Optimal build for 1080p gaming? (Budget 1000$)

Anom1c · Nov 22, 2016

My brother is going to build his first pc and he asked a tech-savvy friend for help. He is mainly interested in gaming on it and 1080p with 60+fps is good enough for him. He's willing to spend 1000$. He already has a monitor, headset, mouse & keyboard.

This is the build they came up with:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($190.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 Evo 43.1 CFM CPU Cooler
Motherboard: MSI B150M Gaming Pro Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($60.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($102.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($88.40 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB GAMING X 3G Video Card ($219.99 @ B&H)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Cooler Master i600 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply
Total: $742.23
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-22 14:29 EST-0500

Looks fine to me but I'm curious what you guys have to say and if you would change anything & why.

PS: It will cost 20% more than what pcp says because of tax.

Thanks

ZachCampbell4065 · Nov 22, 2016

That's a decent build, though he most likely does not need 16GB of RAM so if he's desperate to save money he can trim that a little.

WildCard999 · Nov 22, 2016

Trimmed down price and was able to swap the 1060 3gb for the 6gb version. I'm not sure about the quality of that PSU.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($190.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 Evo 43.1 CFM CPU Cooler
Motherboard: MSI B150M Gaming Pro Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($60.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($50.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($64.01 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GAMING X Video Card ($259.99 @ B&H)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Cooler Master i600 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply
Total: $705.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-22 15:04 EST-0500

You could also go with a single 1x8gb RAM since that motherboard only supports 2 slots, this way you can eventually upgrade to 16gb.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($45.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $45.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-22 15:06 EST-0500

Niklas_13 · Nov 22, 2016

I would go with the gtx 1070 , being you have the budget for it and they can be had for like 385 with atm with the deals going on......... its just going to last longer before you have to replace the GPU

Niklas_13 · Nov 22, 2016

you already own that PSU ?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($190.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI B150M Gaming Pro Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($60.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($44.38 @ Newegg Marketplace)
Storage: PNY CS1311 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($64.99 @ B&H)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC GAMING Video Card ($389.99 @ B&H)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($78.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $939.10
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-22 15:17 EST-0500

Anom1c · Nov 22, 2016

The 6gb 1060 is 70$ more and the 1070 is 270$ more so it's not worth it for 1080p gaming imo. (We live in Belgium and we're going to buy from alternate.be)

He doesn't own anything on the list yet. I might look for another PSU with a good rep.

Would it be worth it to get a 6600k instead of 6500 to overclock for gaming or does it not really matter?

Niklas_13 · Nov 22, 2016

most gaming is GPU power there are some games that use the cpu more then others IMO the i5 6500 will be fine for 5 years and the GPU for 2 depending on the games and the setting you like to play on ect , if you are ok with mid setting and 40 fps then the gpu will last longer.

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