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Andrew Peskett

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Hi all, I have previously built myself a very good PC, and am now helping my friends brother choose his parts. He is on a budget of around 1.5k-2k so we came up with the following build!

http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/nWTFRB

If anyone could double check it for me, just make sure it works fine because my ass is on the line if it doesn't work :) And if theres any improvments too!
 
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It is a good build, and it will work.

But you don't need a z170 board with that CPU, a cheaper H170 will give the same speed.
You don't need an aftermarket cooler, skylake CPU run cool
Power supply:- consider EVGA supernova.
250Gb SSD is only a few $ more
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It is a good build, and it will work.

But you don't need a z170 board with that CPU, a cheaper H170 will give the same speed.
You don't need an aftermarket cooler, skylake CPU run cool
Power supply:- consider EVGA supernova.
250Gb SSD is only a few $ more
 
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It is a build that will work and is fully compatible, however the price/performance ratio of the build is on the weaker side. You can get a better performing build at the same price point.

How much will the Corsair RMx power supply cost you on top of that? Also how much will the RAM cost?
 
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If you go Z170 + custom cooler change that cpu to 6600k at least so you can play with overclocking later, otherwise indeed H170 or even B150 mobos are sufficient for non K CPU.
PSU is alright, no need to search for better if it's priced accordingly.
With 120 GB SSD he will have to be very wise what he will put on OS drive, since it might fill quickly if he start to install games on it, otherwise it's sufficient if you go for OS + software (no games) route.
I have some personal bad experience with Seagate drives, but as i can see you have hardly any alternative for that price.
Also depending of display he has, if its 1080p GTX 960 might be good enough but still I'd certainly look over GTX 970's for no compromises, but thats +150$ mark from the nearest decent EVGA model.
Other than that build looks good.

Few polishes here and there...

"On the cheap" version:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($325.00 @ Centre Com)
Motherboard: ASRock H170M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($145.00 @ PLE Computers)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($149.00 @ CPL Online)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($95.00 @ CPL Online)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($99.00 @ IJK)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 4GB Video Card ($359.00 @ IJK)
Case: Aerocool Strike-X Advance ATX Mid Tower Case ($99.00 @ CPL Online)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX750B BRONZE 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($98.00 @ CPL Online)
Total: $1369.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-13 22:40 AEDT+1100

"FTW" version:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($355.00 @ Mwave Australia)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212X 82.9 CFM CPU Cooler ($52.00 @ IJK)
Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($189.00 @ Centre Com)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($149.00 @ CPL Online)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($95.00 @ CPL Online)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($99.00 @ IJK)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card ($499.00 @ CPL Online)
Case: Aerocool Strike-X Advance ATX Mid Tower Case ($99.00 @ CPL Online)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX750B BRONZE 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($98.00 @ CPL Online)
Total: $1635.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-13 22:44 AEDT+1100


As said above EVGA has some quite good economical model, if that Corsair RM really cost the same as on partpicker (~150$) then certainly this one looks like a better deal.
Other then that you either go solid gaming build but with no OC or superior build with lot's of power to be unleashed.
 
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