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I am building my 1st ever PC as a graduation gift that is being split 3 ways between me, and my parents. I am pretty tech savvy with computer software and have wanted to build my own PC for a long time. My budget for this build is ~$1300 for everything including peripherals. I have been running on crap PC's or laptops my entire life scraping by on low or medium settings on low resolutions. The goal is for the PC to run New Video Games at High to Ultra settings with little issue at 1080p resolution, as well as fast computing with engineering programs such as Solidworks, ANSYS etc. I have had a few friends look over the build, but I figure that another set of eyes looking at it could not hurt.
CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($193.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.89 @ OutletPC)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste ($4.85 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($172.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($87.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($95.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.04 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 4GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($209.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Cooler Master Storm Enforcer ATX Mid Tower Case ($87.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($64.99 @ NCIX US)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($29.89 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Asus VS248H-P 24.0" Monitor ($143.99 @ NCIX US)
Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K70 Wired Gaming Keyboard ($129.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1291.47 (Including Rebates and other Discounts)
I already have a mouse, and speakers. Also can someone tell me if that motherboard is DDL compatible? I am going to use my Turtle Beach PS4 headset with this build and it requires the sound card (or mobo) to be DDL capable as well as having bluetooth and an optical SPDIF Output. Any recommendations on the peripherals is also welcome, first time buying semi-expensive gaming peripherals.
Any help is much appreciated, Thanks
CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($193.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.89 @ OutletPC)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste ($4.85 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($172.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($87.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($95.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.04 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 4GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($209.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Cooler Master Storm Enforcer ATX Mid Tower Case ($87.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($64.99 @ NCIX US)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($29.89 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Asus VS248H-P 24.0" Monitor ($143.99 @ NCIX US)
Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K70 Wired Gaming Keyboard ($129.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1291.47 (Including Rebates and other Discounts)
I already have a mouse, and speakers. Also can someone tell me if that motherboard is DDL compatible? I am going to use my Turtle Beach PS4 headset with this build and it requires the sound card (or mobo) to be DDL capable as well as having bluetooth and an optical SPDIF Output. Any recommendations on the peripherals is also welcome, first time buying semi-expensive gaming peripherals.
Any help is much appreciated, Thanks
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