Help on my first build

[iannaiian]

This is my first build. I am ready to buy, but I'm looking for feedback before. I plan on using this build for gaming and for schoolwork. I got the SSD for free and the case is on a deal. I am buying from Canada. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($254.98 @ DirectCanada)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170-D3H ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($118.05 @ Vuugo)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($89.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB SC GAMING Video Card  ($353.28 @ shopRBC)
Case: Rosewill Stryker M ATX Mid Tower Case  ($64.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($120.11 @ DirectCanada)
Other: Unknown M.2 500GB SSD (Purchased)
Total: $1061.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-06 19:53 EDT-0400

 

[williamb87]

3 minutes ago, iannaiian said:

This is my first build. I am ready to buy, but I'm looking for feedback before. I plan on using this build for gaming and for schoolwork. I got the SSD for free and the case is on a deal. I am buying from Canada. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($254.98 @ DirectCanada)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170-D3H ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($118.05 @ Vuugo)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($89.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB SC GAMING Video Card  ($353.28 @ shopRBC)
Case: Rosewill Stryker M ATX Mid Tower Case  ($64.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($120.11 @ DirectCanada)
Other: Unknown M.2 500GB SSD (Purchased)
Total: $1061.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-06 19:53 EDT-0400

 

You can get a seagate 2tb barracuda for not much more

[STRMfrmXMN]

5 minutes ago, iannaiian said:

This is my first build. I am ready to buy, but I'm looking for feedback before. I plan on using this build for gaming and for schoolwork. I got the SSD for free and the case is on a deal. I am buying from Canada. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($254.98 @ DirectCanada)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170-D3H ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($118.05 @ Vuugo)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($89.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB SC GAMING Video Card  ($353.28 @ shopRBC)
Case: Rosewill Stryker M ATX Mid Tower Case  ($64.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($120.11 @ DirectCanada)
Other: Unknown M.2 500GB SSD (Purchased)
Total: $1061.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-06 19:53 EDT-0400

 

Get 8GB of RAM, a 550W GS or G2 or even a cheaper 650GQ and you'll be able to afford a 120GB SSD. 

[Streetguru]

7 minutes ago, iannaiian said:

 

This has more cost effective parts

 

the MSI VD boards have solid power delivery and USB 3.1, upgrade to the B150 board if you want 4 sata ports, I guess you need M.2 though?

the RX 470/480 are more cost effective than the 1060, and the 480 should end up faster with Vulkan/DX12 games

and how on earth did you get a 500gb M.2 drive for free?
 

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

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($254.98 @ DirectCanada)
Motherboard: MSI H110M Pro-VD Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($69.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Memory: Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($82.35 @ Vuugo)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.94 @ Vuugo)
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 470 4GB Triple X Video Card  ($269.50 @ Vuugo)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT WH ATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Power Supply: EVGA BQ 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($77.88 @ DirectCanada)
Total: $849.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-06 20:08 EDT-0400

[PixelHat]

Just now, STRMfrmXMN said:

Get 8GB of RAM, a 550W GS or G2 or even a cheaper 650GQ and you'll be able to afford a 120GB SSD. 

I disagree with the RAM amount (you want it to be on par with the rest of the computer), go 16gb. Everything else - yes. Slightly larger PSU and an SSD as a boot drive will take you a long way.

[Combustinglemons]

6 minutes ago, iannaiian said:

This is my first build. I am ready to buy, but I'm looking for feedback before. I plan on using this build for gaming and for schoolwork. I got the SSD for free and the case is on a deal. I am buying from Canada. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($254.98 @ DirectCanada)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170-D3H ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($118.05 @ Vuugo)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($89.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB SC GAMING Video Card  ($353.28 @ shopRBC)
Case: Rosewill Stryker M ATX Mid Tower Case  ($64.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($120.11 @ DirectCanada)
Other: Unknown M.2 500GB SSD (Purchased)
Total: $1061.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-06 19:53 EDT-0400

 

I don't think you need to spend that much on a PSU... you should look at some alternatives

[iannaiian]

4 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

and how on earth did you get a 500gb M.2 drive for free?

My dad is the president of a small engineering firm, he got it for an (any) employee but no one wanted it because they were having troubles with it in their laptops. My dad gave it to me because he wasn't using it.

 

Also thanks everyone for the help.

[STRMfrmXMN]

5 minutes ago, PixelHat said:

I disagree with the RAM amount (you want it to be on par with the rest of the computer), go 16gb. Everything else - yes. Slightly larger PSU and an SSD as a boot drive will take you a long way.

No games I've played have utilized over 7 GB and it's really, really easy to add another similar DIMM of RAM into your system later without issues. It would save him time now to get the 120GB SSD immediately and have a fast copy of Windows already running rather than going through a cloning or reinstalling mess later.

[iannaiian]

1 minute ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

No games I've played have utilized over 7 GB and it's really, really easy to add another similar DIMM of RAM into your system later without issues. It would save him time now to get the 120GB SSD immediately and have a fast copy of Windows already running rather than going through a cloning or reinstalling mess later.

Sorry you didn't see, but I do have a 500GB M.2 SSD, so no need for a 120GB one.

[Streetguru]

4 minutes ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

No games I've played have utilized over 7 GB and it's really, really easy to add another similar DIMM of RAM into your system later without issues. It would save him time now to get the 120GB SSD immediately and have a fast copy of Windows already running rather than going through a cloning or reinstalling mess later.

He has a free 500gb M.2 SSD

 

 

4 minutes ago, iannaiian said:

My dad is the president of a small engineering firm, he got it for an (any) employee but no one wanted it because they were having troubles with it in their laptops. My dad gave it to me because he wasn't using it.

 

Also thanks everyone for the help.

This appears to be the same kind of MSI board, but with an M.2 slot, oh wait, I guess it's ITX, not that it matters too much, just go ITX lol
http://pcpartpicker.com/product/CsX2FT/msi-motherboard-h110ipro

[STRMfrmXMN]

2 minutes ago, iannaiian said:

Sorry you didn't see, but I do have a 500GB M.2 SSD, so no need for a 120GB one.

Gotcha, well if it saves you money then feel free to grab an EVGA 650GQ

[Streetguru]

10 minutes ago, iannaiian said:

My dad is the president of a small engineering firm, he got it for an (any) employee but no one wanted it because they were having troubles with it in their laptops. My dad gave it to me because he wasn't using it.

 

Also thanks everyone for the help.

And then if you want the ITX build, the Elite 130 case is pretty cheap in CAD suprisingly, and it'll support long GPUs, everything should fit normally

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/6wR48d/cooler-master-case-rc130kkn1
 

 

[iannaiian]

2 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

And then if you want the ITX build, the Elite 130 case is pretty cheap in CAD suprisingly, and it'll support long GPUs, everything should fit normally

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/6wR48d/cooler-master-case-rc130kkn1
 

 

Would that case support the same motherboard (I'm assuming no). If not could you recommend any?

[Shiv78]

You are going to overpay for the GPU by almost $100!! The normal Newegg price is $260. Set up an auto-notify and snap it up once in stock.

[iannaiian]

3 minutes ago, Shiv78 said:

You are going to overpay for the GPU by almost $100!! The normal Newegg price is $260. Set up an auto-notify and snap it up once in stock.

I think you misunderstood. The price is at $260 USD, but I'm buying in Canada for $360 CAD ($280 USD)

[Shiv78]

Just now, iannaiian said:

I think you misunderstood. The price is at $260 USD, but I'm buying in Canada for $360 CAD ($280 USD)

Oops.

[iannaiian]

Just now, Shiv78 said:

Oops.

No problem, it was an honest mistake.

[Streetguru]

33 minutes ago, iannaiian said:

Would that case support the same motherboard (I'm assuming no). If not could you recommend any?

it'll support the ITX board with the M.2 slot I linked

 

that 1060 still seems overpriced given the 470 and 480 pricing a saw, but still, AMD is probably the way to go for the mid range