Building a Gaming PC

[Daxter730]

Hi Everyone,

I'm hoping I can get some insight and expertise on building a new Gaming PC
I'm not that knowledgeable about components and its difficult for me to understand what is the major difference between certain motherboards of the same brand. e.g.

Gigabyte Z170X-Gaming 6 Intel Z170 S1151/4xDDR4/3xPCIEx16/HDMI/DP/USB3.1 Type-A/ATX Motherboard
and
Gigabyte Z170MX-Gaming 5 Intel Z170 S1151/4xDDR4/3xPCIEx16/HDMI/DVI/USB3.1/MicroATX Motherboard

Where the only difference I can see is: the name 5 -> 6, a price difference of around $30 and different I/O where one has display port and hdmi and the other one has different display I/O and one is a Micro ATX and the other one isn't. But performance wise is there any huge difference? I don't plan on using more than one graphics card.

(If someone can link me to where I can read about finding the difference between motherboards or explain it to me that would be great)

Here's what I threw together and was wondering several things.
I did my best to check compatibility but if someone could double check it. Is there enough Power for all components? I don't know where in the specs states how much power it needs (could someone clarify this for me and explain how to calculate this or possibly link me to somewhere that explains it)

Is there anything that performs same/better but is cheaper? I want to get the most value out of my money of course.

Components
Case: NZXT H440 Mid Tower Case Black/Black 2015 Edition - $179
CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz 8MB LGA1151 Skylake Boxed CPU -$469
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170X-Gaming 5 Intel Z170 S1151/4xDDR4/3xPCIEx16/HDMI/DP/USB3.1/ATX Motherboard - $288
HDD/SSD: OCZ Trion 150 TRN150-25SAT3-960G 960GB SATA3 SSD Solid State Drive - $348
PSU: Corsair CS650M 650Watt 80Plus Gold ATX Power Supply Unit -$135
GPU: Gigabyte N1070XTREME-8GD 8G GTX 1070 XTREME GAMING PCI-E VGA Card -$799
Optical: Pioneer BDR-209 OEM Blu-Ray Writer - $85
RAM: Kingston HyperX FURY 16GB Kit (8Gx2) DDR4 2133 Desktop RAM - $105
OS: Microsoft OEM 64Bit MS Windows Home 10 (KW9-00139) Eng Intl 1pk DSP OEI DVD - $134
CPU Cooling: Corsair H110i (CW-9060026-WW) Universal Hydro High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler - $165

Total Cost: $2707

These prices are based off Australian online stores.
Should I invest more into this PC? Am I investing too much into the PC?
In terms of usage I basically want to play high end games such as Final Fantasy Games on the highest setting without any lag issues.

Thanks in advance to everyone who is assisting me.

 

[g-unit1111]

An H440 has no optical drive bays so that BD-R burner will be useless. That build looks pretty decent but too much money invested in storage and not enough invested where it counts. Here's what I would suggest:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($469.00 @ Umart)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H5 Universal 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($69.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Extreme6+ ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($259.00 @ IJK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($105.00 @ CPL Online)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($122.00 @ Umart)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($68.00 @ CPL Online)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB FTW Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card ($1199.00 @ Umart)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case ($105.00 @ CPL Online)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($159.00 @ CPL Online)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($135.00 @ IJK)
Total: $2690.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-01 15:49 AEST+1000

The NZXT S340 has nearly identical specs and build quality compared to the H440 and is $60 cheaper. Those GPU prices...

 

[King Dranzer]

A better build:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($469.00 @ Umart)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($155.00 @ CPL Online)
Motherboard: Asus Z170-AR ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($235.00 @ CPL Online)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($105.00 @ Centre Com)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($209.00 @ Centre Com)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1080 8GB STRIX Video Card ($1119.00 @ IJK)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($109.00 @ CPL Online)
Power Supply: Corsair RMx 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($175.00 @ IJK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($135.00 @ IJK)
Total: $2711.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-01 16:01 AEST+1000

Went with ASUS motherboard because their quality is equal to Gigabyte but ASUS also provides better software support than Gigabyte.

 

[sadams04]

Good overclocking options already in this thread. Below is an option for a non-overclocking, single GPU setup...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($425.00 @ Centre Com)
Motherboard: Asus B150M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($119.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($99.00 @ Centre Com)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($122.00 @ Umart)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($68.00 @ CPL Online)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1080 8GB TURBO Video Card ($999.00 @ Umart)
Case: Thermaltake Urban T31 Window ATX Mid Tower Case ($67.00 @ CPL Online)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($129.00 @ CPL Online)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($134.00 @ Umart)
Total: $2162.00

 

[Daxter730]

Hi Guys,

Thank you so much for the suggestions.
I will have a look at the components and unfortunately I have already purchased the case. haha

 

[g-unit1111]

Went with ASUS motherboard because their quality is equal to Gigabyte but ASUS also provides better software support than Gigabyte.

My current board is a Gigabyte and I haven't had any problems with it in terms of hardware or software. Asus cards on the other hand I have heard have had a lot of cooling issues. I would go with Gigabyte or EVGA in that department.

 

[King Dranzer]

Went with ASUS motherboard because their quality is equal to Gigabyte but ASUS also provides better software support than Gigabyte.

My current board is a Gigabyte and I haven't had any problems with it in terms of hardware or software. Asus cards on the other hand I have heard have had a lot of cooling issues. I would go with Gigabyte or EVGA in that department.

You got me wrong, I always treat Gigabyte and ASUS equally regarding their quality. Only thing is that ASUS has more software attached to it in comparison to Gigabyte which makes it feel a bit better over Gigabyte. That doesn't mean that Gigabyte software is faulty I was comparing software quantity not the quality.

The boards I dislike are of MSI I got two of them in past and faced a lot of problems. Hope they improved by now.

 

[g-unit1111]

You got me wrong, I always treat Gigabyte and ASUS equally regarding their quality. Only thing is that ASUS has more software attached to it in comparison to Gigabyte which makes it feel a bit better over Gigabyte. That doesn't mean that Gigabyte software is faulty I was comparing software quantity not the quality.

The boards I dislike are of MSI I got two of them in past and faced a lot of problems. Hope they improved by now.

Not to nitpick or anything but that's how a lot of misinformation gets out. Someone will say something that x product doesn't do this or that, and then that information gets repeated and repeated. Not having a lot of software isn't a bad thing necessarily. You can have software that does nothing or junk drivers (I've had motherboards that have included tons of useless software and I always prefer less) and that can bring down a board, and I've seen that happen on multiple occasions.

MSI isn't bad either - my work PC uses an MSI X79 board and my White Knight PC uses a Z97 board, and I haven't experienced a single issue with either of them. My work PC board is running strong after over two years. I had a failed RAM module recently but that wasn't the motherboard's fault.