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[FreeTortoises]

I am relatively amateur when it comes to building PC's and would appreciate some feedback. The build I was looking at follows...
CPU: Intel i5 6600 Quad Core
GPU:EVGA GeForce GTX 970 04G-P4-3975-KR 4GB SSC GAMING w/ACX 2.0+, Whisper Silent Cooling Graphics Card
Motherboard: ASUS H170 PRO GAMING
Case:NZXT Crafted Series Phantom Black/Green Steel / Plastic ATX Full Tower Computer Case
RAM: Hyper X 2x 8GB
Power Supply: Thermaltake TOUGHPOWER 850W 80 PLUS GOLD Full Modular Power Supply PS-TPD-0850MPCGUS-1
SSD: SanDisk Extreme PRO 240GB SATA 6.0Gb/s

If you have any ways I can save money or any dumb mistakes I am making please let me know! Thanks!

 

[zeke15]

It looks good to me. My only suggestion would be to change the GTX 970 to an AMD R9 390 graphics card. HTey are the same price, but the R9 390 performs better in games.

 

[FreeTortoises]

It looks good to me. My only suggestion would be to change the GTX 970 to an AMD R9 390 graphics card. HTey are the same price, but the R9 390 performs better in games.

Thank you for the feedback!

 

[Bearmann]

It looks good to me. My only suggestion would be to change the GTX 970 to an AMD R9 390 graphics card. HTey are the same price, but the R9 390 performs better in games.

Not a gamer, but I thought it depended on the resolution. I thought the GTX 970 had a slight edge at 1080P while the R9 390 had a slight edge at higher resolutions. The GTX 970 runs cooler and quieter.

The build looks nice, but the power supply is a bit overkill. A 650 watt PSU would give you plenty of headroom in case you upgrade your GPU in the future. Consider the EVGA 650 G2/P2. The R9 390 would take a 650-750 watt PSU.

 

[QwerkyPengwen]

Don't cheat yourself on the CPU. Spend just a little more and get the 6600k which can be overclocked when you need it to be.
The hyper x ram is good but you can save a little money there by getting the G.Skill NT Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 2400MHz memory
You can go with the asrock series of mobo's for skylake as long as it is Z170.
When looking at the 390 vs the 970 on paper the 390 beats the 970 but not by enough to make a real difference in gaming and to top it off the 390 is a huge power consumer where as the 970 is better rated with a lower tdp so go with the 970 in my opinion.
And then finally you can get a much lower watt PSU unless you plan on running dual gtx 970's in your rig, then you're gonna need that higher watt PSU.

For a single GPU you can get this power supply unit.
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-210gq0650

Taking into consideration what you've selected and getting an idea of what you want for your gaming rig I have put together a part list with my recommended parts for the build that will save you a little money and get you better performance. (going off of the current price point that the parts you selected present)

Also, if you are dead set on the case then so be it, otherwise you could save a serious amount of money on getting a great case but at lesser price and all you really have to sacrifice is the look of the phantom series to opt for a more basic box with a side window.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($244.78 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($34.50 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($39.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($46.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB SSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($319.99 @ Micro Center)
Case: NZXT Phantom (Black/Green) ATX Full Tower Case ($114.99 @ B&H)
Power Supply: EVGA 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($58.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $895.11
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-28 20:49 EST-0500


Like I said though, if you give me a budget to work with I can figure out the best parts for you to get you performance because in the end if you have to sacrifice looks for performance then that's how it's going to be (unless of course your pc looking awesome is more important than how well it plays games)

 

[zeke15]

It looks good to me. My only suggestion would be to change the GTX 970 to an AMD R9 390 graphics card. HTey are the same price, but the R9 390 performs better in games.

Not a gamer, but I thought it depended on the resolution. I thought the GTX 970 had a slight edge at 1080P while the R9 390 had a slight edge at higher resolutions. The GTX 970 runs cooler and quieter.

http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-970-vs-AMD-R9-390/2577vs3481

 

[Bearmann]

It looks good to me. My only suggestion would be to change the GTX 970 to an AMD R9 390 graphics card. HTey are the same price, but the R9 390 performs better in games.

Not a gamer, but I thought it depended on the resolution. I thought the GTX 970 had a slight edge at 1080P while the R9 390 had a slight edge at higher resolutions. The GTX 970 runs cooler and quieter.

http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-970-vs-AMD-R9-390/2577vs3481

I don't think they separated the performance based on the resolution, or I didn't see if they did.