would either of these build be good for moderate pc gaming /school work

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my labtop isnt enough for the games i want to lay would either of these be good enough to play osu, league, tomb raider , csgo , blade and soul , and the division ? my budget is around 700-750 or 780 max things i dont need are monitor keybord speakers o/s mouse also for school use in college im not to familiar with the motherbords so im going on prices and reviews also for the cpua and gpu .

amd build
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/dkZDpg

intel build
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ZJ9pZL
 
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Out of the two, the second build is the better option to begin with. That said, there are a few things that can be done better.



  • ■ Z170 board not needed since you won't be able to overclock that CPU
    ■ R9 380 would be a better choice than the GTX 960. They perform about the same with DX11 but with DX12 the R9 380 performs better
    ■ The EVGA 750B2 is a decent quality PSU but it is significantly cheaper than others of the same quality and wattage (certainly better build quality the NEX 750G
    ■ Better to use just 1 RAM stick to leave room for expansion, as there's no tangible gaming benefit to using dual channel (at least for gaming)

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CPU: Intel Core i5-6500...
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Out of the two, the second build is the better option to begin with. That said, there are a few things that can be done better.



  • ■ Z170 board not needed since you won't be able to overclock that CPU
    ■ R9 380 would be a better choice than the GTX 960. They perform about the same with DX11 but with DX12 the R9 380 performs better
    ■ The EVGA 750B2 is a decent quality PSU but it is significantly cheaper than others of the same quality and wattage (certainly better build quality the NEX 750G
    ■ Better to use just 1 RAM stick to leave room for expansion, as there's no tangible gaming benefit to using dual channel (at least for gaming)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($196.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI B150A Gaming Pro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($99.74 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($31.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.25 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 380 4GB NITRO Dual-X OC Video Card ($208.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($64.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSC0B DVD/CD Writer ($15.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $737.72
 
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I also agree the 6500 is better, but did my own tweaking:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($196.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Pro4S ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($35.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($56.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.25 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 4GB Video Card ($189.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($64.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 450W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($59.16 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSC0B DVD/CD Writer ($15.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $749.13
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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I swapped in a less expensive motherboard, Kept a Z-170 as it was less that 50 cents difference with a similar H170
found a 960 4gb for the same cost as your 2 GB
since the whole system uses less than 300W, I swapped in a high quality seasonic 450W PSU
the savings let me add a 240GB SSD
 
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Would bumping to a 6600 be worth it I don't really Wana buy other parts in the near future
 
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So if I'm only using the pc for gaming and school work not for any hard demanding applications such as video rendering 3d modeling and such I should be fine with the 6500 ? And can I upgrade it or not down the line sorry not to knowledgeable about cpu sockets and such

 
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It will be fine for several years for gaming. Whether or not you'll be able to upgrade depends on how long "down the line" we're talking about. In 5 years you might not find Skylake CPUs and Z170 boards, but they won't be scarce by any means in the upcoming years.
 
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