New Gaming PC Builds

[himynameistree]

Hello everyone,

 

I am building a gaming pc rig soon.

 

Here are the parts I am looking at, what do you think? Please leave any comments/suggestions!

 

MOBO: ASUS H110M-K LGA 1151 Micro-ATX Motherboard

RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws 8GB (1X8GB) DDR4-2133

GPU: GTX 970 4GB

CPU: Intel Core i5 6400

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

PSU: Corsair VS Series 650W Power Supply

CASE: Deepcool Tesseract SW Mid Tower Case - Charcoal

DVD: ASUS DRW-24D5MT 24x Internal DVD Burner

MONITOR: Philips V-Line 223V5LHSB2 21.5" Full HD LED Monitor

 

Please let me know if anything is incompatible. Also is that ram reliable?

 

Thanks,

himynameistree

[MrPants_]

Everything seems pretty nice. That ram is reliable, ram is pretty much "unkillable". I think like Corsair or someone grants lifetime warranty on their RAM. I'd really invest in an SSD though, and i'd go for a IPS or something not TN monitor. Booot hey

[TheRandomness]

Why the 970?

[spartaman64]

why a gtx 970? get a gtx 1060 or rx 480

[Matias_Chambers]

Switch out the 970 for a GTX 1060 6 GB unless you are getting a very good deal on the 970. The PSU is also pretty bad. If you have the budget you should consider an SSD and an IPS monitor. What country are you in and whats your budget?

[himynameistree]

31 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

Why the 970?

because my brother has it, but it bottlenecking, so if i buy him a 950 he will swap me

[himynameistree]

31 minutes ago, spartaman64 said:

why a gtx 970? get a gtx 1060 or rx 480

because my brother has it, but it bottlenecking, so if i buy him a 950 he will swap me

 

Is the 970 OK?

[himynameistree]

7 minutes ago, Matias_Chambers said:

Switch out the 970 for a GTX 1060 6 GB unless you are getting a very good deal on the 970. The PSU is also pretty bad. If you have the budget you should consider an SSD and an IPS monitor. What country are you in and whats your budget?

 

because my brother has it, but it bottlenecking, so if i buy him a 950 he will swap me. Is the 970 bad?

 

I though SSD's were more expensive

 

I will get an IPS monitor

 

I'm from Australia but my budget is about $650 US

[Matias_Chambers]

1 minute ago, himynameistree said:

because my brother has it, but it bottlenecking, so if i buy him a 950 he will swap me. Is the 970 bad?

 

I though SSD's were more expensive

 

I will get an IPS monitor

 

I'm from Australia but my budget is about $650 US

The 1060 6 GB performs slightly better than a 970 if I remember correctly. It has more VRAM and is newer. It also runs cooler and is more power efficient.

[Matias_Chambers]

11 minutes ago, himynameistree said:

because my brother has it, but it bottlenecking, so if i buy him a 950 he will swap me. Is the 970 bad?

 

I though SSD's were more expensive

 

I will get an IPS monitor

 

I'm from Australia but my budget is about $650 US

What is your budget in AUD? I will make a PCPartpicker list

[himynameistree]

24 minutes ago, Matias_Chambers said:

Switch out the 970 for a GTX 1060 6 GB unless you are getting a very good deal on the 970. The PSU is also pretty bad. If you have the budget you should consider an SSD and an IPS monitor. What country are you in and whats your budget?

 

what is an IPS monitor?

[himynameistree]

1 minute ago, Matias_Chambers said:

What is your budget in AUD? I will make a PCPartpicker list

about 800(excluding monitor)

[Matias_Chambers]

1 minute ago, himynameistree said:

what is an IPS monitor?

It has waay better colors and viewing angles. 

[Antoon45]

Everything is compatible but I would recommend getting a better GPU maybe a 1060 or if you are willing to save some money then a 1070 would be a good choise since the 970 is getting older every year and you will have longer support with a new card and don't have to buy a new one in a longer time. The 970 will struggle to run modern games at recommended settings. Other then that maybe a IPS monitor and a SSD for atleast windows and some games depending on how big SSD you're buying.

[Matias_Chambers]

This is what I would recommend:

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/GTtTm8
Price breakdown by merchant: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/GTtTm8/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($237.00 @ Shopping Express) 
Motherboard: Asus H110M-E Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($79.00 @ Shopping Express) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($59.00 @ Centre Com) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($64.00 @ Shopping Express) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB GAMING Video Card  ($315.00 @ PLE Computers) 
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.00 @ Scorptec) 
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($31.00 @ CPL Online) Better quality
Total: $834.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-17 20:49 AEDT+1100

[Herman Mcpootis]

4 minutes ago, Matias_Chambers said:

Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($31.00 @ CPL Online) Better quality
 

btw, end of life(CPL seems to often do this).

[himynameistree]

5 minutes ago, Matias_Chambers said:

This is what I would recommend:

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/GTtTm8
Price breakdown by merchant: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/GTtTm8/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($237.00 @ Shopping Express) 
Motherboard: Asus H110M-E Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($79.00 @ Shopping Express) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($59.00 @ Centre Com) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($64.00 @ Shopping Express) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB GAMING Video Card  ($315.00 @ PLE Computers) 
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.00 @ Scorptec) 
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($31.00 @ CPL Online) Better quality
Total: $834.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-17 20:49 AEDT+1100

 

 

thanks

[Matias_Chambers]

3 minutes ago, herman mcpootis said:

btw, end of life(CPL seems to often do this).

Oh thanks for pointing that out. Unluckily good quality PSU's seem to get way more expensive in AU. 

[Herman Mcpootis]

1 minute ago, Matias_Chambers said:

Oh thanks for pointing that out. Unluckily good quality PSU's seem to get way more expensive in AU. 

CX450m is at $85(they gotta pay $65 USD for a good psu )

[Matias_Chambers]

1 minute ago, herman mcpootis said:

CX450m is at $85(they gotta pay $65 USD for a good psu )

Yep that's about the cheapest PSU that is good quality in AU.

[himynameistree]

27 minutes ago, Matias_Chambers said:

This is what I would recommend:

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/GTtTm8
Price breakdown by merchant: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/GTtTm8/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($237.00 @ Shopping Express) 
Motherboard: Asus H110M-E Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($79.00 @ Shopping Express) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($59.00 @ Centre Com) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($64.00 @ Shopping Express) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB GAMING Video Card  ($315.00 @ PLE Computers) 
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.00 @ Scorptec) 
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($31.00 @ CPL Online) Better quality
Total: $834.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-17 20:49 AEDT+1100

 

is this ok? https://www.mwave.com.au/product/gskill-value-8gb-1x8gb-ddr42133-desktop-memory-f42133c15s8gnt-ab69575

[himynameistree]

19 minutes ago, Matias_Chambers said:

Yep that's about the cheapest PSU that is good quality in AU.

is 450W enough?!

[Herman Mcpootis]

8 minutes ago, himynameistree said:

is 450W enough?!

its enough.

[Matias_Chambers]

1 hour ago, himynameistree said:

is this ok? https://www.mwave.com.au/product/gskill-value-8gb-1x8gb-ddr42133-desktop-memory-f42133c15s8gnt-ab69575

Yep it's fine.