA ones. Also note that I'm building this PC in September, so some pc part may change. Right now I've seen this:

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I'll leave a link to amazon of every part, even though price may be different.

 

MB: Since I'm not planning to get to GPU's, and wanted 1151 for the cheapest price but with some additional features like PCIex1, I've selected the Asus B150M-A D3. 70€ -- 77.50$ https://www.amazon.com/LGA1151-MicroATX-Motherboards-B150M-D3/dp/B013HIEWGE

 

CPU: i5 6400. Not going to overclock, at least at short-term. -- 175€ -- 193$ https://www.amazon.com/Intel-I5-6400-FC-LGA14C-Processor-BX80662I56400/dp/B010T6CG7E/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1468345114&sr=1-1&keywords=i5+6400

 

GPU: This is where things get tricky. Obvious option would be the GTX 1060 or the RX 480, but the 1060 isn't out yet and the RX 480 8GB version is 300€ here which is around 332$ (no link since price is really high here) Supposing I get the RX 480 for 250€ -- 276.63$

 

RAM: Don't need to buy. I've got 16GB of 1600Mhz DDR3 memory and MB supports DDR3.

 

PSU; Corsair CX550 80+ Bronze. Overkill, but just in case I decide to get a more power-hungry GPU. I Guess It'll be more than enough. 76€ -- 84$ -- https://www.amazon.com/CORSAIR-CX550M-BRONZE-Haswell-Modular/dp/B01B72W0A2/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1468346116&sr=1-1&keywords=cx550+corsair

 

Case: My Corsair 100R is broken, so I wanted a beatiful but not expensive case, so NZXT S340 (white). -- 63€ -- 70$ -- https://www.amazon.com/NZXT-Tower-CA-S340W-B1-Glossy-Black/dp/B00NGMIBUU/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1468346303&sr=1-1&keywords=nzxt+s340

 

Cooler: I'm not planning to OC, but I don't want intel's stock cooler bc it's loud as hell, so Cooler Master TX3 EVO. Easy. 24€-- 26.56$ -- https://www.amazon.com/Hyper-TX3-Cooler-Contact-RR-910-HTX3-G1/dp/B005HIRDUA/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1468346767&sr=1-1&keywords=tx3+evo

 

Also I don't need hard drive or SSD's cause I already have.

 

 

This will cost a total of 658€ (728.2$).

 

Is this a good mid-range build? Suggestions are appreciated.

 

 

 

[Energycore]

I suggest getting DDR4. Your old DDR3 is not likely to work with a Skylake CPU since Skylake allows memory voltage up to 1.35 and old RAM was 1.5 or even 1.65v

 

And since you have to buy new memory, no reason not to get DDR4 since it costs the same as low voltage DDR3

 

+ You could get away with a CX450M even for a high-end next generation GPU + OC CPU

[LordMastodon]

The RX 480 is a pretty solid choice, and the GTX 1060 will likely MSRP for far more than $249 initially, so I'd probably recommend going AMD for now.

 

I would also recommend buying DDR4. Depending on what you plan on doing with the system, 8 GB is a pretty good value option that works for gaming and most college work you could do. I think you could really take advantage of Skylake with DDR4, and it's getting pretty cheap these days.

 

If you don't want to overclock, you could go with the Hyper 212 Evo, which is a pretty solid and cheap choice of CPU cooler.

 

Also, I can wholeheartedly recommend the site PCPartPicker in future, as it is a pretty good way of putting together a parts list and checks for incompatibilities and such.