GAMING BUILD - What do you think?

[ElShaarawy]

What do you guys think about this build?

CPU: i5-6600k

GPU: MSI GTX970 GAMING 4GB

RAM: 1x8GB Kingston HyperX Fury 2400Mhz

Motherboard: MSI B150M PRO-VDH

PSU: XFX 550W 80+ BRONZE

Cooler: Hyper212 EVO

Case: NOX NX200

HDD: WD Blue 1TB SATA III 64MB

SSD: Crucial 240GB

Fan's: 2x ENERMAX UCTB-12

Don't need a monitor and OS.

I aprecciate all the suggestions and sorry for My english cause I'm from Portugal, as the prices are different too.

 

[Ryan_78]

get a Z170 motherboard, allows overclocking on the processor.
get a second stick of ram or use a 2 stick kit instead for dual channel.
otherwise its good

 

[ElShaarawy]

I voted your comment bad but I don't want that, sorry xd

Don't have money for the Z170, is a very expensive but good motherboard. Do you have another alternative under 80€?
I was thinking get a 2x4gb, can u answer me why is better than 1x8gb? Thx

 

[Ryan_78]

a 2x4 GB is better because it will operate under dual channel ram. dual channel will give a 30% performance boost. With a dual channel system, one channel is always available for loading, refreshing, and housekeeping while the other channel is being read. The channels are read alternately, one being read into the buss while the other is being prepared for use, or being written to. What exactly happens is the prevue of the memory controller and it's firmware. With single channel operation there is always something "waiting in line" while the memory is busy. This limits what operations can be performed, and those generating a "write" instruction have to wait their turn. This makes the buffer (onboard memory) more critical and works it harder.

 

[Atomwolf]

Looks badass apart from the RAM. If you're not planning on upgrading to 2x8GB in the future, get 2x4. This means the RAM will operate at dual channel speed (double the speed of one 8GB stick)

 

[ElShaarawy]

Thanks both.
I'll get a 2x4GB because all the Medium/High motherboards have at least 64GB, so I don't see a problem if I upgrade later to 4x4GB or I'm wrong?

If someone else had suggestions I'm open to them, and if u think I can buy a better motherboard under 80€ (i'll upgrade her so I don't ser any problem buying her).

 

[Ryan_78]

if you upgrade to 4x4 later, it would simply put more stress on your memory controller, but I guess it has to support quad channel to be effective. if you want 16 GB, then get a single 8GB now and buy another one later. and also look for low latency ram with higher speeds

 

[ElShaarawy]

I didn't want to said that, My bad
I was saying if I can add a 1x8GB RAM to My 2x4GB first RAM?

 

[Ryan_78]

you can, but it has to be same latency, timings, and sometimes speed. but it destroys the purpose of using dual channel.

 

[ElShaarawy]

If destroys the purpose of dual channel that means its a bad choice?

Btw, do you prefere Kingston or the other brands?

 

[Ryan_78]

it is not a good choice to do that later unless your motherboard supports triple channel. and when it comes to manufacturer, I would not recommend against any my be OCZ, but that's It. all ram comes down to companies like Samsung and Hyundai or similar manufactures. mind you when choosing ram choose higher supported speeds with lower latency.

 

[CV_Taihou]

I voted your comment bad but I don't want that, sorry xd

Don't have money for the Z170, is a very expensive but good motherboard. Do you have another alternative under 80€?
I was thinking get a 2x4gb, can u answer me why is better than 1x8gb? Thx

If you don't have the money for a Z170 board, don't bother buying an unlocked processor. Can spend less and get a i5-6500 or similar

 

[Ryan_78]

I voted your comment bad but I don't want that, sorry xd

Don't have money for the Z170, is a very expensive but good motherboard. Do you have another alternative under 80€?
I was thinking get a 2x4gb, can u answer me why is better than 1x8gb? Thx

If you don't have the money for a Z170 board, don't bother buying an unlocked processor. Can spend less and get a i5-6500 or similar

+1 for that. I mean you can do i5 6500 with a h110 motherboard. then buy a single stick of 8GB ram, and upgrade to 2x8 later

 

[ElShaarawy]

But My question is this mobo will or will not run with My CPU no oc?

I mean I want to oc but not yet

 

[Ryan_78]

If you want to OC, then you basically have to get a z170 right now. Non z chipset boards do not support OC right now for skylake

 

[CV_Taihou]

But My question is this mobo will or will not run with My CPU no oc?

I mean I want to oc but not yet

Will the Motherboard run with the processor? Short answer is yes. The longer answer is that you won't be able to overclock it at all (unless Intel decides to allow non Z Series boards to overclock, which I doubt they will) If you want to overclock you will need a Z series board as Ryan has said. If you're set on this board, then downgrade the CPU to an i5-6500 or similar