GAMING PC

[himynameistree]

Hi there,

 

I am building a new gaming pc soon, I have made a list of parts.

 

Please tell me what you think.

 

CPU: i5 6400

GPU: GTX 1060 3gb

MOBO: ASUS H110M-E MICRO ATX

RAM: 8GB G.SKILL 2133 DDR4

STORAGE: WD BLUE 1TB

PSU: CORSAIR CX 500

CASE: DEEPCOOL TESSERACT ATX

MONITOR: AOC 21.5" IPS MONITOR

 

Any recommendations would be great

 

Thanks,

himynameistree

 

[Cereal5]

1. an i5-6500 would be potentially a little better with the higher clock speed.

2. Also the H110M-A board from Asus will have slighty better features for just about the same price.

3. dual channel ram will give you a little better performance unless you plan on upgrading later.

4. Look into either the RX 480 8GB or GTX 1060 6GB. the 3GB 1060 is a slightly cut down version of the 1060 will less CUDA cores so the 6GB will perform better.

Also consider a cheap SSD to load your OS and maybe a few games onto

[Bananasplit_00]

change the PSU otherwise thats pretty solid, would also add an SSD to that, like a 120GB also dont get the 3GB 1060, get the 6GB version

[himynameistree]

1 minute ago, Cereal5 said:

1. an i5-6500 would be potentially a little better with the higher clock speed.

2. Also the H110M-A board from Asus will have slighty better features for just about the same price.

3. dual channel ram will give you a little better performance unless you plan on upgrading later.

4. Look into either the RX 480 8GB or GTX 1060 6GB. the 3GB 1060 is a slightly cut down version of the 1060 will less CUDA cores so the 6GB will perform better.

Also consider a cheap SSD to load your OS and maybe a few games onto

 

thanks very much, also do you know if i can get 12gb of ram(8+4)?

[HKZeroFive]

Personally, I'd get a RX 480 4GB with a FreeSync monitor and a better quality power supply.

[Cereal5]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($196.79 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Asus H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($56.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($41.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.49 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB WINDFORCE OC 6G Video Card  ($265.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Corsair Graphite Series 230T Orange ATX Mid Tower Case  ($69.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($27.00) 
Total: $768.22
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-18 02:42 EDT-0400

 

Here is a little edited version. Consider adding a 120GB SSD for your OS and maybe a few games

[Cereal5]

An SSD like this

http://pcpartpicker.com/product/8xs8TW/ocz-internal-hard-drive-trn15025sat3120g

[Train27]

Agree with the option of the SSD; I don't know what games you plan on playing (but looking at those components I don't think you're really into retro-gaming).

 

In that case, an HDD will most probably bottleneck your system when gaming, so if you can extend a little bit your budget, buying a 120-240GB SSD for the OS and a few high requirement games would incredibly boost your gaming experience.

 

If you can't, there are things that can be bought later, when updating your rig, like new peripherals (monitors, mouse, keyboard...) or storage devices.