Good Intel Budget Build (Max is $750 w/o Moniter or Keyboard)

EvilByTheNugget

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My laptop is dying, and OEM machines can't do what I want in a machine, so I put together a build:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($111.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI H110M Gaming Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($69.99 @ NCIX US)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($33.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($46.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card ($177.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($52.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
Case Fan: Cooler Master SickleFlow 69.7 CFM 120mm Fan ($5.99 @ NCIX US)
Keyboard: Cooler Master OCTANE Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($47.99 @ Directron)
Total: $682.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-01 20:19 EDT-0400

I have a few questions:
1) Will this play demanding titles such as The Witcher or Crysis?
2) Will the IGPU conflict with Nvidia Drivers?
3) Is this any good in general?
 

Justin781

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1) It will be able to run most demanding titles at good fps, but you will have to turn down some of the graphics settings (AA and Texture Filtering especially)
2) When a graphics card is detected, the igpu is automatically disabled
3) The build overall is alright, but there are a few things that I would change, especially since you still have room in your budget.
-Add a 120gb ssd, something from kingston or sandisk, as even a small ssd will make your system run exponentially faster than with just a hard drive. <<install windows and your most used applications onto the ssd>>
-Get at least a 500w psu to give you some overclocking headroom with your 960, something from thermaltake, seasonic, evga, coolermaster, or antec.
-Find a different mouse, the cm one in the bundle you found is garbage


 

EvilByTheNugget

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($111.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI H110M Gaming Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($69.99 @ NCIX US)
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($29.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($46.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card ($177.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($52.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
Case Fan: Cooler Master SickleFlow 69.7 CFM 120mm Fan ($5.99 @ NCIX US)
Keyboard: Zalman ZM-K400G Wired Gaming Keyboard ($24.99 @ Amazon)
Speakers: Logitech S120 2.3W 2ch Speakers ($12.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $653.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-01 21:00 EDT-0400

I ditched the OCTANE and put in some other parts