First time build, want opinions on draft

[NeptuneSpear]

So this is my first time building a PC and after some research and revision of my build draft I would like to hear some opinions on it. Open to any kind of suggestions for the build. Although I've done quite a bit of research, I'm still not sure about the compatibility of these components so would like clarification. The build is for gaming (Forza Horizon 3, Battlefield 1, etc) and some 3D animation work on a 1080p monitor as of now, might get a 1440p ultrawide some time later. I intend to overclock CPU and GPU. It is a white/black color scheme with x3 purple front fans. 

 

Build Draft:

CPU: 1151 Intel i5 7600k 3.8GHz              $276

GPU: ASUS Dual GTX 1060 OC 6gb         $282

MOBO: ASRock z270 Killer SLI                 $138

RAM: Corsair Vengeance LED 16gb          $148

CASE: Thermaltake View27 Mid-ATX         $85

SSD: Crucial m.2 275gb MX300                $102

PSU: Super Flower Leadex Gold 550w     $96

FAN: Corsair AF120 Purple x3                   $37

CPUCOOLER: ID Frostflow 120L               $62

Total                                                      $1226 (USD)

 

I intend to upgrade the graphics card somewhere down the line, maybe when the Nvidia Volta series when they come out, so for now I'll go with a 1060. I'm trying to use as future proof components as possible. I am happy with the specs, just want some opinions and compatibility clarification. Thanks.

[Master Disaster]

Should all be good but do you really need to pay the premium for LED RAM? Also Super Flower PSU? I'd try and swap that out for a decent Corsair, EVGA or Seasonic unit. You should never skimp out on your PSU.

[NeptuneSpear]

1 minute ago, Master Disaster said:

Should all be good but do you really need to pay the premium for LED RAM? Also Super Flower PSU? I'd try and swap that out for a decent Corsair, EVGA or Seasonic unit. You should never skimp out on your PSU.

I like to keep good aesthetics on the build and I feel like other DDR4 Ram is not that much cheaper so I feel like it would be cool to have them. Also I have read many threads and they say Super Flower produce PSUs for EVGA and have pretty good quality, is it not true? I was originally planning on corsair but after some reading some comparisons online it looked like Super Flower produce higher quality PSUs.

[Mrchooow]

5 minutes ago, Master Disaster said:

Should all be good but do you really need to pay the premium for LED RAM? Also Super Flower PSU? I'd try and swap that out for a decent Corsair, EVGA or Seasonic unit. You should never skimp out on your PSU.

agree, would rather go more ram, then led ram:p altho 16 is good enoug i think

Otherwise it seems good

[Rolling Potatoe]

Superflower makes good PSUs, nothing wrong with that.

Id go with sp fans instead of af fans though, youll need some static pressure with that case. Also the SP fans are more usefull if you want to use them as radiator fans etc later on.

[NeptuneSpear]

3 minutes ago, Rolling Potatoe said:

Superflower makes good PSUs, nothing wrong with that.

Id go with sp fans instead of af fans though, youll need some static pressure

with that case. Also the SP fans are more usefull if you want to use them as radiator fans etc later on.

What if I only use them for front case airflow? would SP fans be necessary?

[Princess Luna]

21 minutes ago, NeptuneSpear said:

3D animation work

Get an i7 7700 + b250 motherboard and use stock cooler, it will perform superiorly to the i5 7600k regardless the OC you apply on it while the Hyper-Threading is going to increase performance in animations programs, video editing programs, rendering times etc a lot compared to the i5... and even extra frames per second on games, it is a much better route.

 

Hyper-Threading also will give it greater life span lasting longer, you won't need a new CPU in at least 4 to  5 years.

 

Depending on your country prices too I would advise going with the RX 480 8gb because Free-Sync monitors are much cheaper and the RX 480 has been outperforming the GTX 1060 in DX12 titles which will become more common now-on.

[Rolling Potatoe]

3 minutes ago, NeptuneSpear said:

What if I only use them for front case airflow? would SP fans be necessary?

The front of your Case only has side Intakes, that is pretty restricted as far as airflow goes. Airflow fans are only slighty better than static pressure fans if the airflow is pretty unrestricted (at the back exhaust for example), but they can perform extremely poorly compared to static pressure fans if the airflow is restricted. Id definitely go with the Sp variant there.

[manikyath]

18 minutes ago, NeptuneSpear said:

I like to keep good aesthetics on the build

RGB ram is not how you keep good aesthetics, RGB ram is how you show you need to compensate for *other things*

[NeptuneSpear]

7 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

Get an i7 7700 + b250 motherboard and use stock cooler, it will perform superiorly to the i5 7600k regardless the OC you apply on it while the Hyper-Threading is going to increase performance in animations programs, video editing programs, rendering times etc a lot compared to the i5... and even extra frames per second on games, it is a much better route.

B250 mobos doesn't really have some features I'm looking for and doesn't look as good. Aside from aesthetics, both CPUs clock at 4.2GHz so is it really that much faster? If it is not a real significant increase I feel like I wouldn't opt for the i7 because it is almost $85 more for me and I'm pretty much at my budget limit.

10 minutes ago, Rolling Potatoe said:

The front of your Case only has side Intakes, that is pretty restricted as far as airflow goes. Airflow fans are only slighty better than static pressure fans if the airflow is pretty unrestricted (at the back exhaust for example), but they can perform extremely poorly compared to static pressure fans if the airflow is restricted. Id definitely go with the Sp variant there.

Ok, if I am able to find the ones that fit my build I will definitely change. Thanks

8 minutes ago, manikyath said:

RGB ram is not how you keep good aesthetics, RGB ram is how you show you need to compensate for *other things*

hahaha... maybe

[Freezanator]

31 minutes ago, Master Disaster said:

Should all be good but do you really need to pay the premium for LED RAM? Also Super Flower PSU? I'd try and swap that out for a decent Corsair, EVGA or Seasonic unit. You should never skimp out on your PSU.

What are you talking about? Super Flower's PSUs are one of the best Tier 1s in the market.

[manikyath]

5 minutes ago, NeptuneSpear said:

hahaha... maybe

to use a quote of what i said in a discord chat this morning:

Quote

there's tasteful

then there's eyecatching

then.. theres this...

 

[Ezio Auditore]

Wait for Ryzen, I guess.

[NeptuneSpear]

1 minute ago, Ezio Auditore said:

Wait for Ryzen, I guess.

I heard Ryzen would be a Skylake tier processor? Do you think there would be a significant upgrade in terms of performance to price? I have looked into this for a bit and feel like it is just being overhyped like some other hardware releases. And if wait, about how long would it take? Sorry, I'm not too informed in this subject.

[Princess Luna]

14 minutes ago, NeptuneSpear said:

Aside from aesthetics, both CPUs clock at 4.2GHz so is it really that much faster? If it is not a real significant increase I feel like I wouldn't opt for the i7 because it is almost $85 more for me and I'm pretty much at my budget limit.

The fact you will cheap up on motherboard and only stock cooler makes the price gap smaller and yes, core clock speeds are important but not the only thing that matters, like I stated HT will gain you remarkable boost in performance on these applications that parallel well, otherwise i7 would be ´useless´ .

 

There are good looking b250´s mobos too I am not sure what features that it lacks that you are looking for though...

here is an example why HT is so good, even the overclocked 6600k reaching 4.6ghz the lower core clock speed locked i7 6700 still outperforms it on games.

[Ezio Auditore]

5 minutes ago, NeptuneSpear said:

I heard Ryzen would be a Skylake tier processor? Do you think there would be a significant upgrade in terms of performance to price? I have looked into this for a bit and feel like it is just being overhyped like some other hardware releases. And if wait, about how long would it take? Sorry, I'm not too informed in this subject.

I beleive Ryzen is coming in Q1 so this or the next month and Ryzen is somewhat a skylake tier cpu but how much is the difference between skylake and kabylake than a '+' sign. Also Ryzen's price to perf is pretty good(rumoured).

[NeptuneSpear]

15 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

 

here is an example why HT is so good, even the overclocked 6600k reaching 4.6ghz the lower core clock speed locked i7 6700 still outperforms it on games.

It looks like the GPU is bottlenecking so not much of an accurate comparison. I will take your your word for it and look further into this as I will be changing multiple components, might take some time. Thanks

14 minutes ago, Ezio Auditore said:

I beleive Ryzen is coming in Q1 so this or the next month and Ryzen is somewhat a skylake tier cpu but how much is the difference between skylake and kabylake than a '+' sign. Also Ryzen's price to perf is pretty good(rumoured).

Seems interesting, do you think there is any chance of Intel dropping prices to compete the Ryzen processors? As I'm not in too much of a hurry I think I might as well atleast wait till they come out before I start buying.

[Ezio Auditore]

26 minutes ago, NeptuneSpear said:

It looks like the GPU is bottlenecking so not much of an accurate comparison. I will take your your word for it and look further into this as I will be changing multiple components, might take some time. Thanks

Seems interesting, do you think there is any chance of Intel dropping prices to compete the Ryzen processors? As I'm not in too much of a hurry I think I might as well atleast wait till they come out before I start buying.

There could be price drops if Ryzen turns out to be brilliant in price to perf. Now-a-days games are not that cpu intensive so it won't matter much buying intel right now unless you do other 'stuff'. So now I feel it is not the battle for performance you are looking for but how hard it is on your pocket. If you don't mind the possibility of wasting a few bucks, go ahead but if you want the best value for your money you should probably wait.

[Guest]

2 hours ago, Master Disaster said:

 Also Super Flower PSU? I'd try and swap that out for a decent Corsair, EVGA or Seasonic unit. You should never skimp out on your PSU.

SuperFlower Leadex = EVGA G2 Supernova. SuperFlower make both of the units, along with other EVGA ones.

[Guest]

2 hours ago, NeptuneSpear said:

I like to keep good aesthetics on the build and I feel like other DDR4 Ram is not that much cheaper so I feel like it would be cool to have them. Also I have read many threads and they say Super Flower produce PSUs for EVGA and have pretty good quality, is it not true? I was originally planning on corsair but after some reading some comparisons online it looked like Super Flower produce higher quality PSUs.

SuperFlower are a quality oem. Where Country are you located in ? as SuperFlower are only available in UK/Europe and your prices are in $$$.

[NeptuneSpear]

7 minutes ago, lee32uk said:

SuperFlower are a quality oem. Where Country are you located in ? as SuperFlower are only available in UK/Europe and your prices are in $$$.

As of now I am in Thailand, but since I usually live in the US, I used US currency.

[Master Disaster]

8 hours ago, NeptuneSpear said:

I like to keep good aesthetics on the build and I feel like other DDR4 Ram is not that much cheaper so I feel like it would be cool to have them. Also I have read many threads and they say Super Flower produce PSUs for EVGA and have pretty good quality, is it not true? I was originally planning on corsair but after some reading some comparisons online it looked like Super Flower produce higher quality PSUs.

Hey, if that's true about the PSU then that's cool, I've personally never heard off them but that likely just ignorance on my part