Intel Skylake CPU and a GPU? For $300-$350

[ellwoodj]

I'm currently buying parts for my first ever PC. I have bought my Z170 Motherboard so the CPU needs to be skylake. I was wondering what CPU and GPU would pair nicely for 1080p 60fps+.

I have a combined budget of $300-$350 no higher in any way. 
NVIDIA or AMD 
I will be using this PC for mainly gaming, but for educational and entertainment purposes.

Skylake CPU + GPU = $300-$350

 

Any advice?

[79wjd]

Return the Z170 board, and get an h110 board + i5-6400 + 8gb 480/6gb 1060.

[Teknis]

Well i don't think you would need anything higher than an I5 6500 and the new RX 460/470/480 is pretty solid.

[Guest]

See if you can do this (16 over but that's cheapest I can do)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon RX 480 4GB Red Dragon Video Card  ($191.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $366.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-12-12 15:42 EST-0500

[Daniel644]

Currency, is that US Dollars or Euros or what?

[masterkickass7]

7 minutes ago, ellwoodj said:

I'm currently buying parts for my first ever PC. I have bought my Z170 Motherboard so the CPU needs to be skylake. I was wondering what CPU and GPU would pair nicely for 1080p 60fps+.

I have a combined budget of $300-$350 no higher in any way. 
NVIDIA or AMD 
I will be using this PC for mainly gaming, but for educational and entertainment purposes.

Skylake CPU + GPU = $300-$350

 

Any advice?

a 6600k with a rx460 you can oc the cpu but this is very cpu heavy

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/masterkickass7/saved/#view=C8LsYJ

or

i5 6500 and a rx470 balanced can't oc though 

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/masterkickass7/saved/#view=t3qmGX

can't oc but a more balanced system

 

or buy a 6600k or a 6700k and wait and buy a rx470 one you have more cash

[ellwoodj]

1 minute ago, Daniel644 said:

Currency, is that US Dollars or Euros or what?

Pounds but I found that prices don't really vary - only vendors

[Guest]

5 minutes ago, Daniel644 said:

Currency, is that US Dollars or Euros or what?

 

2 minutes ago, ellwoodj said:

Pounds but I found that prices don't really vary - only vendors

But $ is the dollar symbol

[Daniel644]

well being that you have a Z170 board it wouldn't make any sense to NOT get a 6600k, otherwise you simply overpaid for a board that is more then what you need, the problem is by the time you get the 6600k and a CPU cooler you don't have enough in the budget to get a video card, so that means dropping to a locked CPU  to get the budget for the video card, I would say try to wait till you can budget another 50-100 pounds so you can pair the 6600k with like something between a RX470 and a GTX 1060 6GB

[ellwoodj]

2 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

 

But $ is the dollar symbol

 

I know but I have used £ before and most just ignored it because they aren't British. I'm not that stupid hahaha

[Daniel644]

7 minutes ago, ellwoodj said:

I know but I have used £ before and most just ignored it because they aren't British. I'm not that stupid hahaha

well it's pretty important, because 300-350 DOLLARS would put you in like the i3 6100 with either RX470 or 480 price point.