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Help building a gaming rig

Harry_48

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Jun 24, 2016
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I am going to buy this build next week can you computer genius' tell me if there's any cost effective improvements I could make? And if it will all be compatible here are my specs

Intel i5 6600k processor

Asus Z170-A Intel skylake Sli/CrossFire ATX Motherboard

240gb SSD & 1tb HDD &16 GB (2x 8GB) of DDR4 ram

Either Nvidia 1070 or the RX 480 when it releases

With 750w power supple

With a corsair carbide series 400c case

Thankyou for your help!
 
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I'd say if you aren't OCing you won't need the Z170 board or the i5 6600K. If you aren't you just need a i5 6400/6500/6600 and a H170 or B150 board. You should definitely go with the 1070 and wait for the non-reference cards. Go for a EVGA or SeaSonic PSU they are great quality for the price.

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/pTL9WX OCable

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/YMh3Fd not OCable

With the OCable you can go SLI if you wanted too but the non-OCable is NOT able to do SLI
I'd say if you aren't OCing you won't need the Z170 board or the i5 6600K. If you aren't you just need a i5 6400/6500/6600 and a H170 or B150 board. You should definitely go with the 1070 and wait for the non-reference cards. Go for a EVGA or SeaSonic PSU they are great quality for the price.

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/pTL9WX OCable

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/YMh3Fd not OCable

With the OCable you can go SLI if you wanted too but the non-OCable is NOT able to do SLI
 
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