Console killer for a friend

[Karokiyu]

His budget is about $1,000 and he's moving from the xbox to the PC land. I've thrown a little build together for him. He knows nothing about PCs so I'll be building it for him. 

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/bpmn6X

 

Just looking for a little advice, I've never built in the Node 202.

[MoonlightSylv]

5 minutes ago, Karokiyu said:

His budget is about $1,000 and he's moving from the xbox to the PC land. I've thrown a little build together for him. He knows nothing about PCs so I'll be building it for him. 

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/bpmn6X

 

Just looking for a little advice, I've never built in the Node 202.

Looks good but why not the 6600k? Especially if you have a Z170 motherboard.

[Creed1]

5 minutes ago, Karokiyu said:

His budget is about $1,000 and he's moving from the xbox to the PC land. I've thrown a little build together for him. He knows nothing about PCs so I'll be building it for him. 

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/bpmn6X

 

Just looking for a little advice, I've never built in the Node 202.

If you are planning on overclocking, I'd go for a 6600k. Otherwise if you don't I wouldn't get a z170 motherboard. 

[EminentSun]

First of all this is beyond the console killer classification as specs go, you friend will be truly ascending. The only suggestion I have is the need for an HDD as 128gb is not enough for anyone. 1TB goes for around $50

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148840

[Mauri]

1 minute ago, CmzPlusHardware said:

If you are planning on overclocking, I'd go for a 6600k. Otherwise if you don't I wouldn't get a z170 motherboard. 

K model is good, especially for the future so you don't feel like you have to upgrade your cpu to keep up with games. you could just overclock

[Mauri]

3 minutes ago, EminentSun said:

First of all this is beyond the console killer classification as specs go, you friend will be truly ascending. The only suggestion I have is the need for an HDD as 128gb is not enough for anyone. 1TB goes for around $50

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148840

agreed. get the 1TB now and later on you can add on a 250GB SSD for the boot drive

 

also you can get around paying 85 dollars for windows 10 if you know where to go

[EminentSun]

2 minutes ago, Mauri said:

et the 1TB now and later on you can add on a 250GB SSD for the boot drive

SSDs are great, but not vital. I am doing just fine running everything from a single HDD.

[PRTI]

5 minutes ago, Mauri said:

agreed. get the 1TB now and later on you can add on a 250GB SSD for the boot drive

 

7 minutes ago, EminentSun said:

First of all this is beyond the console killer classification as specs go, you friend will be truly ascending. The only suggestion I have is the need for an HDD as 128gb is not enough for anyone. 1TB goes for around $50

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148840

LOL,you guys did not even do research

 

The NODE 202 cannot house 3.5" drives

[Mauri]

1 minute ago, EminentSun said:

SSDs are great, but not vital. 

that's why i suggested the SSD as a secondary addition, and the 1TB HDD as the primary. Also, having more than 1 drive in general is great, even more so if one of them is an ssd because of the increased speeds, because if you ever need to reinstall your OS, you won't have to shift around your documents and photos and stuff to a backup thumb drive or whatever just to reinstall windows. it's very convenient

[Mauri]

1 minute ago, keNNySOC said:

The NODE 202 cannot house 3.5" drives

what a shit case

[EminentSun]

You can also use a 2.5" laptop drive. its the same size as an SSD.

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Gaming-2-5-Inch-Internal-ST1000LM014/dp/B00B99JUBQ/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1474744540&sr=8-5&keywords=laptop+hard+drive

[Karokiyu]

The CPU will not be OC'd.. I looked into the H110 boards but I didn't know the best one to get. Any suggestions? And if anyone has some other options as far as hardware- he wants to game at 1080p at 60Hz.

 

thanks for all the comments!

[Karokiyu]

1 hour ago, Mauri said:

what a shit case

It's supposed to be a small case, it's not too much bigger than the Xbox One - which my frined is moving away from

 

Updated the list: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/wj9Kqk

 

[antisleep]

 

PCPartPicker part list

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($227.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG C7 40.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: ASRock Z170M-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($110.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($62.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: OCZ TRION 150 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.71 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB SC GAMING Video Card  ($259.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Silverstone RVZ02B HTPC Case  ($64.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Silverstone 500W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular SFX Power Supply  ($90.99 @ NCIX US) 
Total: $953.62

 

OS: Windows 10 ($28 @ Kinguin.net) / https://youtu.be/yXTqz3Fd28M