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1. Budget & Location
 

As I live in Germany the currency would be € for me. But as I have a complete list of parts I want to use, if you want to suggest a different one you can compare both prices in your currency I guess.

 

My Budget would be around 500€-800€ so ~ 530-860$US.

 

2. Aim

 

I want to use the system for Web browsing/streaming videos (like watching netflix) and some home office but mainly for  playing CIV6 (while watching sth.)/League/Skyrim/Assassins Creed/Dishonored/MMORPGS so a variety of titels with different "needs". There is no real ranking as to which game is played the most, I just have "phases" where I play league 24/7 and then suddenly Dishonored/Assassins Creed for days...

 

3. Monitors

 

I got 2 Monitors which is enough for me, the main one is 1920x1080, the second one is a 1680x1050. The second one is quite old and has some problems so I might upgrade to a second 1920x1080 in the future.

 

4. Peripherals/Windows

I have a Windows 7/10 copy for this pc which I will try to reuse, otherwhise I will have to buy Win10. All other Peripherals are already there and do not need to get bought.

 

5. Why are you upgrading?

 

The PC i currently am using is from 2012 (Alienware Aurora, I was young/unexperienced and bought it because of the name) is getting older and older. Last year the graphic card (was an AMD) which could still run blackflag in medium settings died on me and I replaced it with a MSI GTX970. But since a few months I have daily Bluescreens which feature different Motherboad problemcodes, also the I7-920 @2GHz  start to get to its limits. So before I go to a shop and let them diagonose my PC I might as well build a new one because any fix to the motherboad won't fix the CPU problems - Atleast I think so.


After reading through some reviews + the different videos from LTT himself I created this composition:

~165€ Asus Z170-A/Pro (I am afraid of overclocking but I think about someday buying a second gtx...and the price difference to the H170 is not that big + the internet told me that the pro has a better onboardsoundchip) 

~215€ I5-6500 (or the I5-6600K for 40€ more if I do end up thinking about overclocking eventually?)

~33€ Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo ( Video PC Viewers Choice)

~94€ Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB DDR4 (2x8) ( Video PC Viewers Choice)
~94€ Corsair RM550x (randomly picked because its in the pc of my gf)
~82€ Phanteks Eclipse P400 S Midi Tower (Video PC Viewers Choice featured the windowed version, I don't need/want the window)
~1x18€ Corsair Air Series SP120 "High Performance Edition" ( inspired Video PC Viewers Choice) (The Eclipse comes with 2 Fans, so I would buy one, if the other two are ineffective/loud I would buy 2 more)

What I will take from my old Pc:

MSI GTX 970
1TB Harddrive
1 year old 250gb SSD
Monitors/Peripherals 


So this already puts me at a cost of 708€/745€ (depending on CPU) and really at the end of my "budget", tho I do not mind expending it a bit more if I get more value out of any parts that would be replaced/changed.

I would be quiet happy to hear your opinions on this composition...
 

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You can get alot of good stuff for that Price.

 

This is far from perfect but: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/bsKFd6

 

Get at least an RX 470/GTX 1060 for GPU

If you don't care, you should re-use the DVD drive from your old machine. Also, when was the last time you cleaned the Alienware?

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Something like this

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€238.09 @ Mindfactory) 
CPU Cooler: Deepcool GAMMAXX 400 74.3 CFM CPU Cooler  (€29.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Motherboard: ASRock Z170A-X1/3.1 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (€101.50 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Memory: Kingston ValueRAM 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (€70.69 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Mini Video Card  (€265.73 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (€73.09 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Total: €779.09
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-14 19:20 CET+0100

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2 minutes ago, TheNuzziNuzz said:

You can get alot of good stuff for that Price.

 

This is far from perfect but: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/bsKFd6

 

Get at least an RX 470/GTX 1060 for GPU

If you don't care, you should re-use the DVD drive from your old machine. Also, when was the last time you cleaned the Alienware?

won't the 970 suffice for the beginning so I can spend more on other parts?

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3 minutes ago, TheNuzziNuzz said:

You can get alot of good stuff for that Price.

 

This is far from perfect but: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/bsKFd6

 

Get at least an RX 470/GTX 1060 for GPU

If you don't care, you should re-use the DVD drive from your old machine. Also, when was the last time you cleaned the Alienware?

no... the OP build that he posted is way better

CPU-i7 6700k O.C. 4.6Ghz-Motherboard-Asus z170-a-RAM-24gb DDR4-GPU-EVGA GTX 1080 FE-Case-Corsair 400c (white)-Storage-HDD: 2xWD Blue 1TB SSD: PNY SSDSC120GLC709B121-510 120GB-PSU-1000 watt coolermax-Display-ASUS VG248QE Black 24" 1080p 144 Hz -Cooling-Corsair H115i-Keyboard-G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX blues (Red backlight)-Mouse-Logitech G602-Sound-Logitech 5.1 z506

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1 minute ago, JackCandem said:

won't the 970 suffice for the beginning so I can spend more on other parts?

Well yes but you can't do much extra.  Here is one with 6600k and 1060

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€238.09 @ Mindfactory) 
CPU Cooler: Deepcool GAMMAXX 400 74.3 CFM CPU Cooler  (€29.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Motherboard: ASRock Z170A-X1/3.1 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (€101.50 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Memory: Kingston ValueRAM 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (€70.69 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Mini Video Card  (€265.73 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (€73.09 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Total: €779.09
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-14 19:20 CET+0100

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Just now, JackCandem said:

won't the 970 suffice for the beginning so I can spend more on other parts?

Yes, but the newer cards have MUCH better value. THe only other places worth allocating the extra money would be asthetics and a CPU, but you can get an I5 with a new card, and an i7 is overkill for gamming, unless your doing crazy intense things.

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5 minutes ago, xephoneration said:

no... the OP build that he posted is way better

He posted that after I posted my link.

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1 minute ago, TheNuzziNuzz said:

He posted that after I posted my link.

I only added that I will use my old GTX970 from my old pc in the last segment because that was missing.

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7 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Well yes but you can't do much extra.  Here is one with 6600k and 1060

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€238.09 @ Mindfactory) 
CPU Cooler: Deepcool GAMMAXX 400 74.3 CFM CPU Cooler  (€29.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Motherboard: ASRock Z170A-X1/3.1 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (€101.50 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Memory: Kingston ValueRAM 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (€70.69 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Mini Video Card  (€265.73 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (€73.09 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Total: €779.09
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-14 19:20 CET+0100

 

Keep in mind my build included an OS, Dvd drive, and Hard Drives. Take those away, and you would have enough for maybe a 1070

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5 minutes ago, TheNuzziNuzz said:

Yes, but the newer cards have MUCH better value. THe only other places worth allocating the extra money would be asthetics and a CPU, but you can get an I5 with a new card, and an i7 is overkill for gamming, unless your doing crazy intense things.

I will be quite at the end of my Budget so i would just not spend it on a card or any other things and wait till I would need a new card as it seems waistful to me to not use my perfectly fine 970 as it costs me 0€ and it is not like I NEED to spend all of 800€. Or do I miss something?

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1 minute ago, JackCandem said:

I will be quite at the end of my Budget so i would just not spend it on a card or any other things and wait till I would need a new card as it seems waistful to me to not use my perfectly fine 970 as it costs me 0€ and it is not like I NEED to spend all of 800€. Or do I miss something?

 

You said your budget was 800, if you didn't want to spend it all, you should have said so. You don't need to spend all of it, but more money can always get you more of something, so if you say its available, then we assume you are asking for a computer that costs your said budget.

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29 minutes ago, TheNuzziNuzz said:

Keep in mind my build included an OS, Dvd drive, and Hard Drives. Take those away, and you would have enough for maybe a 1070

And why do you want an EXTERNAL drive? Your build is in USD not Euros

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29 minutes ago, JackCandem said:

I will be quite at the end of my Budget so i would just not spend it on a card or any other things and wait till I would need a new card as it seems waistful to me to not use my perfectly fine 970 as it costs me 0€ and it is not like I NEED to spend all of 800€. Or do I miss something?

Anyone who says you should upgrade to a gtx 1060 doesn't understand value. keep your gtx 970 unless you want to spend 200ish euros on minimal performance increace. 

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15 minutes ago, Brooksie359 said:

Anyone who says you should upgrade to a gtx 1060 doesn't understand value. keep your gtx 970 unless you want to spend 200ish euros on minimal performance increace. 

the 1060 is a boost from the 970. at most 10-15 frames at 1080p. does it justify getting a 1060. Depends really. the 1060 is more power efficient, newer (ie can use nvidia pascal drivers), more VRAM, and higher clock speed. 970 only has higher memory bandwidth. Personally if you have a 970 sell it and use the funds for a 1070. 

 

41 minutes ago, TheNuzziNuzz said:

PCPartPicker is being annoying. I gave my build a better PSU, don't get the old one:

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/n3ynd6

again the build is crap... @deXxterlab97 build is way better... 

 

 

THIS IS IF YOU SOLD YOUR 970

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€238.38 @ Mindfactory) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (€21.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Motherboard: ASRock Z170A-X1/3.1 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (€101.50 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Memory: Kingston ValueRAM 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (€70.69 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Windforce OC Video Card  (€425.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (€72.74 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Total: €931.29
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-14 20:17 CET+0100

CPU-i7 6700k O.C. 4.6Ghz-Motherboard-Asus z170-a-RAM-24gb DDR4-GPU-EVGA GTX 1080 FE-Case-Corsair 400c (white)-Storage-HDD: 2xWD Blue 1TB SSD: PNY SSDSC120GLC709B121-510 120GB-PSU-1000 watt coolermax-Display-ASUS VG248QE Black 24" 1080p 144 Hz -Cooling-Corsair H115i-Keyboard-G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX blues (Red backlight)-Mouse-Logitech G602-Sound-Logitech 5.1 z506

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2 hours ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Something like this

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€238.09 @ Mindfactory) 
CPU Cooler: Deepcool GAMMAXX 400 74.3 CFM CPU Cooler  (€29.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Motherboard: ASRock Z170A-X1/3.1 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (€101.50 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Memory: Kingston ValueRAM 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (€70.69 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Mini Video Card  (€265.73 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (€73.09 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Total: €779.09
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-14 19:20 CET+0100


Can you explain to me why you chose this Motherboard and Memory specifially? Out of curiosity :)

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