New build advice

[ian_1986]

Hi guys,

 

Been a long time lurker but have decided to join & gain some advice before commiting to a build.

 

Im looking for a build to run mainly games like cities skylines, farm sim etc. Also some very light video editing. Im looking at pairing this to a 144hz 1080p monitor particularly this monitor ASUS VG248QE with maybe dual monitors at some point in the future.

 

I have put together the following build for you to look at. Also would like this to last a few years and would like to stick to a intel cpu and nvidia gpu although im open to amd gpu's. Budjet is around £1000 not including monitor etc.

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/dMKDjc
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/dMKDjc/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£209.72 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler  (£39.99 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£146.99 @ Novatech)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£41.31 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£41.31 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£133.08 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital Blue 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£62.96 @ BT Shop)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card  (£194.28 @ Aria PC)
Case: Corsair SPEC-ALPHA ATX Mid Tower Case  (£67.14 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£70.97 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit
Total: £1007.75
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-01 02:04 BST+0100

[NoRomanBatmansAllowed]

3 minutes ago, ian_1986 said:

Hi guys,

 

Been a long time lurker but have decided to join & gain some advice before commiting to a build.

 

Im looking for a build to run mainly games like cities skylines, farm sim etc. Also some very light video editing. Im looking at pairing this to a 144hz 1080p monitor particularly this monitor ASUS VG248QE with maybe dual monitors at some point in the future.

 

I have put together the following build for you to look at. Also would like this to last a few years and would like to stick to a intel cpu and nvidia gpu although im open to amd gpu's. Budjet is around £1000 not including monitor etc.

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/dMKDjc
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/dMKDjc/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£209.72 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler  (£39.99 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£146.99 @ Novatech)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£41.31 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£41.31 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£133.08 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital Blue 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£62.96 @ BT Shop)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card  (£194.28 @ Aria PC)
Case: Corsair SPEC-ALPHA ATX Mid Tower Case  (£67.14 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£70.97 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit
Total: £1007.75
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-01 02:04 BST+0100

Switch out your 970 for a 1060 or a 470/480.

Otherwise, looks great!

[TheProfessionalAmateurs]

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/BgmZcc I changed the ram config from 4 ram sticks, to just 2. You get the same performance, and you save a little bit of money. I also changed the 970, to a 1060, because the 1060 is the newer generation, and provides better performance, better power efficiency, etc.

[Franpadi]

i would swich the 6600k for a 6500 and get a 1070

[Franpadi]

something like this

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/qXB6QV

[ian_1986]

6 minutes ago, bob51zhang said:

Switch out your 970 for a 1060 or a 470/480.

Otherwise, looks great!

@bob51zhangIs there much of a difference in performance between 1060 & 170 as there is about £100 price difference between cards?

 

6 minutes ago, TheProfessionalAmateurs said:

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/BgmZcc I changed the ram config from 4 ram sticks, to just 2. You get the same performance, and you save a little bit of money. I also changed the 970, to a 1060, because the 1060 is the newer generation, and provides better performance, better power efficiency, etc.

@TheProfessionalAmateursI had 4 ram sticks as i have read that cities skylines is pretty ram intensive? Also OCD id like all 4 ram slots occupied ha

 

7 minutes ago, Franpadi said:

i would swich the 6600k for a 6500 and get a 1070

@FranpadiWould the 1070 benefit mainly sim games as i wouldent really be pushing for AAA titles, Also would like to get into the world of overclocking and for the sake of £20 extra for the 6600k

 

Thanks for the input. Makes me feel better my first planned build wasnt a total fail

[Franpadi]

1 minute ago, ian_1986 said:

@bob51zhangIs there much of a difference in performance between 1060 & 170 as there is about £100 price difference between cards?

 

@TheProfessionalAmateursI had 4 ram sticks as i have read that cities skylines is pretty ram intensive? Also OCD id like all 4 ram slots occupied ha

 

@FranpadiWould the 1070 benefit mainly sim games as i wouldent really be pushing for AAA titles, Also would like to get into the world of overclocking and for the sake of £20 extra for the 6600k

 

Thanks for the input. Makes me feel better my first planned build wasnt a total fail

You should go for the 1060 it really justifies its price. Any games available right now wont use more than 4 cores and I can run cities skylines perfectly with a quad core 2.7 ghz processor. If you want to overclock then go for the 6600k. Even if its ram intensive it wont use more than 8gb and putting 4 sticks instead of 2 will make no difference (there is a linus video on that subject)

Check this one out:

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/GXzLcc

 

Its gonna destroy any game and you are going to have a pleasure overclocking it. Change the case and ram to one of your liking and maybe the motherboard.

[ian_1986]

8 minutes ago, Franpadi said:

You should go for the 1060 it really justifies its price. Any games available right now wont use more than 4 cores and I can run cities skylines perfectly with a quad core 2.7 ghz processor. If you want to overclock then go for the 6600k. Even if its ram intensive it wont use more than 8gb and putting 4 sticks instead of 2 will make no difference (there is a linus video on that subject)

Check this one out:

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/GXzLcc

 

Its gonna destroy any game and you are going to have a pleasure overclocking it. Change the case and ram to one of your liking and maybe the motherboard.

@Franpadi I like the look of a liquid cooler , Good to hear you can run it perfectly, Im on a 5 year old 17" laptop at the minute so its not ideal although its not the worst laptop to be fair.

[Franpadi]

18 minutes ago, ian_1986 said:

@Franpadi I like the look of a liquid cooler , Good to hear you can run it perfectly, Im on a 5 year old 17" laptop at the minute so its not ideal although its not the worst laptop to be fair.

Also take in consideration that a 1060 will not be able to output 144 frames so that monitor might be a bit overkill. Let me now what is your final plan and please post some picks of the completed build and tell me your experience as i am a first time builder too.