My first PC build for home/office use, compatability question

[Hitesh Thappa]

Hello,

 

This is going to be my first PC build for Home/office use in Poland, I am going to order most of the stuff from Amazon(Germany) and some from Newegg (Poland).

Here are the parts i selected.

 

1. Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor
2. Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler
3. ASRock H170A-X1 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
4. Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ( i need extra memory for VMs and NetApp simulator testing)
5. Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
6. Gigabyte Radeon RX 460 4GB WINDFORCE OC Video Card
7. Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply
8. DIYPC Mirage-D1-W Black/White SECC USB3.0 ATX Mid tower
9. ADATA Premier SP550 2.5" 240GB SATA III TLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) ASP550SS3-240GM-C

 

Q. Does i3 come with a stock cooler or an extra cooler is required. Case already has 3x120mm FANs pre-installed.

Q. Does the build looks like to be a decent build for home/office use

[zxz]

decent build for home ! you don;t need any extra fans

[deleted_member_030719]

i3-6100, I believe, comes with a stock cooler.

[VinsinityKT]

My opinion is to get more cores for VM. I guess you are a bit of a gamer with RX 460

[chimado]

to me it looks really good and check pcpartpicker (https://pcpartpicker.com/) for compatibility 

[antisleep]

What do you think of this Micro ATX build?

I don't think you'll need the features of a full ATX mobo from the looks of it, with micro ATX:

-no crossfire/SLI

-2 ram slots instead of 4 (you're only gonna use 2 anyway)

-4 SATA ports instead of 6 (1 for SSD, 1 for HDD, 1 for Optical drive if you're installing one, and 1 empty slot for another HDD)

-no extra system fan slots (mATX mobos just have 1 for CPU and 1 for system fan but the case fans from the CM N200 can be plugged to your PSU)

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  (€118.89 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

^You might want to upgrade this to an i5(6400 or 6500), 4 physical cores could help out with "VM and netapp testing"
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-HDV Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (€56.53 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (€68.71 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

^Cheapest 2x8GB sticks I could find from Amazon, these are white btw.
Storage: Crucial MX300 275GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€71.89 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

^More a expensive by ~€6.00 vs the Adata but newer, faster and offers additional 30gb storage.
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€49.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 460 2GB Video Card  (€115.89 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

^Went with the 2GB, the 460 isn't powerful enough(at least for gaming) to make use of all 4GB of VRAM.

^2gb vs 4gb comparison: https://youtu.be/44_HUyleIxI
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (€44.50 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

^One of the best budget micro ATX case - has 2 pre installed fans, supports 3 HDDs and 2 SSD mounts
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (€48.64 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

^Higher tier PSU than the corsair CX green
Total: €575.04