My Budget Gaming System

I am in East Malaysia, Sabah. Its a small city, very far from the capital.

The GTX 950 recommended runs on 128 bit, & my thinking was that bitrate affects graphics display greatly. Which was why i selected R7 370, which runs on 256 bit. My bro got a used GTX 460 1GB GDDR5 256 bit for USD$60, which he sloted on his cheap $60 Asrock MB using Phenom II processor, with 2GB DDR2 800Mhz Ram, & playing HON, he ran full specs smooth as baby's ass. I am also buying the R7 at dealer rate, & my dealer has limited choice, its the only 256 bitrate card I can afford.

The MB I can try to find, since my supplier only deals in Gigabyte & Cooler Master products. Will be grateful if can provide a budget gaming setup using Gigabyte graphics card, MB, & cooler master power supply & casing

Between the Z170-HD3P recommended & the Z170X-Gaming 3, which is better...price diff is RM100, bout USD$25

us.hardware.info listed z170x gaming 3 as most value for money...

Ok latest setup - http://pcpartpicker.com/p/6DJHwP

Price in my country
i3 6100 - USD$132.32
Z170-HD3P - $161.65
Corsair memory 1X8GB - $50
HyperX SSD 240GB - $90
Gigabyte R7 370 2GB GDDR5 OC - $164.30
Casing: CM Silencio 452 - $58, CM N400 - $50
Cooler Master 650W G650M RS650 - $91.43, RS550 - $79.50
Corsair CX 600M - $93.75

These are dealer prices, retail markup higher of course...
Total cost of these hardware to me will be - USD $750.02 / $747.70 / $727.77

After some thinking & researching, I've decided to use a Seasonic PSU instead...costlier, but apparently more reputable...however, some reviews online says the cables provided might be too short for certain systems?
My local price is USD$135

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/XwsT8d

Seasonic S12II Bronze 620W, $80

Seasonic M12 Evo Edition 620W, $95

FSP Hexa+550 - $55

Corsair VS550 - $60

FSP Hyper 600W - $72.50

FSP AURUMS 600W - $100

http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/compare/corsair-power-supply-cp9020050ww,fsp-group-power-supply-aurums600w,seasonic-power-supply-s12ii620bronze,seasonic-power-supply-ss620gm2/

I would like to ask also, I may be leaving my comp on for hours overnight, downloading stuff, so casing wise was advised to avoid silencio, as may heat up inside. Can I ask about PSU wattage? is slightly higher wattage gonna affect my electric bill significantly...?

Hi, would like to ask about the i3 6100 processor...the intel website says the processor supports DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V, & the Ram i'm buying is DDR4-2400...would it affect me that I can't start my comp?

http://ark.intel.com/products/90729

uh, i think u misunderstand me... intel website states the i3-6100 supports DDR4-1866/2133, so if i buy DDR4-2400, would there be any negative effects?

Thanks. I get it now. Went reading this article & got a clearer picture of CPU vs GPU vs RAM speed...it makes a lot of diff...z170 allows this i3 processor to use higher speed ram.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2015-intel-core-i3-6100-review

Finally setup my new comp. What I bought - http://pcpartpicker.com/p/kLdK6h

CPU - Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor - RM520 ($130)
Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P ATX LGA1151 Motherboard - RM646.60 ($161.65)
Memory - Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory - RM440 ($110)
Storage - SSD HyperX Fury 240GB - RM360 ($90)
- Western Digital SATA 2TB (earx)(green) - RM225 ($56.25) bought used, 2 months old
- Seagate SATA 7200, 500GB (bought in 2010, still usable)
Video Card - Gigabyte Radeon R7 370 2GB WINDFORCE 2X Video Card ) - RM636 ($159)
Case - Cooler Master N400 ATX Mid Tower Case - RM200.34 ($50.09)
Power Supply - SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply - RM300 ($75)
WiFi Card - TP-Link TL-WN881ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter - RM60 ($15)
Keyboard/Mouse - Razer Cynosa Pro Bundle w/ Deathadder mouse RM295.74 ($73.94)
UPS - Power Logic KOSS UPS 800VA - RM160 ($40)

TOTAL COST: - RM3,843.68 ($960.92)

I know I went over budget, especially with RAM purchase - my thinking was that if I tested that I really do not need 16GB ram, i can always sell the extra 1x8GB for good value. (RM250?)

Installation - Was frustrating in the beginning, made motherboard installation mistakes, forgot to screw on stand-off sockets. Then plugging in front panel cables, plugin +/- wrongly, luckily later found a G Connector provided by MB, rectified my mistakes. Then installed my SSD, broke one of the SATA power connector, dented 2 pins on my SSD (nearly cried) & cracked off a bit of the SSD, then finally manage to setup all the HDs. No issue with Wifi card, processor & video card, though my cable management still messy...finally setup with UPS, start...cannot POST.

I tried removing rams & HDs, no avail...later was about to post to Tom's when i read the guild for installing new PC...n found out i made newbie error no.2, forgot 12V power connector for processor...no wonder lah...so remedy that, open to BIOs, manage to update to latest BIOs from Gigabyte...success...tomorrow will then try to install Win7, later to be upgraded to Win 10.

Future purchases - Case supports 8 fans, 2 provided, may have to buy 6 more...will be attempting to overclock this i3-6100, so am seriously considering liquid cooling, saw & liked a Corsair cooler, only to find out it costs nearly RM500 ($125)...so am now looking for cheaper liquid cooling solutions. Any ideas?

PS: Seasonic PSU very quiet, highly recommended...