First time PC Build Advice

[wolfenstein]

Hi Guys,

 

I needed an advice over my upgrade plans for my rig. I already have an ASUS STRIX-GTX-960 DDR5 2GB GPU and a Cooler Master Thunder 500W power supply which i want to use in this build.

 

Planned Setup-

 

Intel Core i7 6700k Skylake CPU@4.00 GHz

Asus Z170 Pro Gaming Motherboard

2x 8 GB Kingston HyperX Fury 2133 Mhz DDR4 RAM

Samsung EVO 850 250 GB SSD

Western Digital Purple 2 TB Hard Drive

 

Main concern is will my old GPU work good with this new setup or will be there any bottle necking or will i need to get a new GPU too? Is 500 W power supply enough for this setup even if i plan to overclock in future. I just want to future proof my PC for gaming for another 4 years and maximum multitasking when not gaming and also please suggest a good cooling fan option while overclocking the CPU. My budget is around $750.

[olback]

You should probably get a new PSU. (EVGA or Seasonic) And yes, your old graphics card will work just fine.

[wolfenstein]

2 minutes ago, olback said:

You should probably get a new PSU. (EVGA or Seasonic) And yes, your old graphics card will work just fine.

Should i buy a 600W or 700W PSU? Thanks for your help

[Jack Dvorak]

The GPU will work fine, but I highly recommend a better one. 2GB is not enough for most games today. Its enough for cs:go and stuff, but not GTA V, Witcher 3, etc.

[gtx1060=value]

You definitely want a better PSU. I recommend the EVGA supernova G2 650 watt psu. Your strix should have no issues even on the AAA titles

[olback]

1 minute ago, wolfenstein said:

Should i buy a 600W or 700W PSU? Thanks for your help

650 to 800 watts is enough

[wolfenstein]

Thanks for your help guys i will upgrade my PSU. Only Reason i wanted to stick with the old GPU is because its just 10 months old and I am from Mumbai, India 4gb GPU are bit overpriced here and the resale value for old parts are also too low over here.

[wolfenstein]

3 minutes ago, olback said:

650 to 800 watts is enough

Thanks for the help mate

[Jack Dvorak]

3 minutes ago, wolfenstein said:

Thanks for the help mate

thats over doing it you really only need 500-550 and even that is over doing it.

[wolfenstein]

1 minute ago, Jack Dvorak said:

thats over doing it you really only need 500-550 and even that is over doing it.

is that much sufficient while overclocking?

[Jack Dvorak]

Just now, wolfenstein said:

is that much sufficient while overclocking?

550 should be good and more than enough for overclocking

[Super1337victim]

Hi, Wolfenstein

1.  First, you should clearly think about your main goals on a rig update. What are your daily tasks?
2.  If your main goal is to increase your fps in newer to "coming  soon"  titles you should go with a last gen GPU.
3. New Mainboards are a choice of features to me. Amount of USB3 Headers, m.2 slots, special OC features or BIOS fancurves. 
4. CPU bottlenecks are more feared than actually happening. i5 6600K should be fine. Even the mot last Gen i5s won´t let the fps drop brutaly. The linked video should help you out on that. 

 

The recomandations on a more powerful PSU are not clear for me.

 

There are PSU calculators out there (e.g. by BeQuiet) that consider < 500Watt (423Watt to be exact) for a rig with:

CPU: Core i7-6700K 
GPU 1: GeForce GTX 1080
Drives: S-ATA 3x
RAM: 4x 
FAN: 4x 
Watercooling: 1x pump, 3x fans
OC: yes 

 

RAM and SSD are nobrainers. Buy what you like and fits your Budget.

 

If you have any further questions, feel free to ask. 

 

 

Edited September 9, 2016 by Super1337victim
never forget to be polite

[Tim Serious]

13 hours ago, wolfenstein said:

Hi Guys,

 

I needed an advice over my upgrade plans for my rig. I already have an ASUS STRIX-GTX-960 DDR5 2GB GPU and a Cooler Master Thunder 500W power supply which i want to use in this build.

 

Planned Setup-

 

Intel Core i7 6700k Skylake CPU@4.00 GHz

Asus Z170 Pro Gaming Motherboard

2x 8 GB Kingston HyperX Fury 2133 Mhz DDR4 RAM

Samsung EVO 850 250 GB SSD

Western Digital Purple 2 TB Hard Drive

 

Main concern is will my old GPU work good with this new setup or will be there any bottle necking or will i need to get a new GPU too? Is 500 W power supply enough for this setup even if i plan to overclock in future. I just want to future proof my PC for gaming for another 4 years and maximum multitasking when not gaming and also please suggest a good cooling fan option while overclocking the CPU. My budget is around $750.

if you live mumbai go to lamington road there you find great deal on pc parts and what's your budget? .... u can easily sell that gtx 960 for ₹9-10k if it's just 10 months old ......

[Armakar]

20 hours ago, wolfenstein said:

I don't know why 

[Armakar]

I don't know why people are saying " 600 to 800w is fine " , that is a total waste of your money. Barley any build needs 600w, only sli builds use that much. Even with a 550w psu you have comfertable room for overclocking.

 

You are MUCH better off getting a quality gold efficiency PSU then picking up a low-quality 800w bronze psu, especially if your overclocking. It's not unheard of for these bad quality PSU's to spark and smoke. Don't risk your build just because you want a higher number next to your psu logo. 550 gold > 800w bronze anyday.

[Tim Serious]

19 minutes ago, Armakar said:

I don't know why people are saying " 600 to 800w is fine " , that is a total waste of your money. Barley any build needs 600w, only sli builds use that much. Even with a 550w psu you have comfertable room for overclocking.

 

You are MUCH better off getting a quality gold efficiency PSU then picking up a low-quality 800w bronze psu, especially if your overclocking. It's not unheard of for these bad quality PSU's to spark and smoke. Don't risk your build just because you want a higher number next to your psu logo. 550 gold > 800w bronze anyday.

totally agree for 800w u can fully overclock i7 6800k and dual gtx 1080 easily .......

[Guest]

23 minutes ago, Armakar said:

I don't know why people are saying " 600 to 800w is fine " , that is a total waste of your money. Barley any build needs 600w, only sli builds use that much. Even with a 550w psu you have comfertable room for overclocking.

 

You are MUCH better off getting a quality gold efficiency PSU then picking up a low-quality 800w bronze psu, especially if your overclocking. It's not unheard of for these bad quality PSU's to spark and smoke. Don't risk your build just because you want a higher number next to your psu logo. 550 gold > 800w bronze anyday.

Or you could just get a good 550W bronze unit as the efficiency doesn't mean anything as regards to quality.

[wolfenstein]

10 hours ago, Tim Serious said:

if you live mumbai go to lamington road there you find great deal on pc parts and what's your budget? .... u can easily sell that gtx 960 for ₹9-10k if it's just 10 months old ......

I am buying my stuff from lamington road itself. My budget is around $750 i.e Rs. 50k. i tired reselling GTX 960 max offer i got was 5k thats why i backed out from selling it what GPU would you recommend within this budget 

[wolfenstein]

3 hours ago, Armakar said:

I don't know why people are saying " 600 to 800w is fine " , that is a total waste of your money. Barley any build needs 600w, only sli builds use that much. Even with a 550w psu you have comfertable room for overclocking.

 

You are MUCH better off getting a quality gold efficiency PSU then picking up a low-quality 800w bronze psu, especially if your overclocking. It's not unheard of for these bad quality PSU's to spark and smoke. Don't risk your build just because you want a higher number next to your psu logo. 550 gold > 800w bronze anyday.

i do have a Cooler Master Thunder 500W PSU would that be good enough?

[Tim Serious]

8 hours ago, wolfenstein said:

i do have a Cooler Master Thunder 500W PSU would that be good enough?

No change that power supply if you can the Watts is enough but the quality of that psu is not that good  ........ look at this

 

 

buy a 500-550W power supply from tier 4 and above (in ascending order like 3,2,1) ......

[wolfenstein]

7 hours ago, Tim Serious said:

No change that power supply if you can the Watts is enough but the quality of that psu is not that good  ........ look at this

 

 

buy a 500-550W power supply from tier 4 and above (in ascending order like 3,2,1) ......

Thanks for all the help. Can you please suggest a good GPU basically for this build.

[Tim Serious]

17 hours ago, wolfenstein said:

I am buying my stuff from lamington road itself. My budget is around $750 i.e Rs. 50k. i tired reselling GTX 960 max offer i got was 5k thats why i backed out from selling it what GPU would you recommend within this budget 

well in that case keep your gpu it still will be respectable in most games ..... sell it after a year or so ..... put an ad on olx or quickr maybe someone will buy it in future ...... 

 

for 50k ( excluding graphics card) i don't think u can get i7 6700k as 6700k is alone  25k so get this instead ....

 

1) i5 6600 16k- 17k

2) b150 motherboard 7-8k

3) 16 gb ddr4 ram 2133 mhz (2x8gb) 6k

4) ssd - get the zotac 240 gb whichever good u can find under 4.5k

5) hard disk western digital 1 tb 3.5 k

6) power supply 5.5k 

http://mdcomputers.in/smps-1608243022/80-bronze/seasonic-smps-s12ii-520w.html?sort=p.price&order=ASC

7) any case for rest of your money ..... 

 

[wolfenstein]

37 minutes ago, Tim Serious said:

well in that case keep your gpu it still will be respectable in most games ..... sell it after a year or so ..... put an ad on olx or quickr maybe someone will buy it in future ...... 

 

for 50k ( excluding graphics card) i don't think u can get i7 6700k as 6700k is alone  25k so get this instead ....

 

1) i5 6600 16k- 17k

2) b150 motherboard 7-8k

3) 16 gb ddr4 ram 2133 mhz (2x8gb) 6k

4) ssd - get the zotac 240 gb whichever good u can find under 4.5k

5) hard disk western digital 1 tb 3.5 k

6) power supply 5.5k 

http://mdcomputers.in/smps-1608243022/80-bronze/seasonic-smps-s12ii-520w.html?sort=p.price&order=ASC

7) any case for rest of your money ..... 

 

Well I am getting the parts directly from a distributor in Lamington Road

1) i7 6700k costing me 24k

2) Asus Z170 Pro Gaming Mobo 13k

3) 2 X 8 GB HyperX Fury 2133 Mhz Ram 4.5k

4) Samsung Evo 850 250gb 5.8k

5) WD Hard drivie 2 TB 5k

This is max cost for this build 51k. Everyone is suggesting a new PSU so i will get a new one is there any 4gb GPU under 15k i might higher my budget m already using an i5 2500k need to get an i7 for sure this upgrade.

i did google for GPU but bit confused would you recommend AMD over Nvidia, if yes/no which one under 15k budget

 

Thanks for all d help.

[Tim Serious]

31 minutes ago, wolfenstein said:

Well I am getting the parts directly from a distributor in Lamington Road

1) i7 6700k costing me 24k

2) Asus Z170 Pro Gaming Mobo 13k

3) 2 X 8 GB HyperX Fury 2133 Mhz Ram 4.5k

4) Samsung Evo 850 250gb 5.8k

5) WD Hard drivie 2 TB 5k

This is max cost for this build 51k. Everyone is suggesting a new PSU so i will get a new one is there any 4gb GPU under 15k i might higher my budget m already using an i5 2500k need to get an i7 for sure this upgrade.

i did google for GPU but bit confused would you recommend AMD over Nvidia, if yes/no which one under 15k budget

 

Thanks for all d help.

thanks for the best answer ??

 

do you have a cooler for i7 6700k 

and if you can get rx 470 4gb for 15k then go for it but it be difficult i think ...... or wait for gtx 1050 4gb to launch ........

but

Edit : both rx 470 and gtx 1050 will be just a small upgrade over gtx 960 save money and get gtx 1060 6gb after some time.

[wolfenstein]

2 minutes ago, Tim Serious said:

thanks for the best answer ??

 

do you have a cooler for i7 6700k 

and if you can get rx 470 4gb for 15k then go for it but it be difficult i think ...... or wait for gtx 1050 4gb to launch.

LOL i never thought for a cooler for the i7. Even that has a lot of option between air/ liquid cooling. Got any suggestions for d cooler? sorry being too noob first time upgrading totally on my own. i might wait for d GPU upgrade.