How does the Build look?

[Crimson1077]

After days of researching/studying and TONS of people making suggestions...

Even Boogie2988 (Famous Youtuber) says "seems to be a very solid build"

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Crimson1077/saved/#view=VthhP6

 

[N3rdR4ge]

great. only thing i'd say is 120gb is not enough for a system.

 

[Crimson1077]

great. only thing i'd say is 120gb is not enough for a system.

That's just for the OS and maybe a few games, I have a 1TB for mass storage.

 

[N3rdR4ge]

My suggestion:

1) Bigger ssd
2) Higher wattage PSU to support amd card, still great quality.
3) Cut down on the ram
4) Switch to R9 390. Better DX11 performance and 8gb vram is much more future proof. 970 has 3.5gb. similar performing cards otherwise.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z170A-X1 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($92.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($86.75 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card ($329.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Thermaltake Commander MS/I Snow Edition (White/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.13 @ Mac Mall)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $863.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-03 01:59 EST-0500

 

[Qenetor]

I can't agree with your decicion to take onl 8gb of RAM when talking about future proof. Incoming PC games suggest having 16 gb's of ram. For example Quantumbreak. And 8 gb of RAM will already be used by Fallout 4 when having some browser tabs open at the same time.

And no need for 750W PSU on this build. Good quality 650W will do the job. For example: EVGA 650W Supernova.

 

[N3rdR4ge]

i'm pretty sure i picked that one because it costs less than the 650 right now.

i agree with the 16gb otherwise, but adding more ram later is a cinch and barely more expensive. i'd much rather have double the vram, double the ssd and a bigger psu now personally.

 

[Crimson1077]

I can't agree with your decicion to take onl 8gb of RAM when talking about future proof. Incoming PC games suggest having 16 gb's of ram. For example Quantumbreak. And 8 gb of RAM will already be used by Fallout 4 when having some browser tabs open at the same time.

And no need for 750W PSU on this build. Good quality 650W will do the job. For example: EVGA 650W Supernova.

550w will be more then enough for this system, with 550w, with also some good head room.

http://outervision.com/power-supply-calculator 336w is the calculation.

I'm staying with 16GB, i did bump it down from 3000Mhz to 2400Mhz to save a bit. I'll be completely fine there.

 

[N3rdR4ge]

he was talking about the build i recommended for you. wattage calculation means absolutely nothing. please do not base purchasing on that.

500w minimum for 970

650w minimum for 390

Choose Tier 1 or Tier 2 from either link:

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html
https://community.newegg.com/eggxpert/computer_hardware/f/135081/t/45344.aspx

make sure it has enough amps:

https://forum-en.msi.com/faq/article/power-requirements-for-graphics-cards

 

[Crimson1077]

https://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-120g10650xr how about that? I'm sure it won't explode

 

[N3rdR4ge]

nex is low quality. you can just pick one off the links i gave you. the 550w you picked is fine for the original system you picked. i recommended a good one if you get the system i recommended.