My first PC Build

[IrishSushi]

So my 2009 computer that my brother built is starting to tweak out. I'm saying its tweaking out because I've decided to become an IT professional, and going to school to major in IT. With that being said, I've found that in my classes, I'll be running multiple programs at once.

For instance, I'm taking a Ethical Hacking class, and I'll be running my OS, and two (sometimes three) other Virtual Machines, while listening to a video, and taking notes via Word.

Needless to say, my wife has granted me the pleasure of buying a new PC. I love this field, and want to be more in depth into it.

So Below are the items that I have purchased to run my next machine:
- Thermaltake Core P3 SE Snow ATX Open Frame Panoramic Viewing Tt LCS Certified Gaming Computer Case w/o Riser ...
- MSI B150M MORTAR ARCTIC LGA 1151 Intel B150 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 Micro ATX Motherboards - Intel
- MSI Radeon RX 480 DirectX 12 RX 480 GAMING X 4G 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX ...
- Intel Core i5-6600K 6M Skylake Quad-Core 3.5 GHz LGA 1151 91W BX80662I56600K Desktop Processor Intel HD ...
- CORSAIR RMx Series RM750X 750W 80 PLUS GOLD Haswell Ready Full Modular ATX12V & EPS12V SLI and Crossfire Ready ...
- CORSAIR Vengeance LED 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3000 (PC4 24000) Desktop Memory Model ...
- Intel SSD 600p Series (256GB, M.2 2280 80mm NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4, 3D1, TLC) Reseller Single Pack
- 3 Corsair Air Series AF120 LED 120mm Quiet Edition High Airflow Fan Single Pack - Red (CO-9050015-RLED)
- Noctua NH-D15 SSO2 D-Type Premium CPU Cooler, NF-A15 x 2 PWM Fans

So for my first build, what do you think? I was considering returning the CPU cooler and getting a liquid cooler, but I'm not sure I want to mess with water around my new baby. Let me know, thanks!

Also, I planned on this machine being able to do VR in the future, plus I game. Nothing hardcore, that I would need to run 4k. Not my style. I'm ok with 1080.

 

[logainofhades]

6600k is pointless, with a B150 board. The board is unable to overclock. What is your hardware budget.

 

[jmsellars1]

Yeah you've got an overclockable CPU, a good PSU and a great cooler on a board that can't overclock. If you want to overclock go for a Z170 board. If not you can save a lot of money on a cheaper CPU/PSU/cooler

 

[sadams04]

MB - As others have said, you have a mismatch between an overclocking CPU and non-overclocking motherboard. You don't have to overclock to game at high settings so I would suggest a H170 or B150 chipset motherboard with four memory slots.
CPU - Without overclocking, the i5-6500 is the better purchase. The additional clock speed of the i5-6600 would be nice, but not at its cost. If anything, upgrade to the i7-6700.
CPU COOLER - The stock Intel cooler will be just fine when not overclocking.
MEM - H170 and B150 are limited to DDR4-2133 so the modules below will down-clock and run at DDR4-2133 CL15 in those chipsets. The DDR4-2400 modules are just priced lower at the moment....
SSD - Eh... Look toward the Crucial below, the Sandisk X400 or the Samsung EVO lineup.
GPU - Check out the GTX 1060 over the RX 480. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gpu-hierarchy,4388.html
PSU - A quality 550w unit will be just fine for a single GPU, non-overclocking setup. Look toward XFX, Seasonic, or the EVGA G2 lineup. Light reading => http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html
CASE FANS - Not needed. As long as your case has a front intake and rear exhaust you will be just fine. Remember, you aren't building up heat by overclocking or running multiple GPUs.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($191.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus B150M-A/M.2 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($62.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Mushkin Blackline 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($71.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX300 275GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($72.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB WINDFORCE OC 6G Video Card ($249.99 @ Jet)
Case: Phanteks ECLIPSE P400 ATX Mid Tower Case ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $843.62

 

[IrishSushi]

6600k is pointless, with a B150 board. The board is unable to overclock. What is your hardware budget.

Budget was $1000. I'm not trying to overclock it. For now, and at least the next 5 years, I'm not worried about overclocking anything. Maybe in the next 5 years, if my PC was starting to lag behind, I would look at it. I'm still in school and plan to graduate in the next year and a half, so I'm not sure where i will be after that, and what line of work I'll be into.

 

[IrishSushi]

Yeah you've got an overclockable CPU, a good PSU and a great cooler on a board that can't overclock. If you want to overclock go for a Z170 board. If not you can save a lot of money on a cheaper CPU/PSU/cooler

Hmm, thanks for the reply. I'm not very interested in overclocking at the moment, with that in mind, is my build alright? I'm more or less going for looks, and speed out of the box, opposed to the potential for later.

How can you tell if a board can be overclocked? For my first build though, is it alright?

the three case fans that I listed are actually red, white, and blue, with a white case, and the mobo being snow camo. Because I'm prior military, I'm going with a military theme for my build. I know that sounds corny.

 

[IrishSushi]

MB - As others have said, you have a mismatch between an overclocking CPU and non-overclocking motherboard. You don't have to overclock to game at high settings so I would suggest a H170 or B150 chipset motherboard with four memory slots.
CPU - Without overclocking, the i5-6500 is the better purchase. The additional clock speed of the i5-6600 would be nice, but not at its cost. If anything, upgrade to the i7-6700.
CPU COOLER - The stock Intel cooler will be just fine when not overclocking.
MEM - H170 and B150 are limited to DDR4-2133 so the modules below will down-clock and run at DDR4-2133 CL15 in those chipsets. The DDR4-2400 modules are just priced lower at the moment....
SSD - Eh... Look toward the Crucial below, the Sandisk X400 or the Samsung EVO lineup.
GPU - Check out the GTX 1060 over the RX 480. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gpu-hierarchy,4388.html
PSU - A quality 550w unit will be just fine for a single GPU, non-overclocking setup. Look toward XFX, Seasonic, or the EVGA G2 lineup. Light reading => http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html
CASE FANS - Not needed. As long as your case has a front intake and rear exhaust you will be just fine. Remember, you aren't building up heat by overclocking or running multiple GPUs.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($191.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus B150M-A/M.2 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($62.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Mushkin Blackline 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($71.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX300 275GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($72.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB WINDFORCE OC 6G Video Card ($249.99 @ Jet)
Case: Phanteks ECLIPSE P400 ATX Mid Tower Case ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $843.62

Thanks a lot for the suggestions! I'm not really looking to overclock anything, I'm going for the speed out of the box, and how it looks. A lot of my reason for buying the ones I bought, was because of the price points.

- the 6500 and the 6600 had a $20 difference between the two. from my understanding the 6600 I got did not come with a cooler, thats why I purchased a seperate one.
- MB is a complete my bad, I had no idea that only some boards can overclock, I assumed they all could really.
- The GPU you suggested is not bad, but it is $50 more then what I paid for the rx 480.
- as for the PSU, I believe it was on sale, so thats why I went with the 750. Also my brother was suggesting a 750.

Since you used partpicker, how accurate is the wattage that they suggest? and if you do overclock, how much would that wattage go up, normally?

 

[jmsellars1]

(Sorry for the late reply, haven't been on for a while)

The i5-6600k doesn't come with a cooler but the non K ones (i5-6500 and i5-6600) come with a basic cooler. The i5-6500 is generally much better value than the i5-6600 as it is usually $10-20 cheaper and only around 3-4% slower.

Yeah if you're not overclocking, H110, B150 or H170 boards are better value for money.

The 6GB GTX 1060 is much better than the RX 480 but it depends on the games and resolution you're playing as well. For 1080P the RX 480 is perfect, good value. The GTX 1060 or 1070 would be better if you're considering higher resolutions or refresh rates than 1080P/60Hz.

The wattage thing on PCPartpicker is pretty accurate. 400W+ would be fine for that build so I'd go 500-550W to give yourself a bit of headroom.