Building a PC for AUD$2400

[Mike_jo3]

Budget : AUD$2400 Including Monitor

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Playing games such as Fallout 4, GTA V, CSGO, Dota2, General browsing, watching movies and some coding in near future

Are you buying a monitor: Yes

Do you need to buy OS: No

Location: Western Australia, Australia

Parts Preferences: Most preferably an Intel Skylake

Overclocking: Maybe

SLI or Crossfire: Maybe

Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080

This is the build that I came up with :

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($355.00 @ Centre Com)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212X 82.9 CFM CPU Cooler ($52.00 @ IJK)
Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($249.00 @ Centre Com)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($149.00 @ CPL Online)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($133.00 @ IJK)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($170.00 @ Umart)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card ($499.00 @ Centre Com)
Case: Corsair 450D ATX Mid Tower Case ($165.00 @ Centre Com)
Power Supply: Corsair 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($219.00)
Monitor: Asus VG248QE 144Hz 24.0" Monitor ($424.00 @ IJK)
Total: $2415.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-02 15:37 AEDT+1100

 

[rhysiam]

That's a solid build, you've done well there.

Your PSU is overpriced and overpowered though. You can drop to this $129 EVGA 750W PSU, it's equivalent quality and still plenty of power for OCing and a second 970 in future if you want to go SLI: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-110b20750vr

A solid build though.

 

[50xp50]

The build seems good. If you want to drop the costs a little bit, drop the cpu cooler and get a non "k" edition cpu if you are not 100% onboard with overclocking your cpu. Also, the power supply seems a little more than necessary for your build. Getting a smaller power supply and getting it semi-modular (unless you 100% want a fully modular one) can also drop the prices a bit. Good luck with your build.

 

[Mike_jo3]

The build seems good. If you want to drop the costs a little bit, drop the cpu cooler and get a non "k" edition cpu if you are not 100% onboard with overclocking your cpu. Also, the power supply seems a little more than necessary for your build. Getting a smaller power supply and getting it semi-modular (unless you 100% want a fully modular one) can also drop the prices a bit. Good luck with your build.

Ok thats great maybe I will change my PSU to RM750i instead as that was what i originally planned to buy as its enough for future SLI and fully modular

 

[rhysiam]

Ok thats great maybe I will change my PSU to RM750i instead as that was what i originally planned to buy as its enough for future SLI and fully modular

That 750i is a nice unit, but it's pretty overpriced. I'd still suggest you save your money and get that EVGA unit I listed above. If premium quality, gold efficient and full modular are important to you, why not the EVGA G2 750W for $160: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-220g20750xr
It's every bit as good as the Corsair 750i and should be a bit cheaper.

 

[Mike_jo3]

Ok thats great maybe I will change my PSU to RM750i instead as that was what i originally planned to buy as its enough for future SLI and fully modular

That 750i is a nice unit, but it's pretty overpriced. I'd still suggest you save your money and get that EVGA unit I listed above. If premium quality, gold efficient and full modular are important to you, why not the EVGA G2 750W for $160: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-220g20750xr
It's every bit as good as the Corsair 750i and should be a bit cheaper.

Does it have features such as fanless mode or silent mode ? But thanks for the suggestion anyway I will look into that and think again if it is worth spending the extra $20