Suggestion on build

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CPU: I5-8600k
Case: Fractal Design Meshify C
MOBO: Gigabyte Z370P D3
Ram: ____
Storage: 1TB HDD
GPU: GTX 960
Power supply: ____

Build has GTX 960 because I already own one and I don't want to waste money in this current GPU market.

I want a RGB ram but don't want to spend 1/3 of my budget on it. Anything 8GB is fine. If there is no RGB ones, 16GB regular should do.

I don't know weather I should invest in a 650 wats power supply or 500 will be fine.

Any changes I should make on anything? Thank you so much for the help in advance.
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($111.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($179.89 @ OutletPC)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Gold 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($58.04 @ Newegg)
Total: $349.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-08-18 00:40 EDT-0400

Personally that's the cheapest board I would overclock with
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Gonna buy the CPU and MOBO as bundle from microcenter. They go for 300$ together.
The rest will be bought from amazon, Newegg, etc.

Should I get something else for MOBO? I don't really intend on overclocking that much. I just want the ability to just incase.
 
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($111.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($179.89 @ OutletPC)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Gold 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($58.04 @ Newegg)
Total: $349.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-08-18 00:40 EDT-0400

Personally that's the cheapest board I would overclock with
 
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I do like the suggestion of the Asrock motherboard above. But I would suggest the Asrock Z370 Extreme 4 instead. The Corsair memory suggested is fine, I would suggest similar G.Skill DDR4 memory as well. As far as the power supply, it is a great choice. I would include similar EVGA G2 OR G3 power supplies. I don't have a problem with 750 watt power supplies, but for that graphics card a 500 -550 watt is more than enough. The system requirements for the GTX 960 is 400 watts, so if you are feeling lucky even a 450 watt power supply would work.
 
But one thing that I do disagree with is the OP suggestion that 8 GB of RAM is fine. It isn't. On my system with 16 GB of RAM I have between 20 (idle) - 45 % memory usage. With half the memory, you would be looking at 40 (idle) - 90% usage of memory. And that will significantly slow your system down.


My next system will have at least 16 GB of RAM. And if I can afford it, I'll have 32 GB of RAM.
 
To add to my post, suppose you want to upgrade to a GTX 1070 or GTX 1080 in the future. The GTX 1070 has a system requirement of 500 watts. The GTX 1080 has a system requirement of 500 watts. Both require a single 8-pin PCIE additional power cable. The current models of graphics cards are very efficient compared to earlier models.
 
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The Asrock z370 Extreme4 is a bit expensive. I might muster up some money though. Also I prefer the G.skill ram over the vengeance. So I think ill get that. For power supply, 650 watt EVGA will be fine.
 
You seemed like you were trying to save money. Seasonic makes the best PSU and the 750 watt was cheaper than the 650watt. I prefer an Extreme 4 if you wanna do heavy overclocking. Gskill is great RAM, but it pretty much all works the same.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Extreme4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($158.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $308.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-08-18 02:04 EDT-0400
 
That is fine. I really don't like the convention in the forums to get the very least power supply possible. The idea that something works 50 % of the time doesn't work for me. i want it to work period. And there is an old saying that suggests to add 100 watts to the system requirements. And I agree with it. Power supplies do degrade over time, and it makes sense to allow for it.