First Build. Need Advise/Help. i7

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Hassaan M

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Dear,

This will be my first build.
I want to make a medium Gaming, fast and all purpose PC. Under or ~1000$
I want to build it with the latest, Intel Core i7-6700k processor.
According to budget and needs I was considering EVGA GeForce GTX 960 4GB GPU.

I have made a parts list using pcpartpicker,
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/H.M/saved/4mcWGX

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($339.99 @ B&H)
CPU Cooler: *Corsair H60 54.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: *Asus Z170-E ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($88.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: *G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($62.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: *Samsung 128GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: MyDigitalSSD BP5e Slim 7 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($46.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 4GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($179.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1003.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-18 04:57 EDT-0400

Any Advise/Help will be apprisiated,
Thanks in Advance,
H.M
 
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Hawkshot
getting an I7-6700k with a GTX 960 is such as waste of a good GPU, there is no point spending so much on a CPU when the GPU is going the severely limit the system. if this is for 1080p gaming which I'm making the maybe bad assumption it is the below build is what I would go for if I had to buy right now, if you don't have to buy right now change the GPU from the GTX 970- GTX1070

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($244.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($147.98 @ Newegg)...
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DonkeyOatie

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I would not use that small liquid cooler. An air cooler will do better, and quieter (and cheaper with a CRYORIG H7) How much overclocking do you plan to do? If a lot, I would want a more robust cooler.

Why the 2 SSDs? I would rather have a 240GB M2. Bigger drives are faster, up to 500Gb at least.

Gold is an efficiency standard, not a performance standard. I would use the cheaper EVGA B2 750W semi-modular supply.

Are you sure you need the unlocked i7?

What case? What about OS?
 
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Hawkshot

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getting an I7-6700k with a GTX 960 is such as waste of a good GPU, there is no point spending so much on a CPU when the GPU is going the severely limit the system. if this is for 1080p gaming which I'm making the maybe bad assumption it is the below build is what I would go for if I had to buy right now, if you don't have to buy right now change the GPU from the GTX 970- GTX1070

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($244.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($147.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: *G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($62.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: *Samsung 128GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: MyDigitalSSD BP5e Slim 7 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($46.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($299.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $982.69
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-18 05:35 EDT-0400
 
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Hlsgsz

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Get an i5, drop an ssd, and wait to get a gtx 1070. teh difference in gaming will be night and day.
 
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DonkeyOatie

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Similar, but different, parts with a nVME SSD, case, and OS. I would chose to spend what it takes to get a GTX 1070 in June (about $200 more) If you have a case and OS, then that's about the price with the GTX 1070.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($339.99 @ B&H)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H5 Ultimate 76.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($56.60 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($110.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($81.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 950 PRO 256GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($178.81 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($46.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 4GB ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($189.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Cooler Master N400 ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($83.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1199.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-18 15:07 EDT-0400

The ability to significantly overclock that CPU will give a boost to gaming and can computation or rendering too.
 
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Tradesman1

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Unless getting into some very CPU intensive apps like video editing/rendering a 6600K will more than suffice, also the H60 isn't a very good cooler, look at the H7 or 212 EVO both are air, about $30 and cool better than an H60. Can take the savings from the CPU and cooler changes and get a better GPU
 
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