Planned Build Feedback

[EricLane]

I am building my brother a PC and wanted a little bit of feedback on how I allocated my budget of $1200 (which includes 5.5% sales tax). I am buying this all from Amazon on my Prime card so I cannot buy from anywhere else.

Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro Full Tower - $89.99

Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-Z270P-D3 LGA1151 Intel Z270 - $108.99

CPU: Intel Core i5-7600K - $209.89

Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - $29.99

GPU: MSI GAMING GeForce GTX 1060 6GB - $309.99

PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 750 B1, 80+ BRONZE 750W - $59.99

RAM: Crucial 8GB Single DDR4 2133 - $68.95

SSD: Samsung 850 EVO - 120GB - $79.90

Storage: WD Blue 1TB SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 RPM 64MB - $49.99

OS: Windows 10 - $109.98

Total with sales tax: $1175.73

Thank you to anyone that takes their time to give me some positive feedback.

 

[Rogue Leader]

PSU is junk, don't buy that one, plus its way larger than you need. a Good 550w unit is more than enough. Corsair CX550M, Seasonic S12II 520, Seasonic G series 550, any of those.

If you can find a way to afford a 2x8gb memory kit at a higher frequency you will benefit. Otherwise at least get a 2x4gb kit at a higher frequency. that will then run in dual channel which makes a performance difference.

 

[EricLane]

PSU is junk, don't buy that one, plus its way larger than you need. a Good 550w unit is more than enough. Corsair CX550M, Seasonic S12II 520, Seasonic G series 550, any of those.

If you can find a way to afford a 2x8gb memory kit at a higher frequency you will benefit. Otherwise at least get a 2x4gb kit at a higher frequency. that will then run in dual channel which makes a performance difference.

My list should mention that my RAM is 2x8 RAM. I think the Mobo only accepts 2133 Ram unless I am mistaken.

Could you reconsider your advice with that info?

Thanks

 

[Rogue Leader]

PSU is junk, don't buy that one, plus its way larger than you need. a Good 550w unit is more than enough. Corsair CX550M, Seasonic S12II 520, Seasonic G series 550, any of those.

If you can find a way to afford a 2x8gb memory kit at a higher frequency you will benefit. Otherwise at least get a 2x4gb kit at a higher frequency. that will then run in dual channel which makes a performance difference.

My list should mention that my RAM is 2x8 RAM. I think the Mobo only accepts 2133 Ram unless I am mistaken.

Could you reconsider your advice with that info?

Thanks

2x8gb is good (as long as you're buying a 2x8gb kit and not 2 single 8gb dimms) and your motherboard supports up to 3866mhz ram

https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-Z270P-D3-rev-10#sp

2400 is actually the base frequency for Kabylake so in running 2133mhz ram you're actually downgrading it even from what it is stock. A nice 3000mhz kit is your best bet.