First Build In 5 Years ($1500, Not A Poor Student Anymore, 6600K, 1070)

[ramzabeoulve]

My Sandy Bridge motherboard went rigor mortis on me so looking at a $1500 build. My intent is for it to doing gaming, productivity and media consumption on it at 2,560 x 1,440.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($219.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC14PE_BK 78.1 CFM CPU Cooler  ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($223.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($77.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($157.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($104.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB FTW Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card  ($459.99 @ B&H)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case  ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair RMx 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1454.59
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-17 08:41 EDT-0400

 

• Still considering the Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 as a motherboard
• Case and PSU not entirely 100% settled yet

[racer243l]

Seems fine for your tasks

[PRTI]

I would get a 6700k as a i5 6600k bottlenecks the GTX 1070 (on 1440p if stock it bottlenecks for sure,if OC'ed to 4.5 the bottleneck would be marginal depends on game)

[Lostlogger]

Looks nice everything is in order i like it should work like a charm 

[EPPHO]

PSU overkill

[DarkBlade2117]

Looks good, though I'd favor a cheaper motherboard for an i7.

[Mcmole]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($319.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC14PE_BK 78.1 CFM CPU Cooler  ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($137.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston FURY 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($70.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX300 750GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($178.88 @ B&H)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($87.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB ACX 3.0 Video Card  ($419.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: NZXT H440 (Glossy White/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($108.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Cooler Master 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($71.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $1453.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-17 09:04 EDT-0400

 

(White and Black themed)

Swapped the I5 to an I7. Got a decent motherboard (same one I own) Its one of the best motherboards for the features and price. Changed ram to match color scheme.

Manged to fit a 750gb SSD in there if you want the extra storage. And I personally like the look of the H440 is also a fantastic case.

[Matias_Chambers]

When you say productivity do you mean video editing etc?

[Ling]

Mcmole's suggested build would be excellent for a productivity-oriented build. Legit, that's actually really really good.

[Aytex]

Definitely go for @Mcmole's build

[Matias_Chambers]

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/QYKQD8
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/QYKQD8/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($319.99 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG R1 Universal 76.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($88.79 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Pro4S ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($82.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($89.39 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.40 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 8GB G1 Gaming Video Card  ($629.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($79.49 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $1515.01
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-17 09:24 EDT-0400

[ramzabeoulve]

1 hour ago, Matias_Chambers said:

When you say productivity do you mean video editing etc?

Work related tasks. Databases, lots of them. Also web programming.