Is this the best value I can get for my money?

Aerokorian · Mar 2, 2016

Approximate Purchase Date: (e.g.: this week (the closer the better))

Budget Range: 600-800 (With video card)
System Usage: Gaming

Parts Not Required: Keyboard, Mouse, Hard Drive, Monitor

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg.com
Country: United States
Parts Preferences: I am currently looking at Intel but could be swayed to either side
Overclocking: Maybe

SLI or Crossfire: Maybe

Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080

I've never built a computer before but I was considering the following:
Tower: Apevia X-Hermes (4 120mm fans and 1 200mm fan included)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811144292
MB: MSI H110 LGA 1151
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130924&cm_re=i5-_-13-130-924-_-Product
PSU: EVGA 550w 80 PLUS Gold
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438053
Processor: Intel i5- 6600
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117562
RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury 1x8gb 2133mhz 288pin
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104530&cm_re=ram_8gb-_-20-104-530-_-Product
Video Card: GTX-970
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500362R&cm_re=gtx_970-_-14-500-362R-_-Product
I am also getting molex to 3 pin connectors for the fans in the tower
SSD: OCZ 120gb
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820228141

USAFRet · Mar 2, 2016

SSD - 60GB is too small. Either 120GB min, or don't bother.
Yes, you can do it with a 60, but you will be continually managing space on it.

RAM - 2 x 4 instead of 1 x 8

Cooler - Why an aftermarket cooler on a non-OC capable CPU and motherboard?

TJ Hooker · Mar 2, 2016

^What he said. Also:
-i5-6500 is arguably a little better value (but it's marginal).
-That's a great PSU, but 750W is overkill. If you're making sure you have extra juice in case you want to upgrade that's cool, but otherwise you could go with a 550W
-You don't thermal paste (stock cooler comes with some on it)

TJ Hooker · Mar 2, 2016

Ranked Mediator :

That's going to be significantly over the OPs budget. The listed total is too low because half the items simply don't have prices listed.

Also, why 2 SSDs, and why Intel SSDs? They tend to be pretty poor value. And if you're going for value, you should go with 8GB RAM, not 16. Also, there are better PSUs at lower prices that you could use.

Really, there's just a bunch of stuff wrong with that build.

Aerokorian · Mar 2, 2016

Thank you @USAFRet and @TJ Hooker for the advice.

g-unit1111 · Mar 2, 2016

TJ Hooker :

Yeah Intel SSDs are ridiculously overrated. The 730 series are good drives but really for 1/2 the price of the 730 you can get a Samsung 850 Evo instead.

This is what I would suggest - you don't need the thermal compound, Apevia cases are extremely mixed quality, and 60GB is too low for an SSD.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170-GAMING 3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($94.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($86.75 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 4GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($204.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($63.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $830.48
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-02 22:39 EST-0500

$30 over budget but all solid components and you won't have to replace any of them.

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Is this the best value I can get for my money?

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