Building 1st Gaming PC

[Drake10114]

Hello, I'm going to be building my first PC sometime in May (I'm an accountant, and going to be busy as hell until the end of April). I've decided on majority of the parts, but feedback is always appreciated on the parts that I've assembled. I haven't purchased anything, except a free 1TB SSD I got through work that is brand new.

 

i live in Canada, and am aiming at keeping it around the $1,800 to $2,000 mark (lower is always nicer of course).

Edit: Reason for building the PC is to replace my older Laptop (2011 parts) that I've used for gaming, but due to age and use at school it's not in the best of shape and is slowing down. So figure'd I'd replace it as my main PC, sooner rather than later.

 

CPU: i5 - 7600k 3.8GHz

CPU Cooler: CM Hyper 212X

MOBO: MSI Z270 Gaming Pro Carbon

RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 - 2133

SSD (Boot Drive): Samsung 850 EVO 1TB - Already own

HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB, 7200rpm

GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 8GB G1 Gaming

Case: NZXT Phantom 530 (Black) - Full Tower

PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold, Fully Modular

Optical Drive: LG WH14NS40 Blu-ray/DVD/CD Writer

 

and of course Windows 10 Home - 64Bit

 

Reasoning for the unlocked CPU and MOBO, is that at the time of the build (and now) I'll probably leave it at stock speeds, but over the summer (when I have more free time), I'll try my first attempts at overclocking the CPU slightly (nothing overkill, due to the cooler).

Reasoning for the Full Tower case is, I want room in the case for airflow, and also to have a optical drive (for some older games)

Reasoning for optical drive is, to play/install some older games, and you never know when you'll need 1.

 

Questions:

1. Is there any parts you can recommend that won't destroy my wallet and also improve the build greater than a small amount.

2. Should I get a good wi-fi card, incase I need it, such as when all the ethernet ports on the router are populated? or can I purchase it a later date?

 

For assembling, I got some friends who have built PC's recently that are helping me out in exchange for some beers.

 

[Guest]

1. Get a little better cooler

2. Do you plan on putting SLI? 650w for SLI is fine but 550w would be better if no SLI and save money

3. Why a BluRay drive?

[m0k]

build looks good. 

BUILD IT

 

for internet i would always suggest getting a 100ft ethernet cable and some cable clips and just run it across your house lol. thats what i did. wire is out of sight so no issues for me

[Tenadisic]

Gigabyte has a WIFI card for around 30 bucks that works really well. It also has bluetooth.

I think its called the gigabyte gc-wb867d-i

[Energycore]

I would change the Hyper 212X to a much better CPU cooler like the Cryorig H5

[Guest]

If you run out of ports on your Router then a Network Switch is a cheap way to add more ports.

[Ryth_cs]

I would look into an AIO cooler as it looks significantly nicer compared to the 212X

[Drake10114]

9 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

1. Get a little better cooler

2. Do you plan on putting SLI? 650w for SLI is fine but 550w would be better if no SLI and save money

3. Why a BluRay drive?

1. Which cooler would you recommend by chance?

2. Not currently, but having that option down the road would be nice. Also hoping to run LED strip lighting through it. Gives me the room to expand basically.

3. To burn stuff onto Blu-ray discs, such as my hot mixtape 2k17. Jk of course, but in all seriousness, incase I need to burn stuff onto blu-ray rw's, and/or install from blu-ray discs.

[lukart]

7 minutes ago, Drake10114 said:

Hello, I'm going to be building my first PC sometime in May (I'm an accountant, and going to be busy as hell until the end of April). I've decided on majority of the parts, but feedback is always appreciated on the parts that I've assembled. I haven't purchased anything, except a free 1TB SSD I got through work that is brand new.

 

i live in Canada, and am aiming at keeping it around the $1,800 to $2,000 mark (lower is always nicer of course).

Edit: Reason for building the PC is to replace my older Laptop (2011 parts) that I've used for gaming, but due to age and use at school it's not in the best of shape and is slowing down. So figure'd I'd replace it as my main PC, sooner rather than later.

 

CPU: i5 - 7600k 3.8GHz

CPU Cooler: CM Hyper 212X

MOBO: MSI Z270 Gaming Pro Carbon

RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 - 2133

SSD (Boot Drive): Samsung 850 EVO 1TB - Already own

HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB, 7200rpm

GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 8GB G1 Gaming

Case: NZXT Phantom 530 (Black) - Full Tower

PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold, Fully Modular

Optical Drive: LG WH14NS40 Blu-ray/DVD/CD Writer

 

and of course Windows 10 Home - 64Bit

 

Reasoning for the unlocked CPU and MOBO, is that at the time of the build (and now) I'll probably leave it at stock speeds, but over the summer (when I have more free time), I'll try my first attempts at overclocking the CPU slightly (nothing overkill, due to the cooler).

Reasoning for the Full Tower case is, I want room in the case for airflow, and also to have a optical drive (for some older games)

Reasoning for optical drive is, to play/install some older games, and you never know when you'll need 1.

 

Questions:

1. Is there any parts you can recommend that won't destroy my wallet and also improve the build greater than a small amount.

2. Should I get a good wi-fi card, incase I need it, such as when all the ethernet ports on the router are populated? or can I purchase it a later date?

 

For assembling, I got some friends who have built PC's recently that are helping me out in exchange for some beers.

 

 

 

I would rather opt for the Asrock Z270 Fatal1ty, thats what you want to get if you want to overclock.

The mobo has plenty of features and 12 power phases, not to mention Asrock are my first choice if I build a rig that I plan to overclock.

Solid stuff...

[Energycore]

6 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

2. Do you plan on putting SLI? 650w for SLI is fine but 550w would be better if no SLI and save money

SLI 1060s is impossible

 

Edit: Multitasking fail D=

[Drake10114]

10 minutes ago, Energycore said:

I would change the Hyper 212X to a much better CPU cooler like the Cryorig H5

Looked into the Cryorig H7 (saw it mentioned a ton and actual has good performance and not a massive tower cooler, but for some reason it's not available in Canada, unless I ship it and pay a ton of money (almost the price of the cooler).

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Energycore said:

SLI 1060s is impossible

That's why there is a 1070 there instead. Wrong page my friend

[Energycore]

1 minute ago, Drake10114 said:

Looked into the Cryorig H7 (saw it mentioned a ton and actual has good performance and not a massive tower cooler, but for some reason it's not available in Canada, unless I ship it and pay a ton of money (almost the price of the cooler).

In canada there's the Deepcool Gammaxx 400 for cheap. Better than the H7 too.

[Drake10114]

9 minutes ago, Energycore said:

SLI 1060s is impossible

GPU is a 1070 though =p

[Drake10114]

9 minutes ago, Energycore said:

In canada there's the Deepcool Gammaxx 400 for cheap. Better than the H7 too.

Thanks I'll look into it

[Energycore]

1 minute ago, deXxterlab97 said:

That's why there is a 1070 there instead. Wrong page my friend

RIP me

[Drake10114]

12 minutes ago, lee32uk said:

If you run out of ports on your Router then a Network Switch is a cheap way to add more ports.

Wouldn't that lower speed for the devices currently connected?

[Drake10114]

15 minutes ago, mok said:

build looks good. 

BUILD IT

 

for internet i would always suggest getting a 100ft ethernet cable and some cable clips and just run it across your house lol. thats what i did. wire is out of sight so no issues for me

Would only need a 50ft cable, due to the space from the router to the room, but I understand the idea. This year I finally hardwired my ps4, and saw a massive improvement.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Drake10114 said:

Wouldn't that lower speed for the devices currently connected?

No it won't affect your internet speeds.

[Drake10114]

9 minutes ago, lee32uk said:

No it won't affect your internet speeds.

Hmm... will definitely look into that. Our hotub's sensors take up I think 3-4 ports on the router... which kind of sucks..

[Guest]

How about something like this?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-7600K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($314.95 @ Vuugo)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U9S 46.4 CFM CPU Cooler  ($69.75 @ Vuugo)
Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-P ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($171.95 @ Vuugo)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($109.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($89.98 @ DirectCanada)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1080 8GB AMP! Edition Video Card  ($774.99 @ NCIX)
Case: NZXT Phantom 530 (White) ATX Full Tower Case  ($148.50 @ Vuugo)
Power Supply: EVGA 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Optical Drive: LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer  ($59.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($118.98 @ DirectCanada)
Total: $1959.07
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-26 11:42 EST-0500

[Drake10114]

10 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

How about something like this?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-7600K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($314.95 @ Vuugo)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U9S 46.4 CFM CPU Cooler  ($69.75 @ Vuugo)
Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-P ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($171.95 @ Vuugo)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($109.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($89.98 @ DirectCanada)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1080 8GB AMP! Edition Video Card  ($774.99 @ NCIX)
Case: NZXT Phantom 530 (White) ATX Full Tower Case  ($148.50 @ Vuugo)
Power Supply: EVGA 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Optical Drive: LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer  ($59.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($118.98 @ DirectCanada)
Total: $1959.07
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-26 11:42 EST-0500

Interesting, but I think I'll stick w/ a 1070, since I don't think I'll need the full potential of a 1080, not planning on running a 4k monitor at high frame rates, more looking at 1080p dual monitors. Also I just trust Kingston over other brands for RAM.

Question though: Should I opt for the 2400 mhz DDR4 or the 2133 mhz DDR4? Is there a measurable speed difference between them, that justifies the price?

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Drake10114 said:

Interesting, but I think I'll stick w/ a 1070, since I don't think I'll need the full potential of a 1080, not planning on running a 4k monitor at high frame rates, more looking at 1080p dual monitors. Also I just trust Kingston over other brands for RAM.

Question though: Should I opt for the 2400 mhz DDR4 or the 2133 mhz DDR4? Is there a measurable speed difference between them, that justifies the price?

No, you can get the cheapest one.

[Drake10114]

9 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

No, you can get the cheapest one.

So why do people opt for the 2400 over the 2133 if there isn't a large difference?

[Energycore]

2 minutes ago, Drake10114 said:

Interesting, but I think I'll stick w/ a 1070, since I don't think I'll need the full potential of a 1080, not planning on running a 4k monitor at high frame rates, more looking at 1080p dual monitors. Also I just trust Kingston over other brands for RAM.

Question though: Should I opt for the 2400 mhz DDR4 or the 2133 mhz DDR4? Is there a measurable speed difference between them, that justifies the price?

G.Skill is one of the better RAM makers out there