1600$ (Kinda) Gaming Rig 2016

[PcMasterPy]

CM K280 (Black) :Case:

EVGA 750W PSU:

CM 200 :Cooler:

2Tb HDD Wd Samsung Evo 850 120Gb :Storage:

HyperX Fury 16gb ddr4 2666Mhz :Ram:


Intel i5 6500 :CPU:

Msi B150 Dr4 Lga1151:Motherboard:

GigaByte Gtx 970 G1 WindForce 4gb :GPU:

Corsair H100i High Performance :CPU Cooler:

Etc...

Adesso Multitouch Illiuminated :Keyboard:

Talon Blue :Mouse:

 

[Gingerbread]

If you are asking for opinions, first change the kingston storage with samsung evo 850. Second either get an i5-4690k, or drop the z97 motherboard and liquid cooler. If you are going to use a locked cpu like the 4460 then you don't need an aftermarket cooler. Best option alltogether would be going for an i5-6600k with z170 motherboard and ddr4 ram. Also for gtx 970 just get a higher quality PSU with lower wattage, something like the evga supernova gs 550W.

 

[g-unit1111]

On $1600 there's no reason to go Haswell anymore, since it's kind of a dead end with Sky Lake ramping up production. I would try something like this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($256.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H5 Universal 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($46.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Extreme6+ ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($191.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($87.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($45.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card ($638.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($64.99 @ Directron)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1523.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-21 01:08 EST-0500

 

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