Budget Skylake build comparison.

Vignesh JS

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I got two builds here:
1.
ANTEC MID TOWER CABINET (ATX ) - VSK 4000B
ASUS GRAPHICS CARD GTX 970 4GB DDR5 DC II OC STRIX EDITION
KINGSTON RAM HYPERX FURY 8GB DDR4 2133FSB HX421C14FB/8
SAMSUNG MONITOR 23.6'' LED S24E310HL/XL
MSI MOTHERBOARD B150M PRO-VDH (LGA 1151/2133MHZ MEMORY)
INTEL PROCESSOR CORE i5 6500 (6M Cache, up to 3.60 GHz)
CORSAIR SMPS CX430
WD HARD DISK 1TB SATA BLUE WD10EZEX
ASUS DVD RW 24X GREEN

2.
ANTEC MID TOWER CABINET (ATX ) - VSK 4000B
MSI GRAPHICS CARD PASCAL SERIES - GTX 1060 GAMING X 6GB GDDR5
KINGSTON RAM HYPERX FURY 8GB DDR4 2133FSB HX421C14FB/8
SAMSUNG MONITOR 23.6'' LED S24E310HL/XL
MSI MOTHERBOARD B150M PRO-VDH (LGA 1151/2133MHZ MEMORY)
INTEL PROCESSOR CORE i3-6100 (3M Cache, up to 3.70 GHz)
CORSAIR SMPS CX430
WD HARD DISK 1TB SATA BLUE WD10EZEX
ASUS DVD RW 24X GREEN

I heard that the i3 1060 won't bottleneck. And the price of both the builds are almost the same. Which is the best ? Put forward suggestion on anything. The games I expect to play on this are GTA 5, upcoming Watch_Dogs 2, Ghost Recon WL, BF1, COD IW, all those upcoming AAA titles etc. Cheers!


 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (₹9694.00 @ Amazon India)
Total: ₹9694.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-14 19:08 IST+0530

this is the cheapest acceptable unit pcpartpicker finds in India, it's the updated CXM series that offers okay performance and good safety protocols

if you can afford it, this is a premium quality unit:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (₹10339.00 @ Amazon India)...

Vignesh JS

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Well in that case, could you suggest me a best budget 450~550W PS, which is available in India (like from popular manufacturers)
 
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (₹9694.00 @ Amazon India)
Total: ₹9694.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-14 19:08 IST+0530

this is the cheapest acceptable unit pcpartpicker finds in India, it's the updated CXM series that offers okay performance and good safety protocols

if you can afford it, this is a premium quality unit:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (₹10339.00 @ Amazon India)
Total: ₹10339.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-14 19:10 IST+0530


pcpartpicker doesn't know any shops that sell Seasonic or XFX units in India

basically a Seasonic S12 / S12II with 420W or a XFX Core Edition / XFX TS with 450W are usually cheap units with supreme quality for their price tag. if you can find one of those in India, they should be cheaper than the EVGA linked above.
you can get these units in Europe for around 55$
 
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