Help me with my gaming pc build please, complete newcomer here

[Banana-Man]

Approximate Purchase Date: Immediately


Budget Range: £900-1000 (uk prices please)


System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, surfing the internet


Are you buying a monitor: No


Parts to Upgrade: Its a new build


Do you need to buy OS: Yes


Preferred Website(s) for Parts: I have no preference,i would appreciate advice on the best sites to use, i am in the uk though so not newegg


Location: London, England


Parts Preferences: gtx 1060, intel i5


Overclocking: Maybe


SLI or Crossfire: No


Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080


Additional Comments: This is a follow on from another thread i created, a couple of builds were posted in there so i will paste them into here


Why Are You Upgrading: My laptop is very old and slow, i can't run any modern games on it, this will be my first gaming pc.

For 1k pounds you can fit a 1070 in there
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£181.90 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£95.81 @ More Computers)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£74.74 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£44.98 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Windforce OC Video Card (£393.29 @ Aria PC)
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£87.99 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£50.51 @ CCL Computers)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer (£12.10 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit (£82.98 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £1024.30
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-31 22:42 BST+0100

A 1060 would bring the price down lower.

Not just you mate.

I'll post this little build here (I'm on mobile & if I forget it'll disappear)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£181.90 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock H170A-X1/3.1 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£76.55 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£32.87 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Kingston HyperX Fury 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£59.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£45.78 @ Misco UK)
Power Supply: Antec 550W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£49.99 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer (£12.10 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit (£82.98 @ Ebuyer)
Other: KFA2 GEFORCE GTX 1070 EX OC 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-EXPRESS GRAPHICS CARD (£379.99)
Other: DEEPCOOL KENDOMEN TI Computer Case (£59.99)
Total: £982.13
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-31 23:23 BST+0100

Thanks to both of you for those those builds, I am not sure i really need a 1070, 1060 seems like a pretty strong card so i would rather save the money and get that, or put the money towards improving the rest of the system if necessary. I wasn't planning on having an optical drive in the system as i didn't think i would need one, is there a reason why i should definitely have one? I notice that neither of you included a network card in your builds, is wifi capability built into the selected motherboards?

 

[Banana-Man]

No problem mate

Just a word of warning here - I'm UK too & have contacts in retail .
When it comes to PC components the prices have been rising steadily the last 3 weeks because of the decline of the value of the pound.
Do not expect big sales on component prices , I've been warned to expect up to 10% rises in the next 2 months.

If you have the money & find good deals then put your money down & buy now.
Things will absolutely not get cheaper towards Xmas as they normally do when it comes to specialist luxury items like components.

thanks for that advice, i will start ordering my parts right away then...

 

[Banana-Man]

ok guys i have ordered all my parts apart from the cpu cooler, i ended up going for the i5 6600k. will the hyper 212 evo be good enough to cool an overclocked cpu, or do i need something better? also, my case is the cm690iii, it has 2 fans, a 200mm intake in the front and a 120mm exhaust at the back, would it be a good idea to add another fan? also i read elsewhere that a fan filter is a good idea for the intake fan, where do i get one of those?

 

[Niklas_13]

This one cools a bit better , its recommended over the Evo

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/93Crxr/cryorig-cpu-cooler-h7

 

[Isokolon]

the Cryorig is better than the Evo
but the Evo will suffice if you can't get a hold of the H7

I don't think you'll need an extra fan. but I mean...fans can be easily added later on if needed.

 

[Banana-Man]

Just thought i would bump this thread to let you guys know that i completed my build a few weeks ago, specs are as follows:

cm 690 iii case
cryorig h7 cooler
msi z170 m5 mobo
msi gtx 1060 gaming x 6gb
gskill 2 x 8gb ram
tp link ac 1300 network card
evga 650 g2 psu
crucial mx300 275gb ssd
1tb hdd (i dont' recall the brand name)
Pioneer 24x dvd+r

I think thats everything. The build went relatively smoothly, the only problems I had was with fitting the cooler but i got there in the end. Thanks to everyone that offered advice...