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I'm upgrading my old rig. It's a several year old system with a 1st gen Corei7, 6GB triple channel RAM, 2x Radeon 6770's in crossfire, though one is burned out and the CPU has been overheating from many years of overclocking. It's time for a replacement.
A few years ago I would have considered myself an enthusiast. I custom built my own rig as well as several for friends over the years. Though I haven't been as up-to-date on recent hardware developments in the last few years and was hoping to get some advice.
Over the years I've made a few upgrades to my rig, namely with SSDs. I already have a 128GB Samsung 840 SSD for the OS and a 500GB Samsung 850 SSD for games storage. As well as 2x WD Caviar Black 1TB HDD's in raid 0 for general storage and backups of the SSDs. I've also already got a really solid passive/active CPU cooler that I'll be using. So I'll be reusing all of my storage for my new build and the CPU heat sync, which aught to save me a few bucks.
The use-case for this build is primarily gaming. I do some small amounts of work from home, but nothing so processor intensive that it warrants a Core i7 6700k over the Core i5 6600k that I'm using in this build. I play mostly Blizzard games like Heroes of the Storm, StarCraft II, Diablo III, etc. but I also play a lot of RPGs like Assassin's Creed, The Witcher, Elder Scrolls, some random MMOs at times, etc.
My budget for this build is roughly $1k. I've got all the parts picked out, but I was hoping some of the intelligent folk here at tomshardware could help make sure that I'm getting the biggest bang for my buck. Or at least not ripping myself off by picking the wrong parts.
Component | Part Name | Price (Newegg.com)
*Motherboard | [GIGABYTE GA-Z170XP-SLILGA 1151 Intel Z170 ATX]
(http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128841) | $145.99
*CPU | [Intel Core i5-6600K 6M Skylake Quad-Core 3.5 GHz LGA 1151 95W]
(http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117561)| $269.99
*GPU | [GIGABYTE G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 970 GV-N970G1]
(http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125684) | $329.99
*RAM | [CORSAIR Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 2400]
(http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233752) | $104.99
*Case | [Corsair Obsidian Series 450D Black ATX Mid Tower ]
(http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139042) | $119.99
*Power Supply | [Antec EDG 750 750W ATX12V / EPS12V 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Full Modular]
(http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA24G2KG1351) | $89.99
*SSD (OS) | SAMSUNG 840 Pro Series 2.5" 128GB SATA III |Owned
*SSD (Games) | SAMSUNG 850 EVO 2.5" 500GB SATA III | Owned
*HDD | 2x WD Caviar Black 1TB Raid 0 | Owned
*Operating System | Windows 10 Pro | Owned
| Total Price | $1060.94
A few years ago I would have considered myself an enthusiast. I custom built my own rig as well as several for friends over the years. Though I haven't been as up-to-date on recent hardware developments in the last few years and was hoping to get some advice.
Over the years I've made a few upgrades to my rig, namely with SSDs. I already have a 128GB Samsung 840 SSD for the OS and a 500GB Samsung 850 SSD for games storage. As well as 2x WD Caviar Black 1TB HDD's in raid 0 for general storage and backups of the SSDs. I've also already got a really solid passive/active CPU cooler that I'll be using. So I'll be reusing all of my storage for my new build and the CPU heat sync, which aught to save me a few bucks.
The use-case for this build is primarily gaming. I do some small amounts of work from home, but nothing so processor intensive that it warrants a Core i7 6700k over the Core i5 6600k that I'm using in this build. I play mostly Blizzard games like Heroes of the Storm, StarCraft II, Diablo III, etc. but I also play a lot of RPGs like Assassin's Creed, The Witcher, Elder Scrolls, some random MMOs at times, etc.
My budget for this build is roughly $1k. I've got all the parts picked out, but I was hoping some of the intelligent folk here at tomshardware could help make sure that I'm getting the biggest bang for my buck. Or at least not ripping myself off by picking the wrong parts.
Component | Part Name | Price (Newegg.com)
*Motherboard | [GIGABYTE GA-Z170XP-SLILGA 1151 Intel Z170 ATX]
(http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128841) | $145.99
*CPU | [Intel Core i5-6600K 6M Skylake Quad-Core 3.5 GHz LGA 1151 95W]
(http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117561)| $269.99
*GPU | [GIGABYTE G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 970 GV-N970G1]
(http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125684) | $329.99
*RAM | [CORSAIR Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 2400]
(http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233752) | $104.99
*Case | [Corsair Obsidian Series 450D Black ATX Mid Tower ]
(http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139042) | $119.99
*Power Supply | [Antec EDG 750 750W ATX12V / EPS12V 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Full Modular]
(http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA24G2KG1351) | $89.99
*SSD (OS) | SAMSUNG 840 Pro Series 2.5" 128GB SATA III |Owned
*SSD (Games) | SAMSUNG 850 EVO 2.5" 500GB SATA III | Owned
*HDD | 2x WD Caviar Black 1TB Raid 0 | Owned
*Operating System | Windows 10 Pro | Owned
| Total Price | $1060.94
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