1600 dollar budget pc

nwolf1010

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Hi i have put together this build for a friend and a wanted some extra opinions on it.


PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/nb66YJ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/nb66YJ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($411.88 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($102.88 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M5 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($152.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($84.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card ($649.99 @ B&H)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($64.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($65.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $1658.56
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-02 07:16 EST-0500
 
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Increasing memory to DDR4-2800 or higher makes a difference in some games so if you can up that. This build deserves a better PSU than the FSP made EVGA SuperNOVA B1. Is it not a great unit and for the price you can get a far better EVGA 650w GQ.

Power Supply: EVGA 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $69.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-02 07:19 EST-0500

Review:
http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story6&reid=454

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Increasing memory to DDR4-2800 or higher makes a difference in some games so if you can up that. This build deserves a better PSU than the FSP made EVGA SuperNOVA B1. Is it not a great unit and for the price you can get a far better EVGA 650w GQ.

Power Supply: EVGA 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $69.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-02 07:19 EST-0500

Review:
http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story6&reid=454
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($329.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($28.98 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Pro4S ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($109.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($67.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Mushkin ECO2 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Pipeline HD 2TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive ($56.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 390X 8GB Video Card ($373.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Rosewill Challenger S ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Monitor: Acer G257HU smidpx 60Hz 25.0" Monitor ($259.99 @ B&H)
Total: $1587.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-02 11:25 EST-0500

includes OS and 1440p monitor