My first gaming PC

[himynameistree]

Hi there,

 

I am building a PC for gaming, I have a budget of around $600.

 

If you could please leave me some comments regarding improvements, that would be greatly appreciated!

 

My list of parts is as follows:

 

MOBO: ASUS H110M-A/M.2 LGA 1151 Micro-ATX Motherboard

CPU: Intel i5 6400

Graphics card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 950 OC 2GB Video Card

RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury 8GB (2x4GB) 2133MHz DDR4

Power Supply: Fractal Design Integra M 80+ Bronze 550W Modular Power Supply

Storage: WD WD10EZEX 1TB Blue 3.5” 7200RPM SATA3 Hard Drive

Case: Deepcool Tesseract SW Mid Tower Case - Charcoal

 

Also, is it necessary to purchase extra case fans considering that the case already comes with two: (one rear, one front).

 

Thanks,

himynameistree

 

 

[Schrodingers Kat]

$600 could be a fair bit of money (USD) to not much (AUD) so currency would be nice lol

 

That said, try getting a single 8gb stick of ram so that in the future you can add another to get 16gb in duel channel. 

 

Extra case fans are a luxury, the main components are more important with this low a budget

[Guest]

Don't buy a GTX950. Just don't. For a similar price you can get an RX470, just a few dollars more will get you an RX480, and with another small bump you'll get GTX1060... Even RX470 should easily destroy GTX950. 

 

 

[SnowyMus]

23 minutes ago, himynameistree said:

MOBO: ASUS H110M-A/M.2 LGA 1151 Micro-ATX Motherboard

CPU: Intel i5 6400

Graphics card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 950 OC 2GB Video Card

RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury 8GB (2x4GB) 2133MHz DDR4

Power Supply: Fractal Design Integra M 80+ Bronze 550W Modular Power Supply

Storage: WD WD10EZEX 1TB Blue 3.5” 7200RPM SATA3 Hard Drive

Case: Deepcool Tesseract SW Mid Tower Case - Charcoal

 

Also, is it necessary to purchase extra case fans considering that the case already comes with two: (one rear, one front).

It's a decent build. As usual, I'd consider an RX 460 if you want it, as it does have an edge on some Vulkan and DX12 games like Doom. If you don't mind spending a little more, get an RX 470. Some games do benefit from having 4+ GB of VRAM, even at 1080p.

 

And no, there is no need to buy case fans. Two is enough to keep most builds from getting too warm. However, some people may buy aftermarket case fans for aesthetics, noise, manipulating air pressure, or getting a bit more cooling. This can be a little pricey, though, and isn't really worth it if it means you could have gotten a better CPU, GPU, or SSD.

[himynameistree]

16 minutes ago, Schrodingers Kat said:

$600 could be a fair bit of money (USD) to not much (AUD) so currency would be nice lol

 

That said, try getting a single 8gb stick of ram so that in the future you can add another to get 16gb in duel channel. 

 

Extra case fans are a luxury, the main components are more important with this low a budget

 

haha im aussie too

[Schrodingers Kat]

1 minute ago, himynameistree said:

haha im aussie too

Shit, good luck son

[Cryptonite]

1 minute ago, himynameistree said:

haha im aussie too

what's the price of the RX 470 there? is it much more expensive than the 950? the performance difference is immense 

[antisleep]

Here's an AU partlist for more accurate pricing:

 

PCPartPicker part list

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($237.00 @ Shopping Express) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-S2H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($89.00 @ IJK) 
Memory: Kingston FURY 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($59.00 @ Centre Com) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($65.00 @ IJK) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 460 2GB Video Card  ($165.00 @ CPL Online) 
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.00 @ Scorptec) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($85.00 @ CPL Online) 
Total: $749.00

 

[cptmarko]

so most of us here are Aussies thats good  anyway i'd wait for the 1050 and if you can afford the extra $30-35 get the 6500 instead as it will perform a lot better than the 6400 to come out and if you want parts i'd go to either Umart, Msy, or PCcasegear. they are the cheapest you're gonna find in aus unless you shop on newegg, even then new egg will cost a few $ less after shipping

[himynameistree]

3 hours ago, cptmarko said:

so most of us here are Aussies thats good  anyway i'd wait for the 1050 and if you can afford the extra $30-35 get the 6500 instead as it will perform a lot better than the 6400 to come out and if you want parts i'd go to either Umart, Msy, or PCcasegear. they are the cheapest you're gonna find in aus unless you shop on newegg, even then new egg will cost a few $ less after shipping

 

how about mwave?

[himynameistree]

11 hours ago, Cryptonite said:

what's the price of the RX 470 there? is it much more expensive than the 950? the performance difference is immense 

the 950 is about $100 AU dollars cheaper, is there any other good graphics cards u would recommend?

[himynameistree]

11 hours ago, Rahnie said:

Don't buy a GTX950. Just don't. For a similar price you can get an RX470, just a few dollars more will get you an RX480, and with another small bump you'll get GTX1060... Even RX470 should easily destroy GTX950. 

 

 

 

which specific type of rx 470 would u recommend?

[Cryptonite]

9 hours ago, himynameistree said:

the 950 is about $100 AU dollars cheaper, is there any other good graphics cards u would recommend?

to be honest I'd pay the extra 100 AUD for the RX 470 it has great performance and has 4 GB Vram which is becoming the new standard, if you cheap out now you will have to upgrade again a lot sooner.