Building First Gaming Rig! (Almost Finalized)

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Encryptics

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Hello everyone, hope you all had a great Christmas and a happy new year to all!

I'm looking to build my first gaming rig for around £520. I aim to play games such as: GTA, CoD, BF4, F1 2015 and Project Cars at the best settings possible as well as doing light school work and the usual 'web-surfing'.

I wanted to know everyone's opinions on the build, and see if anyone had any recommendations for any better parts or a better build all together as any response will help me along my way to building my first gaming rig.

(Note: I have already bought a PSU for a discounted price):

Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply

Here is my compiled part list:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor (£95.99 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: Asus H170 PRO GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£103.63 @ Dabs)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£42.98 @ Novatech)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£34.98 @ Novatech)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card (£178.96 @ More Computers)
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£69.59 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply
Total: £526.13
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-28 00:44 GMT+0000

I will try to answer as promptly as possible to all responses.

Thanks,
Encryptics.

 
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Gamer2886

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Okay, I'll give you my opinion.

It's a good build IF you're on a budget. I mean, with the current generation of gaming I would recommend ATLEAST a Quad-Core, but if your budget is tight It's alright. I should also mention that you should change your motherboard to a Z170, this will enable you to overclock your CPU to match that of a i5 if it falls behind due to its dual cores.

ALSO, you NEED to add a CPU cooler, because the Skylake CPU's don;t include a CPU cooler, so It'll get pretty toasty if you do not get one. ( Cheap & Reliable CM 212 EVO ) :D Lastly, i would recommend switching the HDD with a more reliable brand such as Western Digital.

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I think you might be a little better off with a quad core for the more CPU dependent games you want to play, but it's a tough call, because of the higher clock of the i3 6100.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£143.34 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI H97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£62.49 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£31.98 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £237.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-28 01:38 GMT+0000

Specifically, you'll need an Asrock Z170 to overclock locked Skylakes.
 
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AridTalons

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Nothing wrong with a Seagate drive. Its not like its a Hitachi HDD. I would rather go with a Devil's Canyon chip and board. Its cheaper than Skylake and still worth the investment even though its an older chip.
 
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Encryptics

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Thank you all, for your speedy responses! Would it be better to go with a Haswell i5 core as opposed to a Skylake i3 ? If so, would this be a better suited build ?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£154.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI H97 GAMING 3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£86.88 @ More Computers)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£31.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card (£178.96 @ More Computers)
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£69.59 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply
Total: £558.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-28 02:05 GMT+0000

Thank you as always,
Encryptics
 
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