Seeking help in building a gaming pc

IronDiglett · Apr 28, 2016

I am a complete newcomer when it comes to gaming computers and PCs in general. I have looked at both ready-made desktops and custom-built ones, but honestly I have no idea if the specs are good or worth the price.

My current budget is around 1000-1300 Euros (1130-1471 USD) and I would like to be able to run games like The Witcher 3 or Fallout 4 (generally high-end games) smoothly. However, due to the store in which I would build the PC, some of your recommended parts may not be available. Therefore I have included the link underneath that will take you to the PC building options.

http://bto.plaisio.gr/?_ga=1.191259562.1846053699.1461578422

Although the website may be in Greek, it shouldn't really be a problem.
Thank you and any help is welcome.
(if the link does not work, please let me know)

genthug · Apr 28, 2016

http://bto.plaisio.gr/MachineNew?state=2235021B69.9B1A2374730B129.09B1A2348241B269.9B1A1682857B6.9B4A2367963B132.9B1A2453967B104.9B1A2403285B294.9B1A2389649B82.9B1AD2016-4-28-16-07-35
You could upgrade the GPU in that to a 970 for better performance than a 380x, but for about 100 euro more, which takes you close to your budget line. And I didn't include an OS or an optical drive.

superninja12 · Apr 28, 2016

wgere are you from iron diglet? and are you interested in livestreaming and or video recording?

IronDiglett · Apr 29, 2016

genthug :

I added an OS and optical drive, but do you know the difference between the Palit VGA GTX 970 4G and the MSI VGA GTX 970 Tiger OC 4GB and possibly which one is better?

genthug · Apr 29, 2016

I don't know the company Palit, but I tend to stay away from companies that aren't large companies with reputations to uphold. That could be different in your country, I do not know. But typically, with GPUs, I tend to stay with: Asus, MSI, EVGA, Sapphire, or Gigabyte. I would guess that the Tiger has better cooling capabilities and the OC dictates that it comes factory overclocked (you don't have to do it manually, although it is not all that difficult to do yourself), so that if you are afraid of manual overclocking, that card will run faster.

IronDiglett · Apr 29, 2016

genthug :

If I were to choose a more expensive graphics card (in this case the Sapphire VGA R9 390v2 Nitro 8GB TRI-X OC), should/would I have to purchase a more expensive processor or motherboard as well?

genthug · Apr 29, 2016

I went midline with your board because it fits your budget & it's fairly good board for skylake. As for the processor, for gaming purposes the only better processor that you'll find (running one GPU) is going to be the i7 6700(k). You won't need to upgrade either of these parts, they both support 16x PCI-E. Just know that you won't be able to put anything else in the PCI-e slots connected to your CPU without sacrificing GPU performance, as an i5 6600k only has 16 PCI-E lanes available. But it doesn't seem like you need/want a wifi adapter.

I wouldn't say it's more expensive as it's only a 20 euro difference, those differences come more due to the way the card is shipped from the factory than the actual card they are. Moving from a 970 to a 390 (especially if both are factory overclocked, as they both are) is more of a sideways move than an upgrade. The only thing that the 390 holds over the 970 is 4 1/2 gb of VRam, they otherwise operate similarly except for power consumption.

IronDiglett · May 1, 2016

genthug :

I went midline with your board because it fits your budget & it's fairly good board for skylake. As for the processor, for gaming purposes the only better processor that you'll find (running one GPU) is going to be the i7 6700(k). You won't need to upgrade either of these parts, they both support 16x PCI-E. Just know that you won't be able to put anything else in the PCI-e slots connected to your CPU without sacrificing GPU performance, as an i5 6600k only has 16 PCI-E lanes available. But it doesn't seem like you need/want a wifi adapter.

I wouldn't say it's more expensive as it's only a 20 euro difference, those differences come more due to the way the card is shipped from the factory than the actual card they are. Moving from a 970 to a 390 (especially if both are factory overclocked, as they both are) is more of a sideways move than an upgrade. The only thing that the 390 holds over the 970 is 4 1/2 gb of VRam, they otherwise operate similarly except for power consumption.

Do you have an idea if the MSI H170 gaming m3 is any better than the Gigabyte Z170-HD3P (There's only a 10 euro difference)

genthug · May 1, 2016

I try to stay away from MSI motherboards... They've never impressed me in comparison to their competitors. It's personal

IronDiglett · May 7, 2016

genthug :

Do you know if the chosen Gigabyte motherboard is good enough for future CPU or GPU upgrades?

genthug · May 7, 2016

It's good for GPUs, it supports sli/crossfire and if you want to replace a GPU with a single one, just grab a new GPU. CPU upgrades: Skylake E will eventually come out, you can move to an i7 6700k, once Kaby Lake launches you can move to a Kaby Lake i5/i7 if it's an upgrade (benchmarks are needed, but Kaby Lake is running on LGA1151 as well, so there is that option).

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