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Ikaron

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Hello!

I would like to build a PC and I have the parts selected, I just wanted to know if there is any improvements that I could make or ways to make it cheaper.
The aim for this PC is to run games at 1080p at +60FPS, but the games that I will be playing will not be very graphic intensive, but I would like a stronger GPU so I can play some games that are more graphic intense if I want to. I will be running 1 monitor for now and then possibly add another monitor. Both of these monitors will be 1080p. I live in Canada and would like to order in the next 2-3 days. Thanks!

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/jP2Wcc
Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/jP2Wcc/by_merchant/
CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($264.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($64.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($49.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($49.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB GAMING Video Card ($269.99 @ NCIX)
Case: Corsair Air 240 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ NCIX)
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($64.98 @ NCIX)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($124.99 @ NCIX)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter ($44.99 @ Memory Express)
Other: Silverstone 1 to 8 PMW fan hub ($16.19)
Total: $1101.08
 
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Intel threw a fit about the blck overclocking of non k series cpu's. They disabled it, in a microcode fix, for another bug that Skylake had. Only a few select Asrock boards can do it now, if you can find them. When you can the price is so high, you may as well just go with a 6600k, and a low end Z170 board.
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You can shave the price of the WiFi adapter off if you run an Ethernet cable to your router. If you ever need WiFi in the future, you can probably get a cheap USB dongle.

High end i3 instead of an i5 could save money. But intensive games could be a bit of a problem...
 
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Thank you for the reply, Unfortunately the router is about 40 ft from where my computer will be so I think a WiFi adapter will do better for me. And I would like to stay in the i5's for I don't think i will be upgrading for quite a whil (2~3 years maybe more depending on how it goes)
 
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Buy a Windows 10 key off of ebay, then make your own installation disc or thumb drive. Go to the microsoft website and make your own Recovery/installation disc. I did this and it cost me $30 for the key and I already had a disc... This will save $100 you can put into more ram, higher end cpu, etc
 
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Ikaron

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How reliable is this? like buying the key from ebay, since it was $30 it was probably sold second hand?
 
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dont bother with wireless adapter they suck balls youll want wired connection and put a little bit more money on they mobo and gpu since its the heart of you rpc for future proofing you cant even OC with this mobo go with a Z
 
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You cannot overclock an i5 6500 to begin with. GPU matters more, for gaming, anyway. I would not go with such an expensive case, either. 120gb ssd is not very useful. Unless prices changed, your build is actually more than that, due to mail in rebates. I do agree that a wired connection is better, if at all possible. I would not risk getting windows as waterskier mentioned doing.


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($255.94 @ Vuugo)
Motherboard: Asus H110M-A/M.2 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($74.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Memory: G.Skill Aegis 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($44.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($79.99 @ Memory Express)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Mini Video Card ($319.95 @ shopRBC)
Case: Rosewill FBM-05 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($24.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($74.99 @ Memory Express)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($115.48 @ DirectCanada)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter ($44.99 @ Memory Express)
Other: Silverstone 1 to 8 PMW fan hub ($16.19)
Total: $1112.49
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-28 16:22 EDT-0400








 
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Intel threw a fit about the blck overclocking of non k series cpu's. They disabled it, in a microcode fix, for another bug that Skylake had. Only a few select Asrock boards can do it now, if you can find them. When you can the price is so high, you may as well just go with a 6600k, and a low end Z170 board.
 
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