New building PC

[kingston178]

Hi guys, i'm new in PC building, this pc is going to be mainly for gaming League of Legends, Overwatch, RB6, and some other games such as BF V or Tomb Raider. I already bought the cpu and motherboard ( was on sale at best buy store). After looking up more deeply on the internet, i realised i shouldve bought maybe the B360 gaming artic instead of the H310? Is it really something bad for my build or it will do just fine? Obviously i'm not gonna overclock my cpu since i bought the i5-8600 and not the 8600k, whats the big difference? And for the GPU i still don't know where i'm gonna go, since i'm gonna wait for black friday deals. Any suggestions for this build? I really like my total price in that range, thank you guys much appreciated for your feedbacks!

 

 

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8600 3.1GHz 6-Core Processor   
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ) 
Motherboard: MSI - H310M GAMING ARCTIC Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  
Memory: Team - T-Force Delta RGB 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive   
Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Strix Video Card  / Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 580 8GB/ ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 Mini
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox Q300P MicroATX Mini Tower Case   
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  
Total: $1184.07

[Altruist]

15 minutes ago, kingston178 said:

Hi guys, i'm new in building PC, this pc is going to be mainly for gaming League of Legends, Overwatch, RB6, and some other games such as BF V or Tomb Raider. I already bought the cpu and motherboard ( was on sale at best buy store). After looking up more deeply on the internet, i realised i shouldve bought maybe the B360 gaming artic instead of the H310? Is it really somoething bad for my build or it will do just fine? Obviously i'm not gonna overclock my cpu since i bought the i5-8600 and not the 8600k, whats the big difference? And for the GPU i still don't know where i'm gonna go, since i'm gonna wait for black friday deals. Any suggestions for this build? I really like my total price in that range, thank you guys much appreciated for your feedbacks!

 

 

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8600 3.1GHz 6-Core Processor   
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ) 
Motherboard: MSI - H310M GAMING ARCTIC Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  
Memory: Team - T-Force Delta RGB 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive   
Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Strix Video Card  / Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 580 8GB/ ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 Mini
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox Q300P MicroATX Mini Tower Case   
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  
Total: $1184.07

Why not 8400 much cheaper

[Brooksie359]

H310 motherboards are budget motherboards and often times have underpowered vrms. I have no idea how hard an i5 8500 is on a vrm but there are situations where even at stock cpus can be limited by the vrm on a budget motherboard or even limit the life of the motherboard itself. For limiting the life of the motherboard it has to do with the capacitors on the vrm. Having a power hungry cpu can work the vrm hard and the less phases and capacitors there are the more power there is going through them causing them to heat up. Capacitors life are dependant on thermals and what they are rated for. If you have a board with not that many phases and capacitors and they are also rated for lower heat and hours then running a power hungry cpu will heat then up past what they are rated for and cause them to fail sooner meaning a dead motherboard. Now this is just a situation that can happen not saying it's necessary the case here but there is a reason behind why people suggest getting more expensive motherboards for more powerful cpus. 

[brob]

Putting the build into pcpartpicker.com makes it easier to manage and play what if games.

 

The H310 chipset is meant for very inexpensive motherboards. It's not a great choice for you, but you should be fine. If you have not bought the memory, see if you can afford a 2x8GB DDR4-2666 kit.

 

Other than the motherboard the build looks pretty decent.

 

The difference between the i5-8600 and i5-8600K are the laters ability to overclock and its slightly higher turbo clocks.

 

[kingston178]

11 minutes ago, Altruist said:

Why not 8400 much cheaper

The 8600 was only 15$ higher. Was on sale.

[kingston178]

6 minutes ago, brob said:

Putting the build into pcpartpicker.com makes it easier to manage and play what if games.

 

The H310 chipset is meant for very inexpensive motherboards. It's not a great choice for you, but you should be fine. If you have not bought the memory, see if you can afford a 2x8GB DDR4-2666 kit.

 

Other than the motherboard the build looks pretty decent.

 

The difference between the i5-8600 and i5-8600K are the laters ability to overclock and its slightly higher turbo clocks.

 

Yeah i did not buy the memory yet, i wasnt sure since there was a 100$ difference between 2x8 and 2x4, i might wanna put that 100$ in a b360 motherboard instead of the h310.

[kingston178]

9 minutes ago, Brooksie359 said:

H310 motherboards are budget motherboards and often times have underpowered vrms. I have no idea how hard an i5 8500 is on a vrm but there are situations where even at stock cpus can be limited by the vrm on a budget motherboard or even limit the life of the motherboard itself. For limiting the life of the motherboard it has to do with the capacitors on the vrm. Having a power hungry cpu can work the vrm hard and the less phases and capacitors there are the more power there is going through them causing them to heat up. Capacitors life are dependant on thermals and what they are rated for. If you have a board with not that many phases and capacitors and they are also rated for lower heat and hours then running a power hungry cpu will heat then up past what they are rated for and cause them to fail sooner meaning a dead motherboard. Now this is just a situation that can happen not saying it's necessary the case here but there is a reason behind why people suggest getting more expensive motherboards for more powerful cpus. 

Thank you i got the answer i wanted, im probably gonna go with the b360 

[brob]

1 minute ago, kingston178 said:

Yeah i did not buy the memory yet, i wasnt sure since there was a 100$ difference between 2x8 and 2x4, i might wanna put that 100$ in a b360 motherboard instead of the h310.

 

I only make the suggestion because the H310 motherboard only has two memory slots. Since you've already bought the motherboard, it seems a waste to discard it. But if you do in favor of an H370 or B360 motherboard, get one with four memory slots and stick with a 2x4GB memory kit.

[kingston178]

Just now, brob said:

 

I only make the suggestion because the H310 motherboard only has two memory slots. Since you've already bought the motherboard, it seems a waste to discard it. But if you do in favor of an H370 or B360 motherboard, get one with four memory slots and stick with a 2x4GB memory kit.

Yeah, since the motheboard was on sale i only paid 60$ for it. i really bought it impulsively  since it was on sale. Searching the web i was like damn maybe i shouldnt bought that lol.

[brob]

I'd keep the motherboard. 

[kingston178]

Just now, brob said:

I'd keep the motherboard. 

Oh really? that really was my concern, you say i will have no problem with that particular motherboard?