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Building my first gaming pc I've put previous fourms up but people keep saying about the new gtxs all I want is something to start of with and upgrade bit by bit every month. Not getting till after my exams but want something to look forward to.

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Keyboard, mouse, monitor, etc: no

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($233.75 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($150.88 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($67.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($85.79 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($46.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($159.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $860.36
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-14 07:01 EDT-0400
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($179.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H170A-X1 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($76.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($67.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($85.79 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($46.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 390 8GB SOC Video Card ($289.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $862.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-14 07:18 EDT-0400

Much better PC.
 
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Not. Less powerful processor, no overclocking, and you may or may not be able to use the RAM at 3200 speed with that motherboard. With the build I gave him, the only upgrade he will likely ever need is a more powerful GPU.
 
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Oh stop with that nonsense. The processor is very similar in ability. It's a Skylake Intel i5 at 3.2ghz. What is your fancy i5 6600K, 3.8ghz. Ohhh, another 0.6ghz. So much power! My build has a vastly superior GPU and similar performing CPU. But hey, looks like he choose your inferior PC over mine. Not my problem.
 
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There is nothing similar between an i5 running one core at 3.3 GHZ and another running 4 cores @ 4.6 GHZ. It makes more sense to use the more powerful processor now and upgrade the the GPU later (as the OP has stated he will be doing), to something like the GTX 1070 which will have more than double the graphics power, cost less, and be more efficient than the 390X.

Don't get offended everytime some has a different opinion than you, you won't last long on this website.
 
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riccardan-humiliato

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Oh shut up, will you? Don't presume to tell me how long I'll last on a damn forum. I never said anything about Intel i5 using a single core in one workflow, and the other using all 4 threads. That defies all logic. Do me a favour and read what you write.
 
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Your comparing the Turboboost speed of 3.3 for the 6400, which is only one core at that speed, to an overclock of 4.6 on all four cores. How can you possibly think the performance would be similar?

Edit - 2 cores at 3.3
 
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You could have gone with i7-4790K and GTX970 by excluding SSD

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($318.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-E/USB3.1 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($94.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($55.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($46.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card ($268.00 @ Newegg)
Case: Enermax ECA3253-BW ATX Mid Tower Case ($28.25 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($34.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $873.08
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-14 10:40 EDT-0400
 
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The whole point of Turbo-boost is to use the TDP envelope to boost some cores if the other cores are NOT active. Somewhere on the Intel website there are extensive charts to show how many cores are boosted to what speeds. THe idea being that the boosted cores will use more power/generate more heat, but the overall package remains within the specified TDP envelope.



There is barely any reason *ever* to build a gaming PC with an i7 processor. There are hardly any games whatsoever that will exploit hyper-threading. The small frequency boost of the i7 is not worth the price difference. On the other hand, the benefits of an SSD is evident and huge. Only an inexperienced builder would sacrifice the SSD for the i7 processor.

 
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If the other moderators see this (and they will), I'm guessing not for long.
 
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