Is this Gaming Pc good?

[LonelyWolf]

Ive been trying to find to make a good gaming pc but im a bit of a noob.. I came up with this build on pcpartpicker my budget is around $1700

CPU: Intel i5-6600k 3.5ghz $228

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 $25

MotherBoard : Gigabyte GA-Z170 Gaming 5 $160

RAM: G Skills Ripjaws V Series 16gb (2x8gb) $65

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1tb $48

Video Card: Gigabyte Geforce Gtx 1070 8gb $430

Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro $80

PowerSupply: EVGA SuperNova NEX 650w Fully Modular $76

OS: Windows 10 $89

Optival Drive/ Wireless/ Speakers Network adapter $78

Monitor: Lg 24GM77 144hz $285

Total: $1721 ish

 

If you have any suggestions please let me know such as switching out a part or adding something etc. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thank you

 

 

 

[79wjd]

Get a different PSU, pick something form Tier 1 or Tier 2 from the PSU tier list in my signature. I'd also go with a 6700k and a cheaper motherboard. And get Windows from Kinguin, G2a, or /r/softwareswap.Also get an SSD.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($324.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($34.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Extreme3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($109.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Mushkin Blackline 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($56.44 @ Newegg) 
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($38.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.88 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC GAMING Video Card  ($409.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  ($68.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-AC55BT PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter  ($34.99 @ Newegg) 
Monitor: Acer GN246HL 24.0" 144Hz Monitor  ($192.13 @ B&H) 
Total: $1407.27
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-04 01:54 EDT-0400

[MaxBunny]

2 minutes ago, LonelyWolf said:

Ive been trying to find to make a good gaming pc but im a bit of a noob.. I came up with this build on pcpartpicker my budget is around $1700

 

If you have any suggestions please let me know such as switching out a part or adding something etc. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thank you

What do you want it to be able to do? Why do you have a 144hz monitor?

[LonelyWolf]

26 minutes ago, MaxBunny said:

What do you want it to be able to do? Why do you have a 144hz monitor?

Mainly gaming

[MaxBunny]

11 minutes ago, LonelyWolf said:

Mainly gaming

Which games? And don't listen to people that tell you to buy from g2a/kinguin/reddit or this will happen to you. Their dumbass logic is "it's cheap so if/when it revokes you can just buy another one and it'll still be cheaper than a full license!"

 

linustechtips.com/main/topic/354441-g2a-support-0-paypal-support-1/

 

Edited September 4, 2016 by MaxBunny
Fixing link

[LonelyWolf]

Gta5, Battlefield, Cod, fallout, csgo, the witcher 3 and some other ones

 

[momindo]

1 hour ago, LonelyWolf said:

Gta5, Battlefield, Cod, fallout, csgo, the witcher 3 and some other ones

 

    since you can't play in a resolution better than 1080p (because of your monitor)...you can play most all current games in full HD with a much cheaper build.
or get a 4K Monitor...the "144Hz" is just a price booster..if this is your first build you probably wouldn't notice the difference between a 60Hz and a144Hz Monitor.

[momindo]

24 minutes ago, momindo said:

    since you can't play in a resolution better than 1080p (because of your monitor)...you can play most all current games in full HD with a much cheaper build.
or get a 4K Monitor...the "144Hz" is just a price booster..if this is your first build you probably wouldn't notice the difference between a 60Hz and a144Hz Monitor.

  check this

[79wjd]

7 hours ago, MaxBunny said:

Which games? And don't listen to people that tell you to buy from g2a/kinguin/reddit or this will happen to you. Their dumbass logic is "it's cheap so if/when it revokes you can just buy another one and it'll still be cheaper than a full license!"

 

linustechtips.com/main/topic/354441-g2a-support-0-paypal-support-1/

 

1. That case is fairly rare -- else you would have people constantly posting that on the forums. 

2. That argument is entirely valid.....I'd rather buy two $30 keys than one $90 key. 

6 hours ago, momindo said:

    since you can't play in a resolution better than 1080p (because of your monitor)...you can play most all current games in full HD with a much cheaper build.
or get a 4K Monitor...the "144Hz" is just a price booster..if this is your first build you probably wouldn't notice the difference between a 60Hz and a144Hz Monitor.

144hz is definitely not just a "price booster". It is a very noticeable difference. Whether or not he cares about the difference is something only he can decide. I personally have a 144hz monitor and I can definitely tell it's smoother, but I get distracted enough by the game/s I'm playing that I don't notice the added smoothness too much -- but that's definitely not the opinion of all (or even most) people. 

[CosmicButterGuy]

2 hours ago, djdwosk97 said:

1. That case is fairly rare -- else you would have people constantly posting that on the forums. 

2. That argument is entirely valid.....I'd rather buy two $30 keys than one $90 key. 

You're counter argument is not valid, buying windows from Microsoft is the only legal way to get it. You are breaking the law if you buy from G2A and those discount sites. It is illegal and should be avoided at all times.

[79wjd]

6 minutes ago, CosmicButterGuy said:

You're counter argument is not valid, buying windows from Microsoft is the only legal way to get it. You are breaking the law if you buy from G2A and those discount sites. It is illegal and should be avoided at all times.

By any chance do you J-walk? How about speeding? Singing Happy Birthday? Drinking under age? Littering? Biking without a helmet? Not cleaning up after a pet? texting and driving? 

 

All the above are also illegal in most places yet 99% of people do at least one of those things. It's a grey area at best -- it's against Microsoft's TOS to distribute MSDN keys, but there's nothing wrong with using/buying one. If you choose to avoid it on a moral level, that's one thing, but there is no other reason to avoid buying from a third party seller. 

[CosmicButterGuy]

4 minutes ago, djdwosk97 said:

By any chance do you J-walk? How about speeding? Singing Happy Birthday? Drinking under age? Littering? Biking without a helmet? Not cleaning up after a pet? texting and driving? 

 

All the above are also illegal in most places yet 99% of people do at least one of those things. It's a grey area at best -- it's against Microsoft's TOS to distribute MSDN keys, but there's nothing wrong with using/buying one. If you choose to avoid it on a moral level, that's one thing, but there is no other reason to avoid buying from a third party seller. 

There is something wrong with using/buying one, you're breaking Microsoft's terms of service. Comparing a product you buy with money to doing an action is different. 

[79wjd]

Just now, CosmicButterGuy said:

There is something wrong with using/buying one, you're breaking Microsoft's terms of service. Comparing a product you buy with money to doing an action is different. 

How so? 

[YOUKNee]

5 minutes ago, djdwosk97 said:

By any chance do you J-walk? How about speeding? Singing Happy Birthday? Drinking under age? Littering? Biking without a helmet? Not cleaning up after a pet? texting and driving? 

 

All the above are also illegal in most places yet 99% of people do at least one of those things. It's a grey area at best -- it's against Microsoft's TOS to distribute MSDN keys, but there's nothing wrong with using/buying one. If you choose to avoid it on a moral level, that's one thing, but there is no other reason to avoid buying from a third party seller. 

Grey area?? like the tenuous link between the back of your skull and your mouth piece?  

 

How is that a grey area exactly?  

A theft thieves a thieve-able item; 

You buy from said thief; 

Ergo, are you not a Keanu Reeves meme right now?

 

 

[79wjd]

Just now, YOUKNee said:

Grey area?? like the tenuous link between the back of your skull and your mouth piece?  

 

How is that a grey area exactly?  

A theft thieves a thieve-able item; 

You buy from said thief; 

Ergo, are you not a Keanu Reeves meme right now?

 

 

You're assuming the keys are stolen. That's not the only source of Kinguin keys. 

[YOUKNee]

Well Kinguin keys indeed! Why didn't you say so?!

[CosmicButterGuy]

Just now, djdwosk97 said:

How so? 

I think you are ignorant and the  fact that you are arguing for illegally buying products doesn't make sense

 

[79wjd]

6 minutes ago, CosmicButterGuy said:

I think you are ignorant and the  fact that you are arguing for illegally buying products doesn't make sense

 

And I think you're being irrational. You can't just arbitrarily decide where to draw the line between legal/illegal activities. Doing any of the aforementioned activities are just as bad as buying a key from Kinguin. 

 

You're also making the assumption that the keys are all illegal, which again, isn't the case. 

[CosmicButterGuy]

2 minutes ago, djdwosk97 said:

And I think you're being irrational. You can't just arbitrarily decide where to draw the line between legal/illegal activities. Doing any of the aforementioned activities are just as bad as buying a key from Kinguin. 

Actually, I'm not drawing a line between what is legal and illegal, Microsoft ToS did, and by buying a key from these irresonsible, untrustworthy, and illegally ran sites is worse than what you mentioned above.

[79wjd]

1 minute ago, CosmicButterGuy said:

and illegally ran sites is worse than what you mentioned above.

There you go drawing lines again.... 

 

According to YOU they are worse. I'll get a ticket if I speed or text and drive (or j-walk depending on where you live). I won't get a fine/ticket for buying a product from Kinguin. So what basis are you using for your claim that buying off of kinguin is worse? 

[YOUKNee]

ok ok. Since we're ALL drawing arbitrary lines of criminality here (where it suits us)

If you swindly swindle your way to a set of keys to get in to a work place;

You have fully intend on misrepresenting your duties there;

The swindler isn't yet a swindler until he sells them to someone else;

The guy who buys the keys (making the swindler, indeed a swindler), knows what he's doing. He's shitting in another mans boots! - the boots are in the office for which the keys he just brought access.

[CosmicButterGuy]

Just now, djdwosk97 said:

There you go drawing lines again.... 

 

According to YOU they are worse. 

You are still advocating for these sites like there is nothing wrong with them

[CosmicButterGuy]

Here is a list (An i7 6700K makes very little difference in games)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($227.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($94.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($149.39 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($88.48 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.49 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Video Card  ($424.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($97.98 @ Newegg) 
Optical Drive: LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer  ($48.88 @ OutletPC) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($88.88 @ OutletPC) 
Monitor: Acer G257HU smidpx 25.0" 60Hz Monitor  ($260.99 @ B&H) 
Speakers: Logitech Z313 25W 2.1ch Speakers  ($31.99 @ Best Buy) 
Total: $1722.03
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-04 12:34 EDT-0400

[YOUKNee]

11 minutes ago, djdwosk97 said:

There you go drawing lines again.... 

According to YOU they are worse. I'll get a ticket if I speed or text and drive (or j-walk depending on where you live). I won't get a fine/ticket for buying a product from Kinguin. So what basis are you using for your claim that buying off of kinguin is worse? 

What’s with this guy drawing links to misdemeanors? Isn't he admitting that it's illegal, aka fundamentally wrong and thus should be punished to discourage further indiscretions?

[79wjd]

8 minutes ago, CosmicButterGuy said:

Here is a list (An i7 6700K makes very little difference in games)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($227.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($94.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($149.39 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($88.48 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.49 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Video Card  ($424.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($97.98 @ Newegg) 
Optical Drive: LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer  ($48.88 @ OutletPC) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($88.88 @ OutletPC) 
Monitor: Acer G257HU smidpx 25.0" 60Hz Monitor  ($260.99 @ B&H) 
Speakers: Logitech Z313 25W 2.1ch Speakers  ($31.99 @ Best Buy) 
Total: $1722.03
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-04 12:34 EDT-0400

An i7 already makes a difference in some games and the number of games that benefit from an i7 will only continue to grow as time goes on.

http://www.techspot.com/review/1089-fallout-4-benchmarks/page5.html (i7 is 10%~ faster) 

http://www.techspot.com/review/1180-overwatch-benchmarks/page5.html (i7 is 30%~ faster)

 

A 6700k will make a far bigger impact in gaming than an 850 Evo would over a cheap TLC-based SSD. In fact, unless you're going to run benchmarks constantly or copy data to/from another equally fast drive you will never notice the difference between something like an SP550 and an 850 Evo. It will also have a far bigger impact than spending an extra $40 on a motherboard or an extra $20 on overclocked RAM (especially since you can just buy cheaper RAM and overclock it). Or spending an extra $30 on an overkill PSU (not to mention there are equally good and cheaper options than a $100 650w G2).