Pet Project

[Sedgendary]

I have recently moved country from the UK to Germany and now that I am settled in I have decided that I want to make a PC to replace my ageing laptop which is slowly dying. Now as I have not built a system for a really long time, I mean we are talking when IDE cables and CD-ROM drives were state of the art, I figured that I should get some feedback before I actually buy the parts. This build will be done in stages with the first being just the basics with a budget of €800 - €1,000. As long as it doesn't cost too much I want to make sure it all looks good and matches with a red and black theme while also allowing freedom in upgrading in the future..

 

Initial build:

https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/Zs4kzM

First upgrade set:

https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/gkqfD8

[tlink]

you can ditch all of those coolers the stock intel fan is fine unless you want silence.

[gtx1060=value]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€209.82 @ Mindfactory) 
Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING M3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (€176.00 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (€126.92 @ Mindfactory) 
Storage: Sandisk X400 256GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  (€91.22 @ Mindfactory) 
Case: NZXT H440 (Matte Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  (€138.94 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Power Supply: BitFenix Whisper M 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (€92.83 @ Mindfactory) 
Total: €835.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-27 23:49 CET+0100

 

made some revisions, got a better looking mobo, i would add in any cpu cooler of your choice, the thermaltake one you chose performs worse than a stock cooler, just a simple cooler master 212 will do, the powersupply is actually tier one @STRMfrmXMN (please confirm, on ur list it said bitfenix whisper but i put in the whisper m)

[vorticalbox]

Honestly thought you were going to build something for your pet

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMNSvHswljM

[Sedgendary]

4 minutes ago, tlink said:

you can ditch all of those coolers the stock intel fan is fine unless you want silence.

Yeah as far as I can tell the CPU from the vendor doesn't come with the stock fan, can't find it anywhere in the listing.

 

17 minutes ago, gtx1060=value said:

made some revisions, got a better looking mobo, i would add in any cpu cooler of your choice, the thermaltake one you chose performs worse than a stock cooler, just a simple cooler master 212 will do, the powersupply is actually tier one

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I was wondering if I should go for a Z270 but couldn't find one I liked, that one looks good. Yeah I was aware that the thermaltake wasn't a good one but was interested in the tech.

[gtx1060=value]

On 1/27/2017 at 6:18 PM, Sedgendary said:

Yeah as far as I can tell the CPU from the vendor doesn't come with the stock fan, can't find it anywhere in the listing.

 

I was wondering if I should go for a Z270 but couldn't find one I liked, that one looks good. Yeah I was aware that the thermaltake wasn't a good one but was interested in the tech.

honestly, i would just put a i5 6400 in there until you can upgrade to z270 unless you have a big budget for that also