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Hello everyone

Thanks for taking the time to read my first post, I hope you can help me with my first build.

 

1. Budget & Location: 

 I'm in the United States with a budget from $1500 to $1800, might be able to go a little bit higher if upgrades are worth it.

 

2. Aim

I'm a musician that loves to game, I'm into heavy audio editing but I would also like to be able to play current games at high settings, as well as a PC that can be upgraded in the future.

 

3. Monitors

I plan on running one monitor, I still don't have any on mind so I would like to hear your thoughts about which one to get, hopefully I want a 27 inch monitor so I can run games in 2k.  Also I would not count the monitor into the budget, because that is a separate entity.

 

4. Peripherals

When it comes to mice and keyboards, i'm open to suggestions, I don't need anything fancy just something that works and is reliable, but I would not count them into the budget as the main parts are the most important to me.

 

5. Why are you upgrading?

I'm moving away from my 5 year old laptop that served me well back in the day, but now with the new requirements and needs, it's starting to show its age and I really could use the change.

 

I started investigating and doing some lists to have a better picture of the performance/price ratio.

Here is the one I currently have.

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CPU:  Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor

Motherboard: Not sure about the Motherboard because I want one that has Bluetooth and Wi-Fi capabilities

Case: I'm open to suggestions as well because I don't have any experience with cases.

Ram:  Kingston FURY 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory

Storage: Crucial MX300 525GB 2.5" Solid State Drive

              Seagate 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive

GPU:  Asus GeForce GTX 1080 8GB STRIX Video Card

PSU: Corsair CXM 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply

Extras:  LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer


I would appreciate any input you can give me, thank you very much everyone.

 

 

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I'm looking at building another pc myself and have been researching parts for the last few months. One thing I would ask you, is do you want to be able to overclock or are you happy at stock clock speeds? If you want to overclock I have some suggestions.

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12 minutes ago, jjperc said:

Hello everyone

Thanks for taking the time to read my first post, I hope you can help me with my first build.

 

1. Budget & Location: 

 I'm in the United States with a budget from $1500 to $1800, might be able to go a little bit higher if upgrades are worth it.

 

2. Aim

I'm a musician that loves to game, I'm into heavy audio editing but I would also like to be able to play current games at high settings, as well as a PC that can be upgraded in the future.

 

3. Monitors

I plan on running one monitor, I still don't have any on mind so I would like to hear your thoughts about which one to get, hopefully I want a 27 inch monitor so I can run games in 2k.  Also I would not count the monitor into the budget, because that is a separate entity.

 

4. Peripherals

When it comes to mice and keyboards, i'm open to suggestions, I don't need anything fancy just something that works and is reliable, but I would not count them into the budget as the main parts are the most important to me.

 

5. Why are you upgrading?

I'm moving away from my 5 year old laptop that served me well back in the day, but now with the new requirements and needs, it's starting to show its age and I really could use the change.

 

I started investigating and doing some lists to have a better picture of the performance/price ratio.

Here is the one I currently have.

Made with PCPartPicker.

 

CPU:  Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor

Motherboard: Not sure about the Motherboard because I want one that has Bluetooth and Wi-Fi capabilities

Case: I'm open to suggestions as well because I don't have any experience with cases.

Ram:  Kingston FURY 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory

Storage: Crucial MX300 525GB 2.5" Solid State Drive

              Seagate 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive

GPU:  Asus GeForce GTX 1080 8GB STRIX Video Card

PSU: Corsair CXM 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply

Extras:  LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer


I would appreciate any input you can give me, thank you very much everyone.

 

 

i would't go with an i7 if you don't want to oc, go with xeons, also, do you want an audio card? since you'll be editing/mixing audio - bluetooth and wifi capable mobos are very expensive too 

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1 minute ago, Madbull said:

I'm looking at building a pc myself and have been researching parts for the last few months. One thing I would ask you, is do you want to be able to overclock or are you happy at stock clock speeds? If you want to overclock I have some suggestions.

Hello Madbull, thanks for taking the time to answer.

 

I'm hesitant to go the overclocking route because I don't really know how to do it and I am afraid to screw up.
Although i'm aware of the benefits of it.

 Still I would like to read your suggestions.

Thanks!

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5 hours ago, gtx1060=value said:

i would't go with an i7 if you don't want to oc, go with xeons, also, do you want an audio card? since you'll be editing/mixing audio - bluetooth and wifi capable mobos are very expensive too 

Xeon is haswell. i7 is skylake. 

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2 minutes ago, gtx1060=value said:

i would't go with an i7 if you don't want to oc, go with xeons, also, do you want an audio card? since you'll be editing/mixing audio - bluetooth and wifi capable mobos are very expensive too 

Thanks for answering gtx1060!

I'm running my audio through an external interface, so I don't need the audio card.

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6 minutes ago, jjperc said:

Hello Madbull, thanks for taking the time to answer.

 

I'm hesitant to go the overclocking route because I don't really know how to do it and I am afraid to screw up.
Although i'm aware of the benefits of it.

 Still I would like to read your suggestions.

Thanks!

With that, I would reccomend an i5 or something cheaper. No need to spend the money on an i7 6700 if you aren't going to get the 6700k overclocking version. The i5 6600k is cheaper by almost $100 and will allow you to overclock later if you decide. Or just the 6600 is fine. For gaming, the hyperthreading of the i7 doesn't help all that much. MAYBE a couple FPS in most games.

 

I am also partial to tier 1 power supplies. I have heard that the cx m line isn't the greatest. I personally am going with the evga supernova G2 650W. It's 89 on newegg, fully modular, 80 plus gold certified and tier 1 rated.

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I don't know much about peripherals, but i think the ones I chose are good:

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/2yVZXH
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/2yVZXH/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($230.98 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($96.99 @ Best Buy) 
Motherboard: MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($122.88 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($103.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Crucial MX300 525GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($124.99 @ Jet) 
Storage: Hitachi 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Video Card  ($409.83 @ Amazon) 
Case: NZXT S340 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: Corsair RMx 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($96.90 @ B&H) 
Monitor: Asus PB277Q 27.0" 2560x1440 75Hz Monitor  ($319.21 @ Jet) 
Keyboard: Corsair STRAFE RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($99.99 @ Best Buy) 
Mouse: Razer DeathAdder Chroma Wired Optical Mouse  ($58.34 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1799.08
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-12-16 17:23 EST-0500

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5 hours ago, SCGazelle said:

I don't know much about peripherals, but i think the ones I chose are good:

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/2yVZXH
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/2yVZXH/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($230.98 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($96.99 @ Best Buy) 
Motherboard: MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($122.88 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($103.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Crucial MX300 525GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($124.99 @ Jet) 
Storage: Hitachi 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Video Card  ($409.83 @ Amazon) 
Case: NZXT S340 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: Corsair RMx 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($96.90 @ B&H) 
Monitor: Asus PB277Q 27.0" 2560x1440 75Hz Monitor  ($319.21 @ Jet) 
Keyboard: Corsair STRAFE RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($99.99 @ Best Buy) 
Mouse: Razer DeathAdder Chroma Wired Optical Mouse  ($58.34 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1799.08
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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As he said he doesn't overclock. And why downgrade to a 1070? He has 1080. 

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4 minutes ago, Madbull said:

As for a case, I am very partial to the masterbox 5 by cooler Master along with the corsair carbide 400c. They both are great for expandability and features for the price and both mid tower cases.

Madbull:

 

Thanks, I'll check them out!

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($329.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($84.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($122.88 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Team Elite Plus 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($74.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Crucial MX300 525GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($124.88 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Toshiba 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($68.50 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1080 8GB AMP! Edition Video Card  ($598.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Fractal Design Define S ATX Mid Tower Case  ($64.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($84.99 @ NCIX US) 
Total: $1555.20
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-12-16 17:27 EST-0500

 

You never know, always better to have the option to OC (it is very easy to do and I definitely suggest going for it).

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($304.99 @ Jet) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($34.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Asus Z170-DELUXE ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($279.99 @ Jet) 
Memory: Kingston FURY 16GB (1 x 16GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($75.98 @ PCM) 
Storage: Crucial MX300 525GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($124.88 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($69.49 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1080 8GB STRIX Video Card  ($678.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Corsair Carbide 400C White ATX Mid Tower Case  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($81.20 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1730.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-12-16 17:32 EST-0500

 

OR JUST GET AN ASUS Z170-A AND GET A BLUETOOTH AND WIFI EXPANSION CARD

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($329.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($84.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($122.88 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Team Elite Plus 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($74.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Crucial MX300 525GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($124.88 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Toshiba 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($68.50 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1080 8GB AMP! Edition Video Card  ($598.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Fractal Design Define S ATX Mid Tower Case  ($64.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($84.99 @ NCIX US) 
Total: $1555.20
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-12-16 17:27 EST-0500

 

You never know, always better to have the option to OC (it is very easy to do and I definitely suggest going for it).

Hello Matu20, Thanks for answering!

 

I was looking at the Zotac card too, but still can't decide.

Well I guess I could learn how to overclock.
I am willing to learn.

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You are spending that much better make it beautiful

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($329.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC12DX_RD 68.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($72.99 @ Newegg Marketplace) 
Motherboard: MSI Z170A Tomahawk AC ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($141.99 @ Jet) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($94.88 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Crucial MX300 525GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($124.88 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Hitachi Deskstar 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($64.50 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1080 8GB GAMING X 8G Video Card  ($664.99 @ B&H) 
Case: NZXT S340 Elite (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: Corsair RMx 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($96.90 @ B&H) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($90.72 @ B&H) 
Total: $1771.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-12-16 17:36 EST-0500

 

Mobo has Wifi and BT capability

All red theme

Under 1800 incl. a legit copy of Windows 10

A better PSU

A good enough cooler

 

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5 hours ago, jjperc said:

Hello Matu20, Thanks for answering!

 

I was looking at the Zotac card too, but still can't decide.

Well I guess I could learn how to overclock.
I am willing to learn.

even if you don't oc the 6700k has higher clock speed than 6700 so it will still faster

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Also on the OS. if you go windows, look into retail vs OEM. the oem can only be used once and ties itself to your mobo. So if you want to upgrade later to a new mobo or computer entirely you will have to purchase it again unless you can talk MS into moving it for you.

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