Build help and recommendations

[Quantumbeast]

Last year in August i bought an AMD asus radeon 390 GPU and the corsair CX750 semi-modular PSU. I was looking at getting a new case, motherboard, cpu, ram, hard drive, ssd, and cpu cooler.

The pc would be mainly for gaming and im looking at spending between $1200-1500CAD to upgrade.

 

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/PqtPbv

It's not everything i know I wasn't sure what kind of hard drive, ssd, or ram. But i had some in mind. I was thinking seagate hard drive around 2tb-3tb, ssd was samsung evo just for the OS and corsair 16GB of ram.

 

I will only be running one monitor and don't need any peripherals

 

If anybody can recommend anything other than what i listed and give some input on if everything would be compatible that would be great. This would be my first pc build.

 

 

 

 

[Xineas]

1 hour ago, Quantumbeast said:

Last year in August i bought an AMD asus radeon 390 GPU and the corsair CX750 semi-modular PSU. I was looking at getting a new case, motherboard, cpu, ram, hard drive, ssd, and cpu cooler.

The pc would be mainly for gaming and im looking at spending between $1200-1500CAD to upgrade.

 

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/PqtPbv

It's not everything i know I wasn't sure what kind of hard drive, ssd, or ram. But i had some in mind. I was thinking seagate hard drive around 2tb-3tb, ssd was samsung evo just for the OS and corsair 16GB of ram.

 

I will only be running one monitor and don't need any peripherals

 

If anybody can recommend anything other than what i listed and give some input on if everything would be compatible that would be great. This would be my first pc build.

In all honesty, I recommend selling that CX750 and getting an 80+ Gold or Platinum unit. Your budget allows for a better PSU. This list below is a Black and Red build with a finishing touch of CableMod custom cables just because you can. Overclockable i5 with AIO liquid cooler to keep it frosty. 32GB of RAM because you can. 250GB SSD and 3TB HD for storage. Using your R9 390, as it would be a waste to get rid of a $300+ graphics card. You can always get a new one in 1 or 2 years when you get tired of it.

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/6Vhy4C
Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/6Vhy4C/by_merchant/

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($305.95 @ shopRBC) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H110i GTX 104.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($134.98 @ NCIX) 
Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($199.98 @ NCIX) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($97.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($97.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($118.25 @ Vuugo) 
Storage: Western Digital Blue 3TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($119.00 @ Vuugo) 
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card  ($0.00) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($94.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Power Supply: Corsair RMx 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($134.99 @ Memory Express) 
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF120 Red 52.2 CFM  120mm Fan  ($13.98 @ NCIX) 
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF120 Red 52.2 CFM  120mm Fan  ($13.98 @ NCIX) 
Other: CableMod Black&Red Basic Cable Kit ($49.90)
Total: $1381.98

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-09 15:57 EDT-0400

 

To give a rough idea of what that would look like:

https://www.google.nl/search?q=nzxt+s340+black+red+r9+390&source=lnms&tbm=isch

[SliceT]

1 hour ago, Xineas said:

In all honesty, I recommend selling that CX750 and getting an 80+ Gold or Platinum unit. Your budget allows for a better PSU. This list below is a Black and Red build with a finishing touch of CableMod custom cables just because you can. Overclockable i5 with AIO liquid cooler to keep it frosty. 32GB of RAM because you can. 250GB SSD and 3TB HD for storage. Using your R9 390, as it would be a waste to get rid of a $300+ graphics card. You can always get a new one in 1 or 2 years when you get tired of it.

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/6Vhy4C
Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/6Vhy4C/by_merchant/

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($305.95 @ shopRBC) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H110i GTX 104.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($134.98 @ NCIX) 
Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($199.98 @ NCIX) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($97.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($97.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($118.25 @ Vuugo) 
Storage: Western Digital Blue 3TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($119.00 @ Vuugo) 
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card  ($0.00) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($94.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Power Supply: Corsair RMx 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($134.99 @ Memory Express) 
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF120 Red 52.2 CFM  120mm Fan  ($13.98 @ NCIX) 
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF120 Red 52.2 CFM  120mm Fan  ($13.98 @ NCIX) 
Other: CableMod Black&Red Basic Cable Kit ($49.90)
Total: $1381.98

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-09 15:57 EDT-0400

 

To give a rough idea of what that would look like:

https://www.google.nl/search?q=nzxt+s340+black+red+r9+390&source=lnms&tbm=isch

Looks really good, I would just have the Z170 Extreme 4+ in there, great board for overclocking if he plans to play with that.

[Quantumbeast]

2 hours ago, SliceT said:

Looks really good, I would just have the Z170 Extreme 4+ in there, great board for overclocking if he plans to play with that.

 

4 hours ago, Xineas said:

In all honesty, I recommend selling that CX750 and getting an 80+ Gold or Platinum unit. Your budget allows for a better PSU. This list below is a Black and Red build with a finishing touch of CableMod custom cables just because you can. Overclockable i5 with AIO liquid cooler to keep it frosty. 32GB of RAM because you can. 250GB SSD and 3TB HD for storage. Using your R9 390, as it would be a waste to get rid of a $300+ graphics card. You can always get a new one in 1 or 2 years when you get tired of it.

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/6Vhy4C
Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/6Vhy4C/by_merchant/

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($305.95 @ shopRBC) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H110i GTX 104.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($134.98 @ NCIX) 
Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($199.98 @ NCIX) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($97.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($97.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($118.25 @ Vuugo) 
Storage: Western Digital Blue 3TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($119.00 @ Vuugo) 
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card  ($0.00) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($94.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Power Supply: Corsair RMx 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($134.99 @ Memory Express) 
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF120 Red 52.2 CFM  120mm Fan  ($13.98 @ NCIX) 
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF120 Red 52.2 CFM  120mm Fan  ($13.98 @ NCIX) 
Other: CableMod Black&Red Basic Cable Kit ($49.90)
Total: $1381.98

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-09 15:57 EDT-0400

 

To give a rough idea of what that would look like:

https://www.google.nl/search?q=nzxt+s340+black+red+r9+390&source=lnms&tbm=isch

Thank you this is very helpful