First Ever Build - Need Some Help

[Vaizawsze]

First time I'm building a PC from scratch. I have always purchased prebuilt PCs and laptops. But i've run into a few questions and a problem while picking parts due to my little PC building and parts knowledge.

 

Current Parts + Some Pre-Questions:

CPU: Intel i5 6500 (Is "Thermal Paste" Essential for the CPU cooling?)

GPU: RX 470

RAM: 1x8GB "Patriot" DDR4 (Does the brand of the RAM really matter?)

Storage: 2TB Seagate Barracuda HDD + 120GB Kingston SSD

PSU: Antec True Power Classic 450W (Is 450W enough for this build? Does the brand matter?)

Fan: Stock Cooler (Is the stock cooler good enough?)

Wireless Network Card + CD/DVD Drive: (Do these go on the motherboard? If so, do all motherboards support these connections or only at specific price points?)

 

Main Problem: Motherboard + Case Help (DDR4)

I need help in choosing a motherboard for all the parts listed above, as I am unfamiliar with the features of different price points and all of the connections on the motherboard, and also all of the various sizes that they apparently come in. Same with the case. I'm looking for a decent quality, semi low budget motherboard and case that are compatible with each other, and with all the parts I have listed. My only concern was that a motherboard I purchased randomly would not function with all I parts that I have listed, and if all the parts would fit into the case properly.

 

Any help is greatly appreciated. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cheap Windows 10 Tips Anyone?

[007agentHP]

1. Thermal Paste is Essential for aftermarket coolers (meaning not the stock cooler)

2. for a locked i5, the stock cooler is plenty

3. RAM brand doesn't really matter

4. PSU brand does matter, its the most important part of the PC. bad power can kill your whole system i recommend this unit: 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151094&cm_re=Seasonic_s12ii-_-17-151-094-_-Product

5. all motherboards support a CD drive and a Wireless network card

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Motherboard: ASRock H170A-X1/3.1 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($79.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Fractal Design Define S w/Window ATX Mid Tower Case  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $159.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-14 11:19 EDT-0400

 

here is the motherboard and case

the case is out of this world with building ease and and i have 3 systems with ASROCK motherboards and all are running fine. 

[ARikozuM]

Cheap Windows 10 at Kinguin or dealscube. You can grab the USB installer from Microsoft's website.

Thermal paste is necessary since it fills in holes between the heat-sink and CPU die and allows heat to travel through more effectively.

Since you're using a non-K CPU, I'd choose a B or H-chipset board and get two RAM sticks rather than one unless you're going with Mini ITX.

I would suggest getting a 240GB SSD from A-Data (SP550) since the Kingstons are hit or miss.

Wireless cards go into USB ports or PCIe slots.

Disc drives go into SATA ports so make sure you buy extra SATA cables.

Stock cooler is generally fine for non-K chips.

Are you getting a GPU? If you are I'd recommend getting a 550 or 650W PSU.

I would go to @STRMfrmXMN's page and find his PSU whitelist to see if the Antec is a good unit.

I would go to PC partpicker and use their tool for seeing if your build is compatible.

 

As far as motherboard, do you have a case you're looking at?

[Vaizawsze]

1 minute ago, 007agentHP said:

1. Thermal Paste is Essential for aftermarket coolers (meaning not the stock cooler)

2. for a locked i5, the stock cooler is plenty

3. RAM brand doesn't really matter

4. PSU brand does matter, its the most important part of the PC. bad power can kill your whole system i recommend this unit: 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151094&cm_re=Seasonic_s12ii-_-17-151-094-_-Product

5. all motherboards support a CD drive and a Wireless network card

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Motherboard: ASRock H170A-X1/3.1 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($79.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Fractal Design Define S w/Window ATX Mid Tower Case  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $159.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-14 11:19 EDT-0400

 

here is the motherboard and case

the case is out of this world with building ease and and i have 3 systems with ASROCK motherboards and all are running fine. 

Thanks for your answers and suggestions, will definitely consider them

[Vaizawsze]

1 minute ago, ARikozuM said:

Cheap Windows 10 at Kinguin or dealscube. You can grab the USB installer from Microsoft's website.

Thermal paste is necessary since it fills in holes between the heat-sink and CPU die and allows heat to travel through more effectively.

Since you're using a non-K CPU, I'd choose a B or H-chipset board and get two RAM sticks rather than one unless you're going with Mini ITX.

I would suggest getting a 240GB SSD from A-Data (SP550) since the Kingstons are hit or miss.

Wireless cards go into USB ports or PCIe slots.

Disc drives go into SATA ports so make sure you buy extra SATA cables.

Stock cooler is generally fine for non-K chips.

Are you getting a GPU? If you are I'd recommend getting a 550 or 650W PSU.

I would go to @STRMfrmXMN's page and find his PSU whitelist to see if the Antec is a good unit.

I would go to PC partpicker and use their tool for seeing if your build is compatible.

 

As far as motherboard, do you have a case you're looking at?

Yea I don't really know how motherboards work so I was afraid of just getting a random one that wouldn't work with all my parts. This led to my insecurity of the cases as well, I didn't know if any motherboard would work with any case, and if all of my parts would fit into any case, so I was uncertain about both the motherboard and case.

 

I'm getting the RX 470 GPU, is 450W not enough for it?

 

Thanks for your suggestions and input though

[Dingus]

25 minutes ago, 007agentHP said:

 

the case is out of this world with building ease 

I have only heard good things about the define s, but if you do choose that case, you will need to get an external cd/dvd drive. The define s does not support optical drives internally.

[STRMfrmXMN]

7 hours ago, Vaizawsze said:

First time I'm building a PC from scratch. I have always purchased prebuilt PCs and laptops. But i've run into a few questions and a problem while picking parts due to my little PC building and parts knowledge.

 

Current Parts + Some Pre-Questions:

CPU: Intel i5 6500 (Is "Thermal Paste" Essential for the CPU cooling?)

GPU: RX 470

RAM: 1x8GB "Patriot" DDR4 (Does the brand of the RAM really matter?)

Storage: 2TB Seagate Barracuda HDD + 120GB Kingston SSD

PSU: Antec True Power Classic 450W (Is 450W enough for this build? Does the brand matter?)

Fan: Stock Cooler (Is the stock cooler good enough?)

Wireless Network Card + CD/DVD Drive: (Do these go on the motherboard? If so, do all motherboards support these connections or only at specific price points?)

 

Main Problem: Motherboard + Case Help (DDR4)

I need help in choosing a motherboard for all the parts listed above, as I am unfamiliar with the features of different price points and all of the connections on the motherboard, and also all of the various sizes that they apparently come in. Same with the case. I'm looking for a decent quality, semi low budget motherboard and case that are compatible with each other, and with all the parts I have listed. My only concern was that a motherboard I purchased randomly would not function with all I parts that I have listed, and if all the parts would fit into the case properly.

 

Any help is greatly appreciated. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cheap Windows 10 Tips Anyone?

The 6500's stock CPU cooler comes with thermal paste that will work.

 

The RX470 is currently far too expensive. Wait until you can get one for $180. 

 

That RAM will work fine. Brand doesn't really matter as they're all made by Hynix, Samsung, Crucial and Kingston. 

 

The Storage config will work but I would not recommend the Kingston V300 if that's the SSD you're looking at. The PNY CS1311 is a much better deal and doesn't slow down over time due to shitty asyncronous NAND like the V300.

 

That PSU is great for your build.

 

The stock cooler will work until it dies in probably less than two years.

 

Any motherboard in your price range will work. You have a locked CPU so don't worry about spending a lot of money on a Z170 board. A Z170 will still work though. 

 

For the case, if on a strict budget, then a Deepcool Tesseract will work very well. Great cheap case.