Need Opinions for a ~ 900$ Gaming PC pls

[manolaren]

I m thinking something like this http://pcpartpicker.com/p/4zJnsY for a gaming pc.

Do you think i should go for an Asus Z170-Z or Z170-Pro Gaming instead of Z170-K? I have never used sli before in the past and i m not thinking doing it anyway, i m just asking about overall performance of the above mobos.

What about the GPU? Do you think its a R9 380 Nitro is a good choice? Maybe a GTX960 would be better?

Should i go for a M12 Seasonic PSU or a Superflower Leadex, or XFX will do the job fine?

Do you think its better to wait a bit for the new hardware (cpu & gpu) releases?

Any other thoughts and suggestions will be much appreciated.

Thank you.

*Edit

Gaming use (rpg's and mmo's mostly), No OC, no SLI, 1080p 60Hz monitor, prefer midi tower, no video editing etc, max price 900$

 

[TheDudeThatLurks]

Motherboards do not effect performance, in terms of FPS, frame-time etc. Said performance relies on the components.

Z170 chipset motherboards are mostly intended for overclocking, and SLI situations. A H110/B150 will do fine here, but it's your call.

An R9 380 will do fine for what you're planning on doing 😉

" Do you think its better to wait a bit for the new hardware (cpu & gpu) releases?"

If you want to wait for the new generation of GPUs, which may be announced around June-time, feel free to do so.

You don't really need the 2666MHz RAM. In most cases, you won't see a large performance gap. If you're going with a H110/B150 board, it will be capped at 2133MHz.

 

[Mr Kagouris]

Looks good, just get a B150 or H170 motherboard instead. The only major features Z170 has over B150 and H170 are CPU overclocking, SLI support, and native RAID support. If you don't plan on using any of these features, no need to get a Z170 board.

 

[DeathRabit]

About GPU wait for May-June and new GPUs from AMD and Nvidia
About mobo if you plan later OC similar VRM have Motherboard: Asus Z170-P ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($109.99 @ Newegg)
For MAX OC you need pay more Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($127.98 @ Newegg)

 

[lakimens]

Build is nice overall, I would just make a few changes.
You don't really need Z170, if you don't play to overclock.H170 will do just fine.
The GTX 960 is worse, than the R9 380(In case you were thinking of changing).
The PSU is good, but for that budget you can get a tier 1 like EVGA G2,XFX XTR(just google psu tier list).

 

[manolaren]

I think in the end i ll go like this

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($194.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus H170 PRO GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($102.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($54.00 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.99 @ Micro Center)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB SSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($308.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Zalman Z11 NEO ATX Mid Tower Case ($62.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: SeaSonic M12II 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($167.83 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($17.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $957.66

 

[Mr Kagouris]

+1 at the above build.

 

[lakimens]

I think in the end i ll go like this

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($194.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus H170 PRO GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($102.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($54.00 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.99 @ Micro Center)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB SSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($308.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Zalman Z11 NEO ATX Mid Tower Case ($62.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: SeaSonic M12II 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($167.83 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($17.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $957.66

Why are you paying $170 for the PSU, it goes for $75 for the 620W version and 30W is not really gonna change anything.

 

[-HH-]

+1 with that money you could get a rosie cap+ an SSD:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($194.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($124.09 @ Amazon)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($84.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.99 @ Micro Center)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card ($283.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Phanteks ECLIPSE P400S ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Rosewill 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $940.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-25 09:40 EDT-0400