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snowthedirtbub

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I just bought components to build a PC on a whim, my friend got me a real good deal on an i7 6800k and I wanted to buy everything with Black Friday sales but, after about 10 minutes after purchasing everything I'm sitting here thinking "what have I done." This is my first PC build and it will be used for photo editing and occasional gaming with modern games (Grand Theft Auto, Battlefield, etc.). I have no plans to OC.

Components:

CPU: Intel Core i7-6800K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor ($200)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($28)
Motherboard: ASRock X99 Taichi ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($181.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston HyperX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($65)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Mini Video Card ($225.99 @ Newegg)
Case: DIYPC Gamemax-W ATX Full Tower Case ($59.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Rosewill HIVE 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($20.98 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($85)

Total: Just around $1000 which was my absolute max budget.

Did I do ok? I'm mostly concerned about the graphics card and am kicking myself for not looking into it more.

Thanks for any advice!
 
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Silverbear
That's a lot of money you spent for rather "okay" components unfortunately. They'll work, and you might not run into very many problems, but other than the CPU and RAM, I wouldn't buy anything you listed. Because for the price, you can get more reliable components.

If you can cancel your orders completely, this is what you can get for around the same price:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6800K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor ($200.00)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! PURE ROCK 51.7 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: MSI X99A SLI PLUS ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($184.99 @ B&H)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (4 x...
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That's a lot of money you spent for rather "okay" components unfortunately. They'll work, and you might not run into very many problems, but other than the CPU and RAM, I wouldn't buy anything you listed. Because for the price, you can get more reliable components.

If you can cancel your orders completely, this is what you can get for around the same price:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6800K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor ($200.00)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! PURE ROCK 51.7 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: MSI X99A SLI PLUS ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($184.99 @ B&H)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($95.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX300 275GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($67.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 7K3000 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 480 4GB GAMING X Video Card ($199.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Phanteks ECLIPSE P400 ATX Mid Tower Case ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home Full - USB 32/64-bit ($106.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $1049.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-27 00:37 EST-0500

CPU cooler: You picked a popular one, but far from the most silent or the most efficient for the price, now days, when picking a cooler, always go with Noctua, Cryorig or be quiet!

Motherboard: AsRock are okay, but their attractive prices come at the cost of lower grade capacitors and VRMs, the X99 chipset hasn't been the most stable, with Asus and Gigabyte face-planting at the gate, but have improved since. MSI seems to be be the most consistent for X99

RAM: Nothing special, takes advantage of quad channel for video and photo editing

Storage: Always build a computer with an SSD as the boot drive, so much faster. Hitachi's Ultrastar, great deal for 2TB and much more reliable than Seagate

Video Card: Performs slightly slower than the GTX 1060 while beating it in some DX12 benchmarks, and a great value for a much higher quality product than the Zotac. Could go for a more powerful video card, but wanted to keep the budget close to $1000 without sacrificing quality elsewhere.

Case: Personal preference, but much nicer than the DIYPC case in my opinion.

PSU: MUCH higher quality than the one you picked out, can't go wrong with Seasonic.

OS: Always by the retail version of Windows, not OEM, the OEM license is non-transferable and is less flexible with hardware changes
 
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snowthedirtbub

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Thanks for the suggestion, I am finding your build online now and looking at everything but I am unable to cancel most of the items I bough from Newegg. How is Neweggs return policy on unopened items? Should I buy the updated parts now and trust that I can return the other ones no problem or should I play it safe and wait till I actually return them and miss out on some deals? According to Newegg it says I can return any unopened items within 30 days and receive 100% back and everyone says their customer service is great but I have no actual experience with them.
 
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