I5 6600k System Build Opinions

[MegaJustMega]

Hi there guys,

I am looking for some input on the proposed system to build mainly being budget conscious but I want good performance, the system is as follows:

MSI Krait Gaming Z170A Motherboard
Intel i5 6600K -Possible overclock
Kingston HyperX Predator 16GB 3000Mhz 4x4 Kit

I have a 850 Watt Corsair RM850x PSU already and I am still deciding on cooling (Open to suggestions) Also have an MSI Gtx 770 but plan on upgrading soon to a GTX 1070

Will this all work well together? I am obviously budget conscious but I don't wanna create a massive bottleneck somewhere

Thanks for the help guys excited to see replies

 

[cdrkf]

Hi there guys,

I am looking for some input on the proposed system to build mainly being budget conscious but I want good performance, the system is as follows:

MSI Krait Gaming Z170A Motherboard
Intel i5 6600K -Possible overclock
Kingston HyperX Predator 16GB 3000Mhz 4x4 Kit

I have a 850 Watt Corsair RM850x PSU already and I am still deciding on cooling (Open to suggestions) Also have an MSI Gtx 770 but plan on upgrading soon to a GTX 1070

Will this all work well together? I am obviously budget conscious but I don't wanna create a massive bottleneck somewhere

Thanks for the help guys excited to see replies

That looks like a good build to me- no obvious bottlenecks. Be sure to pair it to a nice fast SSD and you'll be sorted

 

[MegaJustMega]

Hi there guys,

I am looking for some input on the proposed system to build mainly being budget conscious but I want good performance, the system is as follows:

MSI Krait Gaming Z170A Motherboard
Intel i5 6600K -Possible overclock
Kingston HyperX Predator 16GB 3000Mhz 4x4 Kit

I have a 850 Watt Corsair RM850x PSU already and I am still deciding on cooling (Open to suggestions) Also have an MSI Gtx 770 but plan on upgrading soon to a GTX 1070

Will this all work well together? I am obviously budget conscious but I don't wanna create a massive bottleneck somewhere

Thanks for the help guys excited to see replies

That looks like a good build to me- no obvious bottlenecks. Be sure to pair it to a nice fast SSD and you'll be sorted

Thanks for the reply, Appreciate the feedback, any recommendation on which SSD?

 

[Hlsgsz]

Get this MB instead: http://pcpartpicker.com/product/Q9Gj4D/asus-motherboard-z170a
Also, if you plan to overclock, get a good cooler like the cryorig h7. You need one nayway because the 6600k doesn't come with one.
Get a 2x8 memory kit so you have room for more later. The z70 platform is not quad channel so no need to get a 4x4. Also, DDR4 over 2400MHz is not required if you are not gaming on integrated graphics.
The 850 evos are the obvius choice for ssds.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($233.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($150.88 @ OutletPC)
Memory: *Team Elite Plus 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($87.69 @ Amazon)
Total: $522.55
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-09 08:44 EDT-0400

 

[geofelt]

i5-6600K is as good as it gets for gaming.
It is silly to not plan on some level of overclock(a misnomer). Just raise the multiplier which all Z170 motherboards support.
FWIW
As of 2/16/16
What percent can get an overclock at a somewhat sane 1.40v Vcore.
I5-6600K
4.9 11%
4.8 38%
4.7 70%
4.6 83%

i5-6600K does not come with a stock cooler. You need something.
You do not need exotic cooling, a $30 cryorig H7 will do the job.
You will run out of safe vcore voltage before you run into thermal limits.

Intel ram controllers are very good; ram speed is almost irrelevant to actual performance.
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article1478-page1.html
Ram will operate in dual channel regardless if you have 2 or 4 sticks.
A 2 x 8gb kit of 1.2v 2400 speed is what I would recommend.
It will be a bit cheaper, and 1.2v will not inhibit your overclock.
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. If you can go 240gb, or 500gb you may never need a hard drive.

I would 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.

 

[MegaJustMega]

Get this MB instead: http://pcpartpicker.com/product/Q9Gj4D/asus-motherboard-z170a
Also, if you plan to overclock, get a good cooler like the cryorig h7. You need one nayway because the 6600k doesn't come with one.
Get a 2x8 memory kit so you have room for more later. The z70 platform is not quad channel so no need to get a 4x4. Also, DDR4 over 2400MHz is not required if you are not gaming on integrated graphics.
The 850 evos are the obvius choice for ssds.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($233.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($150.88 @ OutletPC)
Memory: *Team Elite Plus 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($87.69 @ Amazon)
Total: $522.55
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-09 08:44 EDT-0400

Hey thanks for such a detailed reply, I was just checking the Evo 850 out, Also I have a trust for Asus as a brand so I will take this into heavy consideration, very surprised to hear about the RAM though, nice to see the build you propose still keeps the Black and White colour scheme I like.

 

[Hlsgsz]

Get this MB instead: http://pcpartpicker.com/product/Q9Gj4D/asus-motherboard-z170a
Also, if you plan to overclock, get a good cooler like the cryorig h7. You need one nayway because the 6600k doesn't come with one.
Get a 2x8 memory kit so you have room for more later. The z70 platform is not quad channel so no need to get a 4x4. Also, DDR4 over 2400MHz is not required if you are not gaming on integrated graphics.
The 850 evos are the obvius choice for ssds.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($233.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($150.88 @ OutletPC)
Memory: *Team Elite Plus 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($87.69 @ Amazon)
Total: $522.55
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-09 08:44 EDT-0400

Hey thanks for such a detailed reply, I was just checking the Evo 850 out, Also I have a trust for Asus as a brand so I will take this into heavy consideration, very surprised to hear about the RAM though, nice to see the build you propose still keeps the Black and White colour scheme I like.

You're welcome! The Kraits don't have such a great reputation. Asus is a safer bet. And it has awesome fan control in the bios.

 

[neblogai]

Everyone here is saying that ram speed does not matter, but in reality it does, and it is certainly worth spending $20 extra to get 3000-3200MHz ram. Just check the benchmarks- games like Witcher3 and Fallout4 gain quite a lot.

 

[Hlsgsz]

Everyone here is saying that ram speed does not matter, but in reality it does, and it is certainly worth spending $20 extra to get 3000-3200MHz ram. Just check the benchmarks- games like Witcher3 and Fallout4 gain quite a lot.

Only when gaming on integrated, synthetics and very low resolution gaming. Not in real world scenarios.

 

[neblogai]

"If sustaining 60fps is proving challenging, we have some advice for you: consider faster RAM. We ran through a series of traversal sequences using a Core i5 4690K paired with a Titan X running at 1080p – in short, a scenario designed to remove the GPU as a bottleneck and stress the CPU. We then re-ran the test with faster memory. Below you’ll find our lowest and average frame-rate results from three different configurations:

1600MHz: 36.0/54.6
2133MHz: 39.0/61.0
2400MHz: 44.0/66.9

Read more: http://wccftech.com/fallout-4-performance-heavily-influenced-by-ram-speed-according-to-report/#ixzz4B5aSbTh5"

Some games do not benefit from faster ram, some benefit just a little, and others- quite a lot. But that extra performance costs so little compared to the total cost of the PC- it is definitely more cost efficient than investing into faster GPU or CPU. Anyway, that example above is for TitanX, which is similar in power to 1070. Here are also some benchmarks for 980Ti SLI:
http://www.techspot.com/article/1171-ddr4-4000-mhz-performance/page3.html

 

[Hlsgsz]

"If sustaining 60fps is proving challenging, we have some advice for you: consider faster RAM. We ran through a series of traversal sequences using a Core i5 4690K paired with a Titan X running at 1080p – in short, a scenario designed to remove the GPU as a bottleneck and stress the CPU. We then re-ran the test with faster memory. Below you’ll find our lowest and average frame-rate results from three different configurations:

1600MHz: 36.0/54.6
2133MHz: 39.0/61.0
2400MHz: 44.0/66.9

Read more: http://wccftech.com/fallout-4-performance-heavily-influenced-by-ram-speed-according-to-report/#ixzz4B5aSbTh5"

Some games do not benefit from faster ram, some benefit just a little, and others- quite a lot. But that extra performance costs so little compared to the total cost of the PC- it is definitely more cost efficient than investing into faster GPU or CPU. Anyway, that example above is for TitanX, which is similar in power to 1070. Here are also some benchmarks for 980Ti SLI:
http://www.techspot.com/article/1171-ddr4-4000-mhz-performance/page3.html

With two 980ti's in SLI gaming at 1440p? Sure. With a single GTX 1070? No.
I wouldn't pay the extra. Plus, you are less likely to successfully add another 2 sticks in teh future if you go above 2400Mhz.

 

[MegaJustMega]

"If sustaining 60fps is proving challenging, we have some advice for you: consider faster RAM. We ran through a series of traversal sequences using a Core i5 4690K paired with a Titan X running at 1080p – in short, a scenario designed to remove the GPU as a bottleneck and stress the CPU. We then re-ran the test with faster memory. Below you’ll find our lowest and average frame-rate results from three different configurations:

1600MHz: 36.0/54.6
2133MHz: 39.0/61.0
2400MHz: 44.0/66.9

Read more: http://wccftech.com/fallout-4-performance-heavily-influenced-by-ram-speed-according-to-report/#ixzz4B5aSbTh5"

Some games do not benefit from faster ram, some benefit just a little, and others- quite a lot. But that extra performance costs so little compared to the total cost of the PC- it is definitely more cost efficient than investing into faster GPU or CPU. Anyway, that example above is for TitanX, which is similar in power to 1070. Here are also some benchmarks for 980Ti SLI:
http://www.techspot.com/article/1171-ddr4-4000-mhz-performance/page3.html

With two 980ti's in SLI gaming at 1440p? Sure. With a single GTX 1070? No.
I wouldn't pay the extra. Plus, you are less likely to successfully add another 2 sticks in teh future if you go above 2400Mhz.

So it turns out the Cryorig H7 isnt available in my country atleast I cant find it what about the Coolermaster 212x?