First PC Build

[Isaac_Hope55]

Alright. Im 16 and i live in Australia and have saved up money from working on the farm birthdays and from selling bulls so i have about $2100 to spend and i want to build a pc. ive got a $600 prebuilt that is really bad and can only really play Cs-GO. I have a keyboard (Logitech g510S) and mouse (Logitech G502 Spectrum) so i just need a better system and monitor. https://www.pccasegear.com/sc/cFt

Thats a link to what i have chosen and would like your opinions on it. weather i have chosen good parts and a good case. how hard it would be to asemble and if anyone has a build like it and can tell me about their performance. It would be muchly appreciated.

[VerticalDiscussions]

youve been selling BULLS!? Anyways, you mouse is good and the keyboard aswell. Good build btw, altough getting a Freesync display with a 1060 is well eh wow xd. Also the PSU, if its even a proper model, could be lowered to maybe 550W, after all its a 1060, the champion of power savings.

 

[Isaac_Hope55]

Wow that was quick. thanks hey i work on a farm and every second bull out of my cow is mine to sell. the other one dad keeps to pay for the feed of the cow and my bulls. Im not really thinking g-sync is that important to me espechaly that ive seen this moniter in person and it looks absolutely fabulous. The psu is a real model because i helped my friend build his pc and he has one in it but he a a 1070 and a 6700k with a aio liquid cooler. thanks heaps for the advice.

[alexhelvetica]

The PSU is not great. Get one of these instead:

https://www.pccasegear.com/products/33118/xfx-ts-series-pro-550w-power-supply

https://www.pccasegear.com/products/35146/corsair-sf450-sfx-80-plus-gold-450w-power-supply

https://www.pccasegear.com/products/28100/evga-supernova-b2-750w-power-supply

https://www.pccasegear.com/products/33119/xfx-ts-series-gold-650w-power-supply

https://www.pccasegear.com/products/35855/coolermaster-vanguard-80-plus-gold-full-modular-550w-psu

https://www.pccasegear.com/products/33120/xfx-ts-series-gold-750w-power-supply

https://www.pccasegear.com/products/25943/antec-true-power-classic-750w-80-plus-gold-power-supply

https://www.pccasegear.com/products/35428/evga-supernova-g2-gold-650w-power-supply

https://www.pccasegear.com/products/29186/coolermaster-v650s-80-plus-gold-650w-power-supply

https://www.pccasegear.com/products/33123/xfx-xtr-series-gold-750w-modular-power-supply

 

You also have to use the intel iGPU or an AMD discrete GPU to be able to use the freesync on that monitor if you want freesync. 

A SSD is also recomended, this one is very good value for money:

https://www.pccasegear.com/products/35619/kingston-ssdnow-uv400-240gb-ssd/

[adm0n]

I would highly recommend that you get a SSD for your OS, otherwise your system might feel pretty slow, even though it is really not (:

[snortings]

I kinda stretched the budget a bit, but you could probably sell your Prebuilt one to make up for it.

 

I know the PSU isnt the best, but just picked it for the sake of what you picked.

 

http://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/Y9cd9W

 

You don't really need 16GB of ram, 8 is just fine.

[MasamotoTakeshi]

You could probably get a much cheaper monitor and use the extra money to get an SSD and perhaps upgrade some other parts if you wanted as well. Because a $500 monitor is a good fraction of your budget gone on that alone. Perhaps try looking at 27" 1080p screens for around $200-$300. PCCASEGEAR has a descent amount to look at.  But an SSD would be a great improvement to this build otherwise your build is pretty good. 

[ninos]

in my opinion you should get a less expencive motherboard . I love MSI but they just add "Gaming" and make it cost 100 dollars more . you can find better prices on amazon . A motherboard with the same specs and slots could cost you like 100 dollars with the extra 100 you could save money to buy just a 120 GB of SDD as your boot drive . You can save all your programs on your hdd but the sdd performs significantly better so get windows there and you're good to go 

[SeanAngelo]

18 minutes ago, Isaac_Hope55 said:

Alright. Im 16 and i live in Australia and have saved up money from working on the farm birthdays and from selling bulls so i have about $2100 to spend and i want to build a pc. ive got a $600 prebuilt that is really bad and can only really play Cs-GO. I have a keyboard (Logitech g510S) and mouse (Logitech G502 Spectrum) so i just need a better system and monitor. https://www.pccasegear.com/sc/cFt

Thats a link to what i have chosen and would like your opinions on it. weather i have chosen good parts and a good case. how hard it would be to asemble and if anyone has a build like it and can tell me about their performance. It would be muchly appreciated.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($329.00 @ Centre Com) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($65.00 @ CPL Online) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($239.00 @ IJK) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($104.50 @ Newegg Australia) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($122.00 @ Umart) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($68.00 @ CPL Online) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GAMING X Video Card  ($489.00 @ Scorptec) 
Case: Phanteks ECLIPSE P400S ATX Mid Tower Case  ($109.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Power Supply: Silverstone Strider Gold 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($129.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Monitor: BenQ XL2411T 24.0" 144Hz Monitor  ($379.00 @ CPL Online) 
Total: $2033.50
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-06 21:20 AEST+1000

[GhostlyPrism]

I wouldn't recomend a toshiba HDD because they make their own and they are the most failing drives on the market, also might aswell spend a little bit more money and get a AIO watercooler instead

 

[Striker009]

I would recommend something like an FX-8350 or a I5 5th generation, a GTX-1060,  maybe 8gb of ram or if you think you need more and have some extra money 16gb would be good. A PSU with 650/700 watts its more than the needed for this sistem, the MOBO you can choose some with the rigth socket for the CPU that you have chosen, with this configuration you will spend less than 2000$ than you can buy some games. (: 

[Isaac_Hope55]

So I've read everything and think i forgot to mention that my prebuilt has a corsair rm550i with all the cables attached to it just laying there. I was buying the other psu for the old system because my dad wants to use it.  the monitor I'm getting is a must because of the 144hz and also the lights on the back. i was going with a 24 inch 144hz but this came up for only 70 bucks more so i though why not its also 1080p witch is all i need. i do really want 16 gig of ram so later on if i do need more i have it or if i upgrade again I'm pretty sure ddr4 will still be pretty viable. With the mobo i can only save like $15 if i switch to a tomahawk instead but I'm trying to go with a black and white theme with some blue so that little bit extra it kinda worth it. I'm also not allowed to buy of ebay or amazon because i have to get all my parts at the same place. so with that in mind i just changed a few parts to this.

https://www.pccasegear.com/sc/lTH

remember the PSU in that is for the old prebuilt. also is that cooler good enough for a small over clock on the 6600k i really like the fans on it and i don't really want to buy a different cooler and be left with extra fans because that tt riing fan is staying.

Also $100 isn for shipping so.

Edited September 6, 2016 by Isaac_Hope55
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