Upgrade/Rebuild

[xReyn]

Hello everyone,

as i was building my first gaming pc about half a year ago and was helped by you guys A LOT, i thought it might be a good idea to ask you for your help again

This time around it is not a build for myself, but an upgrade for the brother of a good friend of mine.

 

1. Budget & Location

This Upgrade/Build is basically for gaming only and will not be moved much. The budget for the upgrade is about 600€-700€ (i would like to aim for the 600€ tbh)

2. Aim

The user of this build is mainly playing LoL, Overwatch, CSGO, Hearthstone, so basically not THAT much demanding games.

3. Monitors

This should run max. two monitors and i think 1080p should be enough, too.

4. Peripherals

Everything is already avialable in this category. So, a mouse, keyboard, OS and monitors are already bought and don't need to be included in the budget.

5. Why are you upgrading?

This guys rig is honestly pretty old and got problems running all games in high settings with 60 fps.

6. Additional

To be honest with you guys i am a little bit of a fan boy of nvidia/intel so i will favour those aswell

This updated rig is not supposed to be overclocked, so we don't need an overclockable CPU or watercooling (if there is an option in this budget). I was aiming for something like the 4690k and a gtx 970, but if you might find better options please feel free to post them

 

Thank you very much in advance for your time and help!

 

[Matias_Chambers]

So you need a monitor included in the budget? 

[xReyn]

No, as i said, peripherals are already bought and don't need to be included

[Herman Mcpootis]

what's his current build?

[xReyn]

To be hones with you, i don't know all the details... i just got told, that he got an SSD, HDD, OS, RAM and optical drive, i could reuse... the rest should be new (within the budget)

 

edit: i think it is DDR3 ram

[Matias_Chambers]

Just now, xReyn said:

To be hones with you, i don't know all the details... i just got told, that he got an SSD, HDD, OS, RAM and optical drive, i could reuse... the rest should be new (within the budget)

I'm guessing he has DDR3 RAM, so he could reuse the SSD and HDD only. DDR3 isn't compatible with Skylake. 

[Matias_Chambers]

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/HsbZf8
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/HsbZf8/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($204.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170-GAMING 3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($77.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($32.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GAMING Video Card  ($249.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($58.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $674.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-31 08:06 EDT-0400

Reuse the SSD and HDD. 

[xReyn]

Just now, Matias_Chambers said:

I'm guessing he has DDR3 RAM, so he could reuse the SSD and HDD only. DDR3 isn't compatible with Skylake. 

Yup, that's the reason, why i was thinking about something like the 4690k ... ^^

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€205.83 @ Mindfactory) 
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-HDV Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (€56.49 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (€35.94 @ Mindfactory) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 390 8GB Nitro Video Card  (€260.58 @ Mindfactory) just in case he wants to play more damanding games. you can also get the rx 480/gtx 1060 instead. can drop this to an r9 380 if he's sure he wont play anything more intensive.
Case: BitFenix Nova ATX Mid Tower Case  (€38.92 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (€64.53 @ Mindfactory) 
Total: €662.29
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-31 14:08 CEST+0200

[Herman Mcpootis]

3 minutes ago, Matias_Chambers said:

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/HsbZf8
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/HsbZf8/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($204.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170-GAMING 3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($77.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($32.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GAMING Video Card  ($249.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($58.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $674.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-31 08:06 EDT-0400

Reuse the SSD and HDD. 

bro wrong currency

[xReyn]

Thank you for the first suggestions guys! I will take a closer look on em and contact the buyer to make things clear about the reusable stuff. Feel free to post more suggestions, if you get a new idea and thank you very much

[Matias_Chambers]

4 minutes ago, herman mcpootis said:

bro wrong currency

oh wat

[xReyn]

Would you guys recommend to aim for ddr4 and buy new ones, or reuse the ddr3 ones?

[xReyn]

Sorry for the repost, but do you guys think that going for a haswell build will be "cheaper" while still contain a very good gaming performance?