Is it worth it?

[MrB0211]

AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor

Gigabyte GA-F2A68HM-H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard

Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory

Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB GAMING Video Card

Apevia X-QPACK3-GN MicroATX Mini Tower Case

EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply

Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit

TP-Link Archer T4U USB 3.0 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter

Apevia CF312SL-UGN 120mm Fans

AOC E2476VWM6 23.6" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor

Cooler Master Devastator II Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse
Cost: $756.94

 

[burgessanthony]

Big issue is single channel slow ram and aged cpu, mixed with 1080p ultra capable gpu. The result will no doubt be cpu unable to supply frames to gpu, leading to frustrating performance.

Depends on the games you play, but no I don't think it's worth it

 

[StitchExperiment626]

My recommendations are at the bottom.

The CPU is Entry level. The 3.7 GHz isn't true numbers.
The motherboard is too old to upgrade the processor.
If its dual channel then u want 4GB x2.
I'd get a SSD 256 GB the price is going up or a 512 GB
Graphics cards are expensive and it's in the price range of affordable.
If you like the case then that's what matters.
The power supply if you get the white version I think it would be outstanding.

Go for windows Ultimate 10 it does stuff like a version of VM ware and updates can be downloaded automaticly and doesn't restart in the middle of the night if you have applications open.

Most routers can't use ac speeds without costing lots also you get higher pings sometimes and you get ringing (measurable) in the connection. Prefered method is Eithernet.

After you put the equipment together the monitor is where you will spend your life staring at it. Black is a good choice for beisel. But before you buy I would see it in person.

My recommendation:

I would wait for AMDs Ryzen CPUs and motherboards/chipsets.
I have studied every piece of literature confirmed and speculated and watched the AMD streamcast video.
I saw samples did not have boost turned on (your terminology might be Turbo boost).
The number of cores were 8 cores 16 threads.
In blender Ryzen i7 8/16 cores/threads with no boost was 5 seconds faster. I can't remember the times but that was at least 5% faster.
The temperature of operation was lower than Intel in wattage, though max temp was not disclosed thermally.
The rumor mill which could be wrong was $400 less than Intel's version of $1,000.
First to be sold is this model and from the horses mouth (AMD CEO) There will be a large stockpile for release.
Then their going to be making CPUs with less cores and I suppose different speeds.
Similar their going to make server chips 32/64 cores/threads and 48/96 cores/threads.
My guess and I'm just guessing is that similar Intel i5 4 core will sell about around $100. The CPU your specing is $70

I would buy a AMD i5 and the cheapest motherboard, add 4 gigs of ram and another 4 later and the rest of the costs are going to be about the same except SSDs will go up due to demand of memory and a better video card will come in the same price range. In the future additions will be hard drive and you will have an upgrade path in GPU not limited by CPU and possibly some games will want more memory. Possibly the AMD i5 will have 4/8 cores/threads. The road map indicates there will be Ryzen, different letters before but includes i3 distinguishment.
When the i5 will arrive nobody has speculation but could be later to push sales of higher tier products.
Present i7 product 2 months and before 3 months time frame. (March)
The clock verses execution is a 40% gain using machine learning and something else.

Bruce G

 

[Karadjgne]

No. It's not worth it. $800 for a 5 year old pc with a chopped new gpu. While the 860k is about the strongest of the fm2+ cpus (not entry level at all) the fm2+ is so old it's honestly no longer competitive in cpu power. It's basically a decent web surfer, but that's about it. The Evga W1 500 is about as cheap and low grade as it gets, it's performance is lackluster at best. With single channel ram, you'll loose upto @20% performance, not worth the few $ difference, get 2x sticks.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($109.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI H110M Gaming Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($58.99 @ NCIX US)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($51.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.78 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Mini Video Card ($239.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($40.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.98 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($88.58 @ OutletPC)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter ($29.99 @ Newegg Marketplace)
Monitor: AOC E2476VWM6 23.6" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($43.75 @ Amazon)
Total: $859.02
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-02 03:11 EST-0500

 

[StitchExperiment626]

The 860k is classified as Entry level by Tomshardware CPU guide last month.

 

[burgessanthony]

OP - karadjgnes post and build is of most use to you. Follow that build and you'll end up with something far superior to what you are looking at now.

You may find some faster ram for a similar price so do some shopping. The i3s benefit quite nicely in gaming from faster ddr4

http://www.techspot.com/review/1087-best-value-desktop-cpu/page4.html

 

[Karadjgne]

Faster ram really isn't supported on the low end boards and while it may work, it also may not and you'd pay extra for faster ram that's relegated to default 2133MHz anyways. With the components as is, faster ram really won't make much if any difference and even those tests showed many games at 0% gains and a few up to @4%, or about 2 fps at best.