MY FIRST PC BUILD

[Techniche]

Hey my name is samuel. I have recently built my first pc and i was wondering what you people think of it

 

SPECS

 

CPU - i5 6600

PSU - Corsair HX1000i

MOBO - Asus z170-ar

RAM - 16gb Corsair LED

STORAGE - 2tb Seagate Barracuda

                    240gb HyperX SSD

CPU COOLER - Corsair H80i v.2

CASE - Corsair Spec Alpha

GPU - GTX 1070 (soon to be)

[elago]

Looks good, but that mobo is overkill for the CPU unless you plan to get an unlocked processor in the future.

[Techniche]

I chose that motherboard because of its sli capabilities

[Totalschaden1997]

^this

plus the PSU is wayyy to overkill

i'd be going for something like 500w.

and a basic cpu cooler would've done fine, too

[Jack Dvorak]

14 minutes ago, Techniche said:

Hey my name is samuel. I have recently built my first pc and i was wondering what you people think of it

 

SPECS

 

CPU - i5 6600

PSU - Corsair HX1000i

MOBO - Asus z170-ar

RAM - 16gb Corsair LED

STORAGE - 2tb Seagate Barracuda

                    240gb HyperX SSD

CPU COOLER - Corsair H80i v.2

CASE - Corsair Spec Alpha

GPU - GTX 1070 (soon to be)

The 6500 might bottleneck the 1070 a bit

[jcw150]

The power supply is way overkill even for SLI but its a good supply.

 

Which 1070 you getting?

[Techniche]

2 minutes ago, elago said:

Looks good, but that mobo is overkill for the CPU unless you plan to get an unlocked processor in the future.

I am planning to get 2 gtx 1070's the Galax EXOC

[Totalschaden1997]

1 minute ago, Jack Dvorak said:

The 6500 might bottleneck the 1070 a bit

Its fine.

[Techniche]

im suprised no one has said anything about me getting a liquid cooler for my non k skew cpu  

[iiNNeX]

Why not a K series processor? Honestly instead of SLI plans, I would of just got 6700k and a good AIO 1070, like an EVGA Hybrid or something. You'd have a nice silent system and a faster one at that. 

[Totalschaden1997]

Just now, Techniche said:

im suprised no one has said anything about me getting a liquid cooler for my non k skew cpu  

I did

[Techniche]

1 minute ago, iiNNeX said:

Why not a K series processor? Honestly instead of SLI plans, I would of just got 6700k and a good AIO 1070, like an EVGA Hybrid or something. You'd have a nice silent system and a faster one at that. 

Just out of curiosity how long do you think skylake will be the newest gen processor? 

[iiNNeX]

Just now, Techniche said:

Just out of curiosity how long do you think skylake will be the newest gen processor? 

Probably at least a year, I expect new CPUs to launch early 2017. Even then though, resale value will be great plus judging by Intel's latest efforts with Broadwell-E it won't be much of an upgrade. (see 4790k vs 6700k). It will however still be on the z170 socket so you can easily sell your CPU and upgrade when the time comes. But for now, 6700k is what I would go for.

 

When are you expecting to SLI? If it's like next month, might as well wait a month and get a 1080 instead, you won't have to deal with many issues that way. I personally only SLI if I have the top card, otherwise I feel like I am not making out the most of my money compared to the negatives that come with SLI.

 

Hope this helps

[Totalschaden1997]

1 minute ago, Techniche said:

Just out of curiosity how long do you think skylake will be the newest gen processor? 

two years or so. but why even care if there isnt that much of a benefit (you are still fine running 2nd Gen if OCd unless you really need the newer features)

[Techniche]

2 minutes ago, iiNNeX said:

Probably at least a year, I expect new CPUs to launch early 2017. Even then though, resale value will be great plus judging by Intel's latest efforts with Broadwell-E it won't be much of an upgrade. (see 4790k vs 6700k). It will however still be on the z170 socket so you can easily sell your CPU and upgrade when the time comes. But for now, 6700k is what I would go for.

 

When are you expecting to SLI? If it's like next month, might as well wait a month and get a 1080 instead, you won't have to deal with many issues that way. I personally only SLI if I have the top card, otherwise I feel like I am not making out the most of my money compared to the negatives that come with SLI.

 

Hope this helps

Do power supplies ever go "outdated" / how often should you buy a new power supply??

[iiNNeX]

Just now, Techniche said:

Do power supplies ever go "outdated" / how often should you buy a new power supply??

I had a Corsair AX1200i for my first build, it was totally overkill for 1 GPU but I had it for 4 years and haven't had a single problem. It came with like 10 year warranty I think as well, or something close to that.

 

So in short, not really. All they do is provide power so as long as you have a good unit it shouldn't cause you any problems in the next 4-5 years at least.

 

For your kind of system 1000W is fine if not a bit overkill but it's always nice to have extra hearoom. That Corsair unit you have chosen is fine