First PC Build

[Shadowhunter]

So I made a thing. Is it good? Tell me what I can improve on. Should I wait for zen or get kaby lake? Also couldn't find many cheap motherboards for kaby lake, why is that? Do I need a wireless network adapter?

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/dGtvNN

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

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($188.49 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI H110M Gaming Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($69.69 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($56.88 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($46.28 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 480 4GB GAMING X Video Card  ($214.99 @ B&H) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($62.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($42.44 @ OutletPC) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter  ($35.49 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $717.25
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
 

 

[gtx1060=value]

what is your max budget?

[Guest]

Get S340 Black/Red

Get a different PSU

Get an SSD. Also the only thing red in that motherboard are slots. They will later gets fillled up by RAM stick and GPU so no point in getting those, just find a cheap black mothreboard

[Brooksie359]

3 minutes ago, Shadowhunter said:

So I made a thing. Is it good? Tell me what I can improve on. Should I wait for zen or get kaby lake? Also couldn't find many cheap motherboards for kaby lake, why is that? Do I need a wireless network adapter?

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/dGtvNN

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

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($188.49 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI H110M Gaming Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($69.69 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($56.88 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($46.28 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 480 4GB GAMING X Video Card  ($214.99 @ B&H) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($62.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($42.44 @ OutletPC) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter  ($35.49 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $717.25
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
 

 

Most of your build looks pretty solid. I'd suggest getting an ssd boot drive if you can but if you can't it's not the end of the world. I would however highly suggest getting a seasonic budget power supply over a budget evga power supply

[Streetguru]

9 minutes ago, Shadowhunter said:

 

Ya here, the G4560 will be fine for 60hz gaming, letting you put the money into a Z270 board which means you can get an i7 7700K, rather than being stuck with locked CPUs and an i5 which is a bit unnecessary for 60hz gaming now in most games

of course to take the i7 7700K to 5ghz you'd want a 240mm AIO with it
 

 

Otherwise wait for Ryzen, when were you going to build the PC?

8GB 480s have gotten pretty cheap, might as well spring for one

 

much better PSU here

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/WW6GVY
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/WW6GVY/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($75.00 @ B&H)
Motherboard: ASRock Z270 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($119.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($99.69 @ Jet)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.33 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 480 8GB ARMOR 8G OC Video Card  ($225.98 @ B&H)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT BF ATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($60.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $665.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-29 22:07 EST-0500

[Brooksie359]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/DVHP9W here is your same building with a power supply that has much better voltage control making it safer for the rest of your hardware.

[waterjug]

get a ssd for a boot drive

[Shadowhunter]

30 minutes ago, gtx1060=value said:

what is your max budget?

My max budget is 700 USD

[Shadowhunter]

26 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

Ya here, the G4560 will be fine for 60hz gaming, letting you put the money into a Z270 board which means you can get an i7 7700K, rather than being stuck with locked CPUs and an i5 which is a bit unnecessary for 60hz gaming now in most games

of course to take the i7 7700K to 5ghz you'd want a 240mm AIO with it
 

 

Otherwise wait for Ryzen, when were you going to build the PC?

8GB 480s have gotten pretty cheap, might as well spring for one

 

much better PSU here

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/WW6GVY
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/WW6GVY/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($75.00 @ B&H)
Motherboard: ASRock Z270 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($119.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($99.69 @ Jet)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.33 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 480 8GB ARMOR 8G OC Video Card  ($225.98 @ B&H)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT BF ATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($60.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $665.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-29 22:07 EST-0500

Will I still be able to play Overwatch at 1080p 60 fps? I was kinda trying to go for a red and black theme so thats why my motherboard, GPU and memory were red. I will purchase another stick of 8 gb memory on black friday but I will build this pc during April.

[stealth80]

3 minutes ago, Shadowhunter said:

Will I still be able to play Overwatch at 1080p 60 fps? I was kinda trying to go for a red and black theme so thats why my motherboard, GPU and memory were red. I will purchase another stick of 8 gb memory on black friday but I will build this pc during April.

Wait for Ryzen then

[Streetguru]

5 minutes ago, Shadowhunter said:

Will I still be able to play Overwatch at 1080p 60 fps? I was kinda trying to go for a red and black theme so thats why my motherboard, GPU and memory were red. I will purchase another stick of 8 gb memory on black friday but I will build this pc during April.

You have the money for 16gbs of fast memory now, just buy it to avoid issues

100fps here with the i3 6100 and a 1060
 

and the 480 gets 136fps here at ultra, settings above were epic, so you may hit a slight bottleneck, but it's not really going to matter at 100fps

[gtx1060=value]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-7500 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($198.69 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270P-D3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($110.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2800 Memory  ($50.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.60 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 470 8GB Gaming X Video Card  ($196.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Azza Cosmas ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($58.51 @ Jet) 
Total: $704.75
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-29 22:40 EST-0500

 

included z270 board for future upgrading

[Xandaaa]

try this

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ZnqCgL

please don't get a fucking pentium, that pentium will hate GTA V. and I'd really recommend waiting for ryzen.

this build will easily smash 1080p on AAA titles

[Shadowhunter]

30 minutes ago, Xandaaa said:

try this

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ZnqCgL

please don't get a fucking pentium, that pentium will hate GTA V. and I'd really recommend waiting for ryzen.

this build will easily smash 1080p on AAA titles

What about a i3 7100?

[Shadowhunter]

41 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

You have the money for 16gbs of fast memory now, just buy it to avoid issues

100fps here with the i3 6100 and a 1060
 

and the 480 gets 136fps here at ultra, settings above were epic, so you may hit a slight bottleneck, but it's not really going to matter at 100fps

Okay how about this build? https://pcpartpicker.com/list/98gvNN

[Xandaaa]

2 minutes ago, Shadowhunter said:

Okay how about this build? https://pcpartpicker.com/list/98gvNN

hmm I guess for 1080p thats a pretty good build. I would still go with https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ZnqCgL  just because of the 1060 but if you want kaby lake go for it. still recommend waiting for ryzen. that seems like such a popular thing to say

[Streetguru]

13 minutes ago, Shadowhunter said:

Okay how about this build? https://pcpartpicker.com/list/98gvNN

That i3 is only .4ghz faster than the G4560, if the G4560 isn't available and you're getting it right away, go for the G4600, otherwise if you're waiting a while, you should wait to see Ryzen, since AMD will most likely offer a true 4core CPU at a similar price to an i3, also all the Ryzen chips are unlocked meaning they can be OC'd, in addition if I remember right, you don't need the "Z270" equivalent chipset on AM4 to overclock, so you could end up with a mid range board that can handle a mild OC

the X370, B350(Mid range H270 equivalent), and X300(ITX board optimized I think) support overclocking
 

 

and if you're getting the 8GB card you're going to want the 480 for the extra performance

 

or try to find the XFX GTR, it's about the best 480, though jay may have gotten a pretty golden chip
 

 

[Streetguru]

2 minutes ago, Xandaaa said:

hmm I guess for 1080p thats a pretty good build. I would still go with https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ZnqCgL  just because of the 1060 but if you want kaby lake go for it. still recommend waiting for ryzen. that seems like such a popular thing to say

No one should buy the 3GB 1060, and the 480 already caught up in DX11, and scales better with DX12/Vulkan in well implemented games

the 480 just stomped in RE7 as well, dunno if driver improvements for nvidia have happened in that title, but VRAM seems pretty important in that game
 

 

[Shadowhunter]

7 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

No one should buy the 3GB 1060, and the 480 already caught up in DX11, and scales better with DX12/Vulkan in well implemented games

the 480 just stomped in RE7 as well, dunno if driver improvements for nvidia have happened in that title, but VRAM seems pretty important in that game
 

 

Alright I guess I'll wait to see what ryzen has to offer. Btw will I need to buy a CPU cooler if I oc?

 

[Xandaaa]

11 minutes ago, Shadowhunter said:

Alright I guess I'll wait to see what ryzen has to offer. Btw will I need to buy a CPU cooler if I oc?

 

yes get a cpu cooler

[Streetguru]

12 minutes ago, Shadowhunter said:

Alright I guess I'll wait to see what ryzen has to offer. Btw will I need to buy a CPU cooler if I oc?

 

If it's using the new or a newer wraith cooler, which it fucking better, you might be able to get something done

AM4 has a new mounting bracket, the big name heatsink makers like coolermaster have already promised free AM4 brackets in some cases, I'm waiting until it just comes in the box for something like the Master Liquid Pro 240

 

Also isn't waiting going to give you a bigger budget in the end?

If you find something like a case or hard drive/SSD on sale it's going to be a good idea to pick it up