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i7-6700 / 16GB RAM / 275GB SSD

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€298.95 @ Mindfactory) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-S2H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (€57.91) >Amazon Link

Memory: Viper Elite Series DDR4 16GB (2 x 8GB) 2400MHz Kit (€68.99) >Amazon Link
Storage: Crucial MX300 275GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€73.89 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€51.00) >Amazon Link
Case: Corsair 100R ATX Mid Tower Case  (€52.49 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX550M ATX Modular 80 Plus Bronze 550W  (€64.84 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Total: €668.07

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I am looking for a build for my brother as a gift.

He's coming from a laptop, so i'll need a mid-computer from the ground up but WITHOUT GPU since I have a GTX 970 already that he can use.

I haven't been up-to-date with the latest releases, so I am asking for some advice.

 

The budget is around 500-700euro (without gpu)

He'll primarily do gaming on it, so I was thinking about an i5 that won't bottleneck the GTX 970.

 

I was thinking about:

 

- i5 CPU

- 8GB Ram

- 128GB SSD + 1TB blue wdd HD

 

If 700euro is not enough, feel free to recommend it a more expensive build, but please support your argument.
P.S. I am from The Netherlands. Currecy = Euro. I will probably buy the products off dutch webshops aswell, unless it's really worth importing parts.

 

Thank you!

 

- DotoreN

 

 

 

 

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Something like this should do.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€237.85 @ Mindfactory)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (€36.44 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Pro4S ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (€96.93 @ Mindfactory)
Memory: Kingston ValueRAM 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (€69.65 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€70.88 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€52.84 @ Mindfactory)
Case: BitFenix Nova ATX Mid Tower Case  (€36.45 @ Mindfactory)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (€68.89 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €669.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-27 20:31 CEST+0200

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4 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

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>DDR3 ram

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>DDR3 ram

wait what. sorry

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8 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Something like this should do.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€237.85 @ Mindfactory)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (€36.44 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Pro4S ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (€96.93 @ Mindfactory)
Memory: Kingston ValueRAM 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (€69.65 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€70.88 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€52.84 @ Mindfactory)
Case: BitFenix Nova ATX Mid Tower Case  (€36.45 @ Mindfactory)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (€68.89 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €669.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-27 20:31 CEST+0200

this seems like a good option

Elemental 

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Intel i5 6500 @3.8ghz - 8GB HyperX - 600w Apex PSU - GTX 1060 G1 GIGABYTE 6GB - s340 Black - 240gb Toshiba Q300 - Cooler master TX3i - MSI z170-A PRO.

Old Build (sold for 290€)

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Intel i3 540 @ 3.9ghz (On stock cooler, Hits 80c max) - 8gb ram - 500w power supply - P7H55-M LE  120gb SSD - Talius Drakko case

Project Frug 50$ Water loop

 

Laptops

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13" Macbook Air - Alienware m14x r2 -  2009 15" Macbook Pro (I was give all of these and would never buy them myself)

 

 

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13 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Something like this should do.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€237.85 @ Mindfactory)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (€36.44 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Pro4S ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (€96.93 @ Mindfactory)
Memory: Kingston ValueRAM 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (€69.65 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€70.88 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€52.84 @ Mindfactory)
Case: BitFenix Nova ATX Mid Tower Case  (€36.45 @ Mindfactory)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (€68.89 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €669.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-27 20:31 CEST+0200

 

 

 

Thanks for the quick response. I'll probably go with this, but if it's not too much to ask, but what would your advice be if i'd go for a 120-126gb ssd instead of 240 and 8GB ram instead of 16?

 

It's primarily to see the price difference.

 

But major thanks :)

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20 minutes ago, DotoreN said:

I am looking for a build for my brother as a gift.

If you are building this for your brother, I would assume you're not going to overclock it. (Please)

 

Therefore, I'd suggest:

CPU: i5-6500

MOBO: B150 or H170 based motherboard.

SSD: 250-500Gig

HDD: if you get a 500Gig SSD there may be no need for a HDD at all.

RAM: 8-16Gig (2x4 or 2x8Gig) of DDR4-2133 or 2400

PSU: 500-550watt such as Corsair CX550M

 

When it comes to storage, check what size hard drive is in his laptop and how much space he actually uses. You may find that you can just use a 500Gig SSD (or even a 240) without an HDD. (And he can always add an HDD later if he feels the need to store mass amounts of DVD rips, or whatever.)

A sieve may not hold water, but it will hold another sieve.

i5-6600, 16Gigs, ITX Corsair 250D, R9 390, 120Gig M.2 boot, 500Gig SATA SSD, no HDD

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Just now, DotoreN said:

 

Thanks for the quick response. I'll probably go with this, but if it's not too much to ask, do you mind posting about the same build, but what would your advice be if i'd go for a 120-126gb ssd instead of 240 and 8GB ram instead of 16?

 

It's primarily to see the price difference.

 

But major thanks :)

120 gb is bit small for games but if only a single OS then should be fine

 

more ram is better though 8gb would be fine. just want to give you a future proof but your choice since ram is easily upgradable

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3 minutes ago, Quaker said:

If you are building this for your brother, I would assume you're not going to overclock it. (Please)

 

Therefore, I'd suggest:

CPU: i5-6500

MOBO: B150 or H170 based motherboard.

SSD: 250-500Gig

HDD: if you get a 500Gig SSD there may be no need for a HDD at all.

RAM: 16Gig (2x8Gig) of DDR4-2133 or 2400

 

When it comes to storage, check what size hard drive is in his laptop and how much space he actually uses. You may find that you can just use a 500Gig SSD (or even a 240).

 

I see. Yeah i'm not planning to overclock it, especially since my brother is not a heavy user, neither doing any editing/rendering work. So i'll probably go for the normal version instead of the 'k'.

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i7-6700 / 16GB RAM / 275GB SSD

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€298.95 @ Mindfactory) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-S2H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (€57.91) >Amazon Link

Memory: Viper Elite Series DDR4 16GB (2 x 8GB) 2400MHz Kit (€68.99) >Amazon Link
Storage: Crucial MX300 275GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€73.89 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€51.00) >Amazon Link
Case: Corsair 100R ATX Mid Tower Case  (€52.49 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX550M ATX Modular 80 Plus Bronze 550W  (€64.84 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Total: €668.07

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