1st build noob questions

[Sperdoge]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/WzjkHN

 

Above is my 1st build that I am planning to complete during the month of January, but first I had some questions for more experienced builders, I wanted to know if the Noctua NH-D15 would interfere with the G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory as it is a large CPU cooler. I was also planning on waiting to buy a graphics card and I would like to play Skyrim, CIV V, and Space engineers on integrated graphics, how realistic would that be? I would appreciate it if you had any input on my build to point out flaws or possible improvements. Thanks for your time!

 

 

P.S. I am also planning on buying a hard drive later.

[3 Lions]

If you really can't afford an expensive GPU buy a GTX 1050Ti 4GB instead of using the intergrated graphics. 

[cummerou1]

So you are not planning on buying ANY GPU? That is very unrealistic and the rest of the build is WAY overkill for integrated graphics, GPU should ALWAYS cost more than the CPU.

[Sperdoge]

I will be buying a GPU later down the line.

[Moress]

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[cummerou1]

Also, as someone that owns a NH-D15, yes, it will. My second fan is above the ram so it sticks out 1 ½ inch compared to where it should be. That case is also very small for something as large as a NH-D15, ihttps://www.amazon.co.uk/quiet-BG002-Quiet-Silent-Tower/dp/B00PK419CO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1482167047&sr=8-2&keywords=silent+base+800 ) and i cannot even get my hand above the cooler. 

[dizmo]

You'll get around 40fps for both games on high. A little more if you bump down the settings.

You don't need to buy thermal paste, it's included with the cooler.

Your RAM. You don't mix red and orange (mobo colors).

Are you super attached to that case? Looks super plain. The S340 is only $1 more

If you don't plan on sleeving cables get a Seasonic G 550w PSU instead.

Don't bother adding more fans to the case, they're not needed.

Drop the fans and the WiFi card and buy a motherboard with integrated WiFi.

Are you just gaming? You likely don't need an NVMe drive. Get a larger capacity SATA. Also the 950 overheats.

 

How far "down the line" do you plan on getting the GPU?

 

Looks like a solid build, just needs some tweaks.

 

This should have been in the New Builds and Planning subforum. Please check for subforums in the future before posting something.

Welcome!!

 

12 minutes ago, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

If you really can't afford an expensive GPU buy a GTX 1050Ti 4GB instead of using the intergrated graphics. 

He said he was upgrading later.

11 minutes ago, cummerou1 said:

So you are not planning on buying ANY GPU? That is very unrealistic and the rest of the build is WAY overkill for integrated graphics, GPU should ALWAYS cost more than the CPU.

Believe it or not, HD530 is pretty strong. The games he's playing don't really require a ton of power, so he'd be more than capable of playing those and many other titles at a good clip.

No, a GPU shouldn't always cost more. There are loads of games that can be run on iGPUs. Dota, CS, Diablo, even the ones he listed. If someone just plays League? Shouldn't buy a GPU at all.

[cummerou1]

3 minutes ago, dizmo said:

You'll get around 40fps for both games on high. A little more if you bump down the settings.

You don't need to buy thermal paste, it's included with the cooler.

Your RAM. You don't mix red and orange (mobo colors).

Are you super attached to that case? Looks super plain. The S340 is only $1 more

If you don't plan on sleeving cables get a Seasonic G 550w PSU instead.

Don't bother adding more fans to the case, they're not needed.

Drop the fans and the WiFi card and buy a motherboard with integrated WiFi.

Are you just gaming? You likely don't need an NVMe drive. Get a larger capacity SATA. Also the 950 overheats.

 

How far "down the line" do you plan on getting the GPU?

 

Looks like a solid build, just needs some tweaks.

 

He said he was upgrading later.

Believe it or not, HD530 is pretty strong. The games he's playing don't really require a ton of power, so he'd be more than capable of playing those and many other titles at a good clip.

No, a GPU shouldn't always cost more. There are loads of games that can be run on iGPUs. Dota, CS, Diablo, even the ones he listed. If someone just plays League? Shouldn't buy a GPU at all.

 

Yeah okay if its league, skyrim, Civ V and space engineers are not league. And i doubt those are the only games he will be playing for the next 3 years, but since he says he will get one eventually its fine, if was never going to get one he might as well get an i3 6100 or something and spend the extra money on a GPU, that would give him more fps.

[Martinman2013]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/JvkKsJ
this would be my suggestion. No need for a i7 unless you will be rendering stuff, the H7 is a very good cooler and would allow for a fair bit of OCing. and your storage would be much better in my mind as i have it. also the 1060 is a good card for what all you would be doing

[Martinman2013]

8 minutes ago, Martinman2013 said:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/JvkKsJ
this would be my suggestion. No need for a i7 unless you will be rendering stuff, the H7 is a very good cooler and would allow for a fair bit of OCing. and your storage would be much better in my mind as i have it. also the 1060 is a good card for what all you would be doing

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/pf4QKZ small change. I agree red and orange ram mobo is just so bad XD. made it a white/black 

[Mello]

5 minutes ago, Martinman2013 said:

H7 is a very good cooler

I already like you for not putting 212 evo.

(btw the H7 already comes with thermal paste)

[Martinman2013]

8 minutes ago, Mello said:

I already like you for not putting 212 evo.

(btw the H7 already comes with thermal paste)

i was going to say a H60 but i think that would be a bit much for this. (i like AIOs over air coolers personally but there is a time and place)

[dizmo]

22 minutes ago, cummerou1 said:

Yeah okay if its league, skyrim, Civ V and space engineers are not league. And i doubt those are the only games he will be playing for the next 3 years, but since he says he will get one eventually its fine, if was never going to get one he might as well get an i3 6100 or something and spend the extra money on a GPU, that would give him more fps.

Right, but he is planning to get one. So your argument is pointless. Fact is his games are playable with HD graphics while he waits, which is what he asked.

21 minutes ago, Martinman2013 said:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/JvkKsJ
this would be my suggestion. No need for a i7 unless you will be rendering stuff, the H7 is a very good cooler and would allow for a fair bit of OCing. and your storage would be much better in my mind as i have it. also the 1060 is a good card for what all you would be doing

Actually there have been some pretty substantial gains shown with an i7 in gaming in DX12. So for the sake of longevity it makes sense.

 

 

Here's some food for thought.

Cheaper, a case that shows off your internals, and an SSD with double the capacity.

EDIT: I missed Windows, so it's only a little cheaper.

 

Do you have anything against smaller coolers? They're much cheaper, and it opens up cheaper case options.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($324.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($85.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI Z170A Tomahawk AC ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($141.99 @ Jet)
Memory: Avexir Core Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Plextor M8Pe 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($219.99 @ Jet)
Case: Corsair Carbide 400C ATX Mid Tower Case  ($77.59 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $995.53

[cummerou1]

9 minutes ago, dizmo said:

Right, but he is planning to get one. So your argument is pointless. Fact is his games are playable with HD graphics while he waits, which is what he asked.

Actually there have been some pretty substantial gains shown with an i7 in gaming in DX12. So for the sake of longevity it makes sense.

 

 

Here's some food for thought.

Cheaper, a case that shows off your internals, and an SSD with double the capacity.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($324.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($85.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI Z170A Tomahawk AC ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($141.99 @ Jet)
Memory: Avexir Core Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Plextor M8Pe 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($219.99 @ Jet)
Case: Corsair Carbide 400C ATX Mid Tower Case  ($77.59 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $995.53

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As an owner of a NH-D15, that case is laughable, combine that cooler with just a decent sized GPU and getting a hand inside that case would be impossible. My full tower silent base 800 is too small! That one is 10 cm smaller in length and height!

[dizmo]

1 minute ago, cummerou1 said:

As an owner of a NH-D15, that case is laughable, combine that cooler with just a decent sized GPU and getting a hand inside that case would be impossible. My full tower silent base 800 is too small! That one is 10 cm smaller in length and height!

You don't have to quote the whole post. If it's long, snip it for the sake of the space it takes up.

It's a large cooler. How often do you need to dig around in the case? Not often.

I had the D15 in an Antec P180, and it was perfectly fine. I'm sorry to hear you have so much trouble with yours.

[Mello]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Q9HtLD

[Sperdoge]

I took a bit from each of your posts and put this together.

 

Now to answer a few of your questions

I was planning on buying a GPU withing 3 months after the Vega chipsets come out, maybe a 1060 or rx480 depending on what I need.

I work in the purchasing division of a company which requires me to wait for 15 - 20 minutes processing excel files on my laptop and is one of the reasons that I would like to have a desktop to speed these processes up. (Gaming is just a side-hobby which is why I don't feel it is necessary to purchase a graphics card quite yet.

I went with the liquid cooler that was suggested because it was easier for me to know if it would fit than the previous NH-D15. Just worried about leaks which is why i would rather go with an air solution.

 

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

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($324.99 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: Deepcool CAPTAIN 240 EX 153.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($86.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste  ($7.49 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI Z170A Tomahawk AC ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($141.99 @ Jet) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Plextor M8Pe 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($219.99 @ Jet) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.78 @ OutletPC) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($66.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($74.88 @ OutletPC) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($25.93) 
Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 PWM 82.5 CFM  140mm Fan  ($19.99 @ Newegg) 
Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 PWM 82.5 CFM  140mm Fan  ($19.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1119.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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