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Buying a gaming computer.

Uumas

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Mar 20, 2016
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I am gonna buy a gaming computer and have selected the parts now I'm asking someone to confirm that the parts are compatible with each other and if someone has suggestions about an alternative part that would work better feel free to help me.

I already have:
1920x1080 VGA monitor
2x250gb hard drives
Mouse and keyboard

I am gonna buy:
Intel i5 6600K 244€ http://www.jimms.fi/fi/Product/Show...ntel-skylake-i5-6600k-lga1151-3_5ghz-6mb-tray
Thermalright macho direct 34,90€ http://www.jimms.fi/fi/Product/ExternalShow/8c3e3e78-d19e-4d73-b7d5-c73332f693e6
Asus Z170A 147€ http://www.jimms.fi/fi/Product/Show...170-a-lga1151-intel-z170-ddr4-atx-murotarjous
Kingston HyperX Fury Black 2 x 8 GB 79€ http://www.jimms.fi/fi/Product/Show...ton-16gb-2x8gb-hyperx-fury-ddr4-2133-mhz-cl14
Corsair 200r 66€ https://www.systemastore.fi/product_info.php?products_id=70178
EVGA 750W SuperNOVA 750 G2 112,90€ http://www.jimms.fi/fi/Product/Show...upernova-750-g2-100-modulaarinen-80-plus-gold

I will buy later:
Nvidia gtx 970
SSD
Better monitor

I am a 13-year-old boy from Finland so my English isn't so good and the stores are Finnish.
 
750w for that build are too much, you are fine with a 550w but i suggest you to get the 650w. 750w, imho, is the most useless size, not enough for SLI or Crossfire of top gpus. If u don't plan any dual gpu configuration get a 650w, if you do ypu have to go for 850w at least.
 
Its 12€ difference from 650 and pcpartpicker says that 550 would be enough for sli. It probably is a bit too much power but I want to have it good as long as possible like use it after 10 years still.
 
pcpartpicker is noob, really. there is no sense in SIing low end gpus, and probably with 550w you could sli max 2 gpus like gtx960 and it would not be worthy at all. 550w is good for any build with single gpu but not overclocked and not AMD top gpus like R9 fury X, 650w would be perfect. 750w is just a waste of money
 


well...the next gpus generation and cpus are going to consume always less power, that's the goal of the manufacturers