Building my first PC. Need help!

[hazoola]

Hi guys I live in Canada and I wanted some help with building my first pc. I am looking to build something between 1500-2000 CAD. I mostly want to play games on it and some video editing, I want to play games like Civilization, Counter Strike, Elder Scrolls Dark Souls and other AAA titles. I was looking for only 1 monitor like the Asus VX228H 21.5" 60Hz Monitor but nothing has come up that is really good in the price range of around 100-200 dollars, I would like to play on at least 1080p 60hz but more preferably 1440p 60hz. I don't need a mouse or keyboard, but I have an old hard drive from my old PC that has Windows 7 is it possible for my to transfer it over to my new PC so I can run Windows 7. I am upgrading because my old PC was a pre-built, it runs super slow and it's from like 2005. I have thought of the parts but wanted to know your input. Thanks for the help and what do you think?

 

CPU- Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor

Rad- Corsair H110i GTX 104.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler

Motherboard- MSI Z170A GAMING M5 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard

RAM- G.Skill Ripjaws Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory

Storage- Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive

GPU- MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GAMING X Video Card

Case- Corsair Carbide 400C ATX Mid Tower Case

PSU- Corsair CSM 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply

Monitor- Asus VX228H 21.5" 60Hz Monitor

Thermal Paste- ARCTIC MX4 4g Thermal Paste

Case Fan- 2 Corsair Air Series AF120 Red 52.2 CFM 120mm Fan

[myselfolli]

32 Gb DDR4 RAM is defernetely overkill, go with 16 Gb or something like that. Also watch out with the 1060, people have reported problems with it already...

[Kickflapper]

It's hard to say, but I truly believe a good SSD will hold value and consider I it a much so...you could start there, and you might be shocked on how well it can tune up an old PC. At the VERY lease you will be able to use it in a new system. 

[Daveeede]

A couple of things  to note: 

1) Welcome to the forum.

2) If gaming is very important to you, you might be able to squeeze in a GTX 1070 into your budget. Maybe drop the 32GB of Ram for 16GB.

3) Monitor prices go up and down. If you're not looking for anything crazy, you can pick one up on sale at best buy or just keep looking online till ou find something you like. I'd recommend an IPS panel, but some people won't see a difference.

4) You will need to reinstall Windows since you have a new motherboard. You can find inexpensive license keys online.

 

I'll try to come up with a build for you gimme a sec.

[EuphoricLlama]

My opinions:
CPU - Great, will work really well

Rad - Again, brilliant, large overclocking potential

MB - I have no experiance with MSI motherboards, I'd be tempted to go for the gigabyte gaming 5

RAM - You don't need that much, 16GB will be more than enough

Storage - Good, one of the faster ssds out there

GPU - at that budget I might opt for a 1070 but the 1060 will work well enough

Case - Looks good, good cable management solutions as well

PSU - I wouldn't go for a corsair PSU personally, EVGA are much more reliable

Monitor - not bad, not great

Thermal paste - never used it, seems alright

Case fans - I have 2 myself  they work great for me

[myselfolli]

Also maybe consider squeezing in a HDD (500 GB-1 TB for mass storage), they are usually cheap af. Then use the SSD for the OS and important stuff and the HDD for all the rest

[Daveeede]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($314.97 @ DirectCanada) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($141.73 @ Newegg Canada) 
Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M5 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($226.40 @ DirectCanada) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($89.23 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($120.73 @ Memory Express) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card  ($608.98 @ NCIX) 
Case: Corsair Carbide 400C ATX Mid Tower Case  ($143.73 @ Amazon Canada) 
Power Supply: Corsair RMx 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($115.42 @ NCIX) 
Total: $1761.19
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-27 10:40 EDT-0400

 

This leaves you with room to add a decent monitor and peripherals for under 2000$. Or you could change the i5 for an i7 if you wanted to. Might help if you do a lot of video editing.

[hazoola]

1 hour ago, EuphoricLlama said:

My opinions:
CPU - Great, will work really well

Rad - Again, brilliant, large overclocking potential

MB - I have no experiance with MSI motherboards, I'd be tempted to go for the gigabyte gaming 5

RAM - You don't need that much, 16GB will be more than enough

Storage - Good, one of the faster ssds out there

GPU - at that budget I might opt for a 1070 but the 1060 will work well enough

Case - Looks good, good cable management solutions as well

PSU - I wouldn't go for a corsair PSU personally, EVGA are much more reliable

Monitor - not bad, not great

Thermal paste - never used it, seems alright

Case fans - I have 2 myself  they work great for me

Thanks for the input I wanted to go with an MSI MB so I can match the lighting with the graphics card

[hazoola]

1 hour ago, Daveeede said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($314.97 @ DirectCanada) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($141.73 @ Newegg Canada) 
Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M5 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($226.40 @ DirectCanada) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($89.23 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($120.73 @ Memory Express) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card  ($608.98 @ NCIX) 
Case: Corsair Carbide 400C ATX Mid Tower Case  ($143.73 @ Amazon Canada) 
Power Supply: Corsair RMx 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($115.42 @ NCIX) 
Total: $1761.19
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-27 10:40 EDT-0400

 

This leaves you with room to add a decent monitor and peripherals for under 2000$. Or you could change the i5 for an i7 if you wanted to. Might help if you do a lot of video editing.

Thanks for all the help. hopefully you didn't go through too much trouble.