$1200 New Gaming Build

[TheCrayonMan529]

My current computer is 6 years old and has many miles both in terms of usage and travel. Let me know if I need to change anything or if this is fine. The price includes combo deals I found. Thanks!

Approximate Purchase Date: Anytime this week

Budget Range: $1200 - $1250 Before Rebates

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, internet browsing, light FL Studio mixing

Are you buying a monitor: No

Do you need to buy OS: Yes (Budget is based on hardware only)

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg.com

Overclocking: Yes

SLI: No

Monitor: 1920x1080 (Eventually upgrade to 4k in the future)

Additional Comments: Will Newegg have any back to school deals? If so, should I wait till then?

CPU: Intel Core i5-7600K

GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SC GAMING

Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING M3 or MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON

Memory: CORSAIR Vengeance LPX 8GB DDR4 2400

PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 650W G3

SSD: Mushkin Enhanced Reactor 2.5" 500GB

Case: Rosewill CULLINAN-WHITE ATX Mid Tower Gaming Case

CPU Cooler: CORSAIR Hydro Series H105

Overall Price with Combo Deals: $1,200.92 with MSI M3 MOBO and $1,220.93 with MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON

Besides price and RGB, is there a big difference between the motherboards?

 

[elbert]

Here is another option. The stock cooler on the Ryzen should overclock to 3.7~3.8Ghz. The 1070 will blow away the 1060 and the crucial SSD is one of the most reliable. A 16GB kit of faster RAM is better for some games. The R5 1600 is as powerful as a 6800K in none gaming so it should do way better in light FL Studio mixing.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($215.98 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($83.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($134.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial - MX300 275GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Dual Series Video Card ($439.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Raidmax - ATX-502WBG ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($46.89 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($102.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $1204.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-07-29 18:07 EDT-0400

 

[Compuser10165]

Now it is not the best time to buy a new gpu because of the price hikes. I suggest you to wait untill gtx 1070 prices (or wait for the new Vega GPUs) are near or below levels (I just added a gtx 1070 for a price estimate)- gtx 1070s will go on sale for sure after Vega GPU launch after 30th July (and are available to buy).
I suggest going for Ryzen (i5 are o longer worth it after Ryzen). If you have extra money get the R7 1700 CPU. All Ryzen CPUs are unlocked.

The build I've chosen does not require a CPU cooler as the one included is pretty decent. If you want an aftermarket one, go with good air coolers (like the beQuiet Dark Rock Pro 3- great cooler I have it myself), not AIOs as those are noisy (compared with a CPU air cooler) and don't really perform any better compared with a good air cooler. I suggested a different case than the one you provided so you can choose. I also added imo the ideal storage for the build. Alternatively, you can go with a geqular 2TB/1TB hdd instead of the SSHD (I have the same myself together with a WD10EZEX). You can get a cheaper B350 motherboard if you don't need the extra SATA etc. of the X370 chipset.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($197.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - Fatal1ty X370 Gaming K4 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($134.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($139.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($104.64 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($66.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB G1 Gaming Video Card ($454.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Phanteks - Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($81.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $1281.34
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-07-29 18:11 EDT-0400

Mobos with the same chipset are very close to each other in terms of features but differ in terms of integrated audio, SATA ports sometimes, number of M2 slots, CPU VRM (more phases is meant for OCing but that does not mean a mobo with fewer power phases can't OC well)

 

[salerhino]

Yeah, you can overclock on "Z" chipset.
Also you already picked "k" processor-CPU so you can overclock.

 

[TheCrayonMan529]

Now it is not the best time to buy a new gpu because of the price hikes. I suggest you to wait untill gtx 1070 prices (or wait for the new Vega GPUs) are near or below levels (I just added a gtx 1070 for a price estimate)- gtx 1070s will go on sale for sure after Vega GPU launch after 30th July (and are available to buy).
I suggest going for Ryzen (i5 are o longer worth it after Ryzen). If you have extra money get the R7 1700 CPU. All Ryzen CPUs are unlocked.

The build I've chosen does not require a CPU cooler as the one included is pretty decent. If you want an aftermarket one, go with good air coolers (like the beQuiet Dark Rock Pro 3- great cooler I have it myself), not AIOs as those are noisy (compared with a CPU air cooler) and don't really perform any better compared with a good air cooler. I suggested a different case than the one you provided so you can choose. I also added imo the ideal storage for the build. Alternatively, you can go with a geqular 2TB/1TB hdd instead of the SSHD (I have the same myself together with a WD10EZEX). You can get a cheaper B350 motherboard if you don't need the extra SATA etc. of the X370 chipset.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($197.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - Fatal1ty X370 Gaming K4 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($134.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($139.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($104.64 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($66.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB G1 Gaming Video Card ($454.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Phanteks - Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($81.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $1281.34
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-07-29 18:11 EDT-0400

Mobos with the same chipset are very close to each other in terms of features but differ in terms of integrated audio, SATA ports sometimes, number of M2 slots, CPU VRM (more phases is meant for OCing but that does not mean a mobo with fewer power phases can't OC well)

Id rather keep mine more original to my choices and desires tbh. New GPU's come out in August?

 

[Compuser10165]

Now it is not the best time to buy a new gpu because of the price hikes. I suggest you to wait untill gtx 1070 prices (or wait for the new Vega GPUs) are near or below levels (I just added a gtx 1070 for a price estimate)- gtx 1070s will go on sale for sure after Vega GPU launch after 30th July (and are available to buy).
I suggest going for Ryzen (i5 are o longer worth it after Ryzen). If you have extra money get the R7 1700 CPU. All Ryzen CPUs are unlocked.

The build I've chosen does not require a CPU cooler as the one included is pretty decent. If you want an aftermarket one, go with good air coolers (like the beQuiet Dark Rock Pro 3- great cooler I have it myself), not AIOs as those are noisy (compared with a CPU air cooler) and don't really perform any better compared with a good air cooler. I suggested a different case than the one you provided so you can choose. I also added imo the ideal storage for the build. Alternatively, you can go with a geqular 2TB/1TB hdd instead of the SSHD (I have the same myself together with a WD10EZEX). You can get a cheaper B350 motherboard if you don't need the extra SATA etc. of the X370 chipset.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($197.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - Fatal1ty X370 Gaming K4 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($134.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($139.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($104.64 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($66.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB G1 Gaming Video Card ($454.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Phanteks - Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($81.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $1281.34
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-07-29 18:11 EDT-0400

Mobos with the same chipset are very close to each other in terms of features but differ in terms of integrated audio, SATA ports sometimes, number of M2 slots, CPU VRM (more phases is meant for OCing but that does not mean a mobo with fewer power phases can't OC well)

Id rather keep mine more original to my choices and desires tbh. New GPU's come out in August?

Yes, in August they will be available, launch is today (30th July). Still, I only recommend you an intel system right now only if you are getting an i7. When 8th gen cpus launch this autumn it may be a different story. So, in conclusion, not ideal timing to build a system.