Need help with my system

[Connor99z]

Ok, so I've put together the parts for a Gaming PC, I would like to know if this is a good setup to have? What would you change if you needed to and will it run games at high settings? The games I will be looking to play are games such as; DayZ, CSGO, Rust, H1Z1 and a lot more other games but they are the main ones...

If someone could edit this to change the GPU to a double fan instead of a micro one fan that would be great!

System;

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£209.94 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.49 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£91.31 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£41.99 @ Novatech)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£60.98 @ Novatech)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Mini Video Card (£238.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£55.98 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£67.99 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit (£84.98 @ Novatech)
Total: £877.65
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-25 12:09 GMT+0000

 

[Chugalug_]

I assume your budget is around 900 pounds?
I'll put something together.

 

[Max1s]

Looks good, although if you can stretch your budget at all, an SSD for your C drive would be far superior to the 2TB hard drive. Windows and programs will run much faster on an SSD.

Also, in this day and age you probably should get 16GB of RAM instead of 8. Again, if you can stretch your budget.

 

[Connor99z]

I assume your budget is around 900 pounds?
I'll put something together.

Yeah, if it goes a little over theb it should be fine..., thank you

 

[Connor99z]

Looks good, although if you can stretch your budget at all, an SSD for your C drive would be far superior to the 2TB hard drive. Windows and programs will run much faster on an SSD.

Also, in this day and age you probably should get 16GB of RAM instead of 8. Again, if you can stretch your budget.

Yeah, I can probably stretch it for 2x8GB ram sticks but the SSD will probably have to be bought a little in the future

 

[Chugalug_]

Get this SSD later down the line. 😛
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/rrvZxr/crucial-mx300-275gb-25-solid-state-drive-ct275mx300ssd1

Also don't get skeptical about the graphics card, it has one of the best coolers on the market and performs like a beast despite not being from one of the bigger companies.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£172.74 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI B150M PRO-VDH Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£60.98 @ YoYoTech)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£62.99 @ Novatech)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£40.20 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Palit GeForce GTX 1070 8GB GameRock Video Card (£379.98 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Zalman Z3 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£32.99 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS UK 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£57.95 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit (£84.98 @ Novatech)
Total: £892.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-25 12:19 GMT+0000

 

[Max1s]

Looks good, although if you can stretch your budget at all, an SSD for your C drive would be far superior to the 2TB hard drive. Windows and programs will run much faster on an SSD.

Yeah, I can probably stretch it for 2x8GB ram sticks but the SSD will probably have to be bought a little in the future

Remember that getting an SSD later means reinstalling windows or cloning your hard drive, whereas getting RAM later means popping a stick into a slot! Still your decision, just wanted to point that out...

 

[Chugalug_]

Looks good, although if you can stretch your budget at all, an SSD for your C drive would be far superior to the 2TB hard drive. Windows and programs will run much faster on an SSD.

Yeah, I can probably stretch it for 2x8GB ram sticks but the SSD will probably have to be bought a little in the future

Remember that getting an SSD later means reinstalling windows or cloning your hard drive, whereas getting RAM later means popping a stick into a slot! Still your decision, just wanted to point that out...

No, it doesn't mean that at all. 😛
You can just migrate it using software.
Getting a 16GB kit of RAM at the same time also means that you avoid the cost of rising prices over time, and the fact that you would need to get the EXACT same kit to avoid compatibility, voltage or frequency issues which can damage the memory controller.

 

[Max1s]

No, it doesn't mean that at all. 😛
You can just migrate it using software.

I wasn't aware of that, what kind of software can do that? Do you have to migrate all the files or can you just move the OS and programs?

 

[Connor99z]

Looks good, although if you can stretch your budget at all, an SSD for your C drive would be far superior to the 2TB hard drive. Windows and programs will run much faster on an SSD.

Yeah, I can probably stretch it for 2x8GB ram sticks but the SSD will probably have to be bought a little in the future

Remember that getting an SSD later means reinstalling windows or cloning your hard drive, whereas getting RAM later means popping a stick into a slot! Still your decision, just wanted to point that out...

No, it doesn't mean that at all. 😛
You can just migrate it using software.
Getting a 16GB kit of RAM at the same time also means that you avoid the cost of rising prices over time, and the fact that you would need to get the EXACT same kit to avoid compatibility, voltage or frequency issues which can damage the memory controller.

Thank you for listing me that system, for the graphics card will it still have shadow play and all them features? Also the case doesn't really show much pictures? Is it like this one?;

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00DDC214K/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1480076975&sr=8-1&pi=SX200_QL40&keywords=zalman+z3+atx&dpPl=1&dpID=419l0TAhZ7L&ref=plSrch

 

[Chugalug_]

Yes it will have shadow play and all those features including Nvidia Gameworks features.
It's the same core chip, they're all the same when it comes down to the basics.
Not a great image, but yeah that's it.
It also comes in white FYI, so I can change that if you'd like.
The Corsair SPEC-03 is also an option for a little more at 49 pounds.
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/TpZQzy/corsair-case-cc9011052ww

 

[Connor99z]

Yes it will have shadow play and all those features including Nvidia Gameworks features.
It's the same core chip, they're all the same when it comes down to the basics.
Not a great image, but yeah that's it.
It also comes in white FYI, so I can change that if you'd like.
The Corsair SPEC-03 is also an option for a little more at 49 pounds.
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/TpZQzy/corsair-case-cc9011052ww

Ok thank you, also I just checked I went onto the site to buy the CPU and Ram, it says the CPU is £190 not £170 the ram says its £60 but on the site it's £92? 🙁

 

[Chugalug_]

Oh wow, that's really strange...
I'll edit it for you.

 

[Connor99z]

Oh wow, that's really strange...
I'll edit it for you.

Thanks, like all them parts seems good to me, and I would probably be buying them all today being as its Black Friday, but it's annoying trying to find which site gives the best price and obv I want the sale if it does have a sale

 

[Chugalug_]

Seems like a lot of Novatech's prices are stuffed, all of their memory prices actually! 🙁
Case price is fine though.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£188.49 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI B150M PRO-VDH Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£60.98 @ YoYoTech)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£78.00 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£40.20 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Palit GeForce GTX 1070 8GB GameRock Video Card (£379.98 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Zalman Z3 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£32.99 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS UK 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£57.95 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit (£84.98 @ Novatech)
Total: £923.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-25 12:58 GMT+0000

 

[Connor99z]

Seems like a lot of Novatech's prices are stuffed, all of their memory prices actually! 🙁
Case price is fine though.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£188.49 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI B150M PRO-VDH Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£60.98 @ YoYoTech)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£78.00 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£40.20 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Palit GeForce GTX 1070 8GB GameRock Video Card (£379.98 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Zalman Z3 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£32.99 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS UK 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£57.95 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit (£84.98 @ Novatech)
Total: £923.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-25 12:58 GMT+0000

Thanks :/ what about a CPU cooler, as on my system before the stock cooler wasn't actually keeping it cool so I had to replace it for a Afternarket cooler (H7 Cryorig)

 

[Chugalug_]

The H7 is a very good cooler, but the system you put together before was an overclocking system, this is not.
Skylake has very high performance per watt, and with the reduced wattage it produces less heat.
The stock cooler has also gotten better over time, and it is more than sufficient for a locked i5.

 

[Connor99z]

The H7 is a very good cooler, but the system you put together before was an overclocking system, this is not.
Skylake has very high performance per watt, and with the reduced wattage it produces less heat.
The stock cooler has also gotten better over time, and it is more than sufficient for a locked i5.

The system I had before had an i5 3350P and an amd radeon R9 270x which the CPU got to temp of 70 when playing games such as H1Z1 for a long duration of time with the stock cooler bearing in mind the PC also had around 5 fans inside it

 

[Chugalug_]

70c isn't hot OR dangerous, that's perfectly normal, good actually.
Only worry if it starts to hit above 80c constantly.

 

[Connor99z]

70c isn't hot OR dangerous, that's perfectly normal, good actually.
Only worry if it starts to hit above 80c constantly.

I guess, but when the system is running at a constant 70 degrees getting hotter every time it makes the room unbearably hot, I like to know that my system feels cool when putting my hand over the top instead of it really hot, idk hard to explain aha, probably just being paranoid

 

[Chugalug_]

It shouldn't heat the room at all, it's such a small source of heat, and the temperature is not measured by ambient temperature, it is measured via the integrated heat spreader on the CPU.
Paranoid is right! 😉

 

[Connor99z]

It shouldn't heat the room at all, it's such a small source of heat, and the temperature is not measured by ambient temperature, it is measured via the integrated heat spreader on the CPU.
Paranoid is right! 😉

Maybe it's just me sweating it out over CSGO lol, so do you know what kind of FPS the system will get me playing Arma 3, CSGO, Rust, DayZ, h1z1 etc? Idk if you play games or what you play aha,

So that case in the system specs people have been saying the cable management is hard to do and some things had to be squeezed in, i want a case that has a side mirror as I would probably be putting LED lights round it aswell but I don't want to have issues when it comes down to building it

 

[Chugalug_]

Plenty, all the FPSes. xD
Do you have a 144hz monitor btw?
It'd be extremely useful given the games you play.
You have a modular PSU, so cables won't be an issue.

 

[Connor99z]

Plenty, all the FPSes. xD
Do you have a 144hz monitor btw?
It'd be extremely useful given the games you play.
You have a modular PSU, so cables won't be an issue.

So what's the difference between with a modular? Sorry this will be my first build aha, kind of nervous

And no I have 2 Benq 24inch 60hz monitors but my next one will probably go in the middle as a monitor I play my games on and would most probably be 144hz

 

[Chugalug_]

Modular means you can remove the cables, and only keep in the ones you need.
Non-modular is where all the cables are flowing out of the PSU in a sort of tight bundle, very annoying to work with, and semi-modular is where your main connectors can't be removed from the PSU, but the power connectors like 6 and 8 pins etc. are modular.
Keep the BenQs as secondary monitors, and get this when you can afford it: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/rkphP6/asus-monitor-vg248qe