Help in building cheap starter (but upgradeable) PC

[Boluszxc]

Hi, I've been doing some research, and I wanted to build a 400-500$ish PC, here's what i currently am planning to buy.


Processor
Intel Pentium G4400 Skylake Processor Socket 1151 3.3Ghz 3m

Motherboard
Asus H110M-A D3 Motherboard Socket 1151 Pcie Ddr3

RAM
Kingston HyperX Fury Memory 1x8gb Ddr4-2400 Cl15 Black

Hard Drive
Western Digital Caviar Harddisk Drive 1tb Sata Blue

Graphics card
Zotac GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Core Edition ZT-90107-10P Videocard 4gb 256bit Pcie Ddr5

Case
Corsair Carbide SPEC-03 CS-CC-9011053-WW Casing Mid Tower Usb3.0 White Led

Power Supply
Coolermaster Thunder 500w Power Supply

I plan on upgrading the processor to an i5 6500k in the next 2 years or so, is this build okay ? Anything you guys would suggest on getting ?

 

[kanewolf]

I would recommend a B250 over the H110. I assume you already have that graphics card, since it won't fit in your budget.
The power supply is not a good one. Get a Seasonic or Corsair RMx unit.

Configure your HD with a C: (230GB) and D: partition, that will make it much easier to move the C: to an SSD.

 

[geofelt]

No such thing as a I5-6500K.
I think you mean a I5-6600K.
Regardless, the K processors are meant to be overclocked, and a H110 chipset motherboard will not allow overclocking.

You can still install a K processor but it will need to run at stock speeds.
If you plan on a I7-7700K stock is very good, near to overclock speeds.

In the case of ram, the ability to upgrade by adding another stick is not 100% certain.
am is sold in kits for a reason.
A motherboard must manage all the ram using the same specs of voltage, cas and speed.
Ram from the same vendor and part number can be made up of differing manufacturing components over time.
Some motherboards can be very sensitive to this.
That is why ram vendors will NOT support ram that is not bought in one kit.
It is safer to get what you need in one 2 x 8gb kit up front.

500w is about what you need for a GTX970 card.
Current gpu prices are crazy; I might start planning to use integrated graphics.
And... GTX1060 would be a better more modern card that performs similarly.

Coolermaster power supply quality is iffy.
Pick a tier 1 or 2 unit from a list such as this:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html
Currently on newegg, they are selling tier 2 Seasonic S12II units in 520 and 620w sizes for cheap.
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151094

I will never again build without a ssd for the "C" drive. It makes everything you do much quicker.
120gb is minimum, it will hold the os and a handful of games.
But, many things default to the "C" drive.
When a SSD nears full, it will lose performance and endurance.
240gb is the recommended minimum.

If you can go 240gb, or 500gb you may never need a hard drive.

You can defer on the hard drive unless you need to store large files such as video's.
It is easy to add a hard drive later.

Samsung EVO is a good choice for performance and reliability.