Ursa (2017)

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So the story I guess begins back in 2014 when I joined this site, because at that time I had become interested in building a PC but never really getting around to it because of uncertainty of what I truly wanted in a PC and the cost since I wanted something that would run extremely well and would look good too. So now a little over 2 years later, I've finally ordered the first part for my PC yesterday and this kicks off the next few months of acquiring parts for this build which I will update when I get them and hopefully add more interest to this.

 

Anyways, the intent of this build will be to run most games at 1080p high/ultra with the capability for VR a bit later on in the future. Just as an example of a few of the games I will be playing are Battlefield 1, Doom, Just Cause 3, GTA V, Project Cars, Eurotruck Simulator 2 and American Truck Simulator...

 

But anyways this is the beginning, I'm looking forward to the arrival of my new case and maybe I'll take some pictures. There are a few that I'm considering to get next. Probably peripherals and/or ram will be next. Don't really want to get the mobo and CPU yet just because it sounds like Zen might be coming out by the time I should have the money for those parts and it'd be worth it to see if Zen will be what at least I wouldn't mind it being. Which would be something that performs the same as or better than an i5-6600K. 

My anticipation is that I'll have it built hopefully by March. Doubtful it would be earlier, though it should be for sure built by April.

 

These are the parts that I will be getting (some parts could change)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($219.99 @ NCIX US) 
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X62 Liquid CPU Cooler  ($160.00) 
Motherboard: MSI Z170A SLI PLUS ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($98.99 @ NCIX US) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($78.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($79.99 @ B&H) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.00 @ B&H) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Strix Video Card  ($309.99 @ B&H) 
Case: NZXT H440 (Matte Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (Purchased For $110.00) [Ordered]
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($79.99 @ B&H) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit  (Purchased For $0.00) *
Monitor: Dell U2414H 23.8" 60Hz Monitor  ($219.45 @ Amazon) 
Keyboard: Logitech G610 Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 
Mouse: Logitech G502 Wired Optical Mouse  ($39.99 @ Best Buy) 
Headphones: Sennheiser HD 598 SE  Headphones  ($147.44 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1653.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-25 00:51 EST-0500

 

*I'll be getting a copy from my school district's software distribution site.