New Build, looking for tips and Compatibility check, 600$ CND Budget total

[Ilnez]

Hey guys,

Doing a build for my friend and I'd like to do a quick compatibility check. This is a hyper low budget build. Basically, I'm buying everything except the CPU, GPU and Optical Drive (he found a great deal on a Skylake i5 last week, bought it and asked me to build around it.) So the actual budget is around 400$ Canadian shipped.

This build needs to be good enough for World of Warcraft: Legion, Overwatch, DoTA2 and League of Legends.

Here's what I'm thinking of going with
CPU: (Already bought, must be in final build) Intel I5-6400
http://www.ncix.com/detail/intel-core-i5-6400-processor-6m-84-111158.htm

[strike]MoBo: Gigabyte GA-H110M
http://www.ncix.com/detail/gigabyte-ga-h110m-s2pv-ddr3-ci7-i5-8c-120936.htm[/strike]

MoBo: AsRock H110M
http://www.ncix.com/detail/asrock-h110m-hds-intel-skylake-1151-5a-125670.htm

GPU: (I'm giving him my old one)
EVGA GeForce GTX 670

PSU: Seasonic G550 Gold Rated 550W
http://www.ncix.com/detail/seasonic-g-550-gold-550w-atx-27-76942.htm

Case: Random Case, Azza or something it's cheap with decent reviews
http://www.ncix.com/detail/azza-csaz-207bl-gaming-window-mid-tower-ba-110240.htm

[strike]DDR3 RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB)
http://www.ncix.com/detail/corsair-vengeance-8gb-2x4gb-ddr3-a5-57078.htm[/strike]

DDR4 RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws-X 2133 DDR4 RAM
http://www.ncix.com/detail/g-skill-ripjaws-v-series-f4-2133c15d-8gvr-b7-111396.htm

Wireless Adapter : Asus middle-of-the-road one
http://www.ncix.com/detail/asus-pce-n15-300mbps-802-11b-g-n-wireless-fb-62842.htm

[strike]HDD: Seagate baracuda 7200 RPM
http://www.ncix.com/detail/seagate-barracuda-1tb-7200rpm-64mb-ba-65701.htm[/strike]

HDD: Western Digital Black 1 TB
http://www.ncix.com/detail/western-digital-wd1003fzex-black-1tb-83-92021.htm

Thanks guys, I really appreciate all that this forum does for the community, you guys are great!!

 

[aWildLuke]

You'll need DDR4 Ram

 

[JQB45]

You'll need DDR4 Ram

Actually that motherboard is designed for DDR3L.

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5493#ov

 

[geofelt]

The selected motherboard is a ddr3 version.
But, the ram is 1.5v so it will exceed skylake specs.
Best to go to a ram selection app and enter your motherboard.
You will get a list of compatible ram kits.
Vengeance is a brand and you pay for fancy heat spreaders. Ram does not really need any.

It turns out that ddr3 and ddr4 performance is the same.
Still, I would pick a DDR4 based motherboard and DDR4 ram.

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.

If you insist on a hard drive, buy Western digital, they are more reliable.

 

[Ilnez]

The selected motherboard is a ddr3 version.
But, the ram is 1.5v so it will exceed skylake specs.
Best to go to a ram selection app and enter your motherboard.
You will get a list of compatible ram kits.
Vengeance is a brand and you pay for fancy heat spreaders. Ram does not really need any.

It turns out that ddr3 and ddr4 performance is the same.
Still, I would pick a DDR4 based motherboard and DDR4 ram.

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.

If you insist on a hard drive, buy Western digital, they are more reliable.

An SSD exceeds price cap by quite a lot.

I'll look into DDR4, thanks!

 

[Ilnez]

The selected motherboard is a ddr3 version.
But, the ram is 1.5v so it will exceed skylake specs.
Best to go to a ram selection app and enter your motherboard.
You will get a list of compatible ram kits.
Vengeance is a brand and you pay for fancy heat spreaders. Ram does not really need any.

It turns out that ddr3 and ddr4 performance is the same.
Still, I would pick a DDR4 based motherboard and DDR4 ram.

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.

If you insist on a hard drive, buy Western digital, they are more reliable.

Updated MoBo and RAM, care to take a look? I'll see if I can find an on-sale WD hard Drive

 

[logainofhades]

With those updates, I say your friend will have a pretty solid rig, for the games they will be playing.

 

[geofelt]

240gb samsung 750 EVO is $99, $20 more. You will never regret the added expense.
http://www.ncix.com/detail/samsung-750-series-ssd-mz-750250bw-28-127279.htm

240gb is enough for a good number of games. Only if you will store large files such as videos would you want a hard drive.

Here is a ddr4 motherboard for $10 less:
http://www.ncix.com/detail/asrock-h110m-hds-intel-skylake-1151-5a-125670.htm

The changes are good.