First Gaming PC build, £750 budget, Thaughts?

[PcNoob345]

This is my first attempt at a PC build, really want to get into PC gamming with a budget of £750.

Already have Monitor and peripherals so they aren't an included.

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/jdMfr7

Thoughts would be greatly appreciated,

Cheers

 

[logainofhades]

Don't need that 212 evo, the stock cooler is sufficient. PSU is not a quality unit. Z170 is not necessary for a locked CPU, as it cannot overclock. GTX 1070 is going to be out, in just a few days. 120gb SSD isn't very useful, and I am not sure on the quality of a PNY built one. I would drop it, so you can focus more money, on GPU. Something more like this. The 1070 price is the founder's edition price. Aftermarket cards, with custom cooling, is expected to be less.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor (£149.86 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£61.98 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£28.81 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.98 @ Novatech)
Case: BitFenix Nova ATX Mid Tower Case (£23.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Power Supply: Antec TruePower Classic 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (£53.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Other: GTX 1070 (£399.00)
Total: £755.61
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-07 23:44 BST+0100

 

[Bearmann]

The news reporters on on their way to your home as you are the first person to ever order an i5 6400 :lol:

If you can go a bit over budget, I would get this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£164.28 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte G1.Sniper B7 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£76.68 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory (£44.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Sandisk X400 128GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£44.99 @ Novatech)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£40.96 @ CCL Computers)
Case: BitFenix Nova ATX Mid Tower Case (£23.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£69.94 @ CCL Computers)
Other: GTX 1070 (£329.00)
Total: £794.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-08 00:03 BST+0100

Just a bit more for the 6500 and worth it. Nice MB with 1150 codec for good sound. Large, nice quality SSD. Much better GPU. Quality PSU.

If you really need to stay in budget, get the SSD later. You could also consider the AMD RX 480 GPU which will be a bit better than the GTX 970, but not as good as the GTX 1070.

 

[logainofhades]

The i5 6500 is not much different, gaming performance wise, than an i5 6400.

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/71760-intel-skylake-i5-6500-i5-6400-i3-6100-review-10.html

 

[Bearmann]

The i5 6500 is not much different, gaming performance wise, than an i5 6400.

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/71760-intel-skylake-i5-6500-i5-6400-i3-6100-review-10.html

I was not laughing at you logainofhades as I had not seen your post yet and I know the 6400 had already been chosen. You're right, that for gaming, there is not much difference. Still, for less than £15 difference, you might as well get the 6500 for the 18% improvement in frequency. By the way, I had forgotten about the Antec Truepower Classic- a good choice that saves a bit of money.

 

[PcNoob345]

Thanks a lot guys, completely missed that the 1070 was an affordable option.

Defiantly stretching the budget to include it,

Cheers