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stealth_10

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I'm thinking about building my first gaming PC with a budget about $1200-$1300 for the whole setup. Is there anything wrong with this? http://
 
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You might already have bought your parts,but in the case you didn't just to show what i had in mind,

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-7600 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($209.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG M9i 48.4 CFM CPU Cooler ($19.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($129.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($99.97 @ Jet)
Storage: Zotac Premium Edition 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($69.67 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.33 @ OutletPC)...
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Not too bad. If at all possible, used wired Ethernet rather than a dinky WiFi card. I know it's often impossible to run a cable, but WiFi cards are unreliable and generally crap unless you spend big bucks for a good card, and that's assuming you have a good access point nearby.

I know Corsair CX series power supplies are questionable, and I don't recall if the CXM is particularly good. You may want to check the power supply tier list on that one.
 
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Thx man I would use an ethernet cable but I have to put my PC in a room without the router. Do you know if the SeaSonicM12II 520 Bronze is a good power supply for this build?
 
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Seasonic generally makes good power supplies. In general, Seasonic, Antec, Cooler Master, EVGA and Corsair make good power supplies. I'm sure I missed someone, but whatever. Note that a lot of these are made by the same company. For example, Delta Electronics makes power supplies for a lot of companies. And if it's $30, it's probably crap. I mean, check the tier list but if you get a solid $40+ unit from one of those manufacturers with good reviews, it's likely good. Check the tier list though.
 
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Thx this helped a lot.

 
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The CXM you chose is better than the one chetmaster12 is referring to,so a decent choice too. The next is not much more,but also a good choice,
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/DPCwrH/seasonic-power-supply-ssr550rm

A cooler equal to the EVO212 but cheaper and better looking,
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/LPVBD3/cryorig-cpu-cooler-m9i
comes with it's own good paste so can take that of the list too.

You really want to overclock? If you are willing to save abit on the peripherals and maybe get an i5 7600 could you get a bigger ssd and more ram in it for about the same price.With a "Z" motherboard could that cpu still do max turbo on all cores which is 4.1ghz so nothing to sneeze at. Just saying ;)
 
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I'm only going to use the SSD as a boot drive and I'm only going to use this PC for gaming so I thought that I wouldn't need to use a bigger SSD or RAM. I will get that other cooler though.
 
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You might already have bought your parts,but in the case you didn't just to show what i had in mind,

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-7600 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($209.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG M9i 48.4 CFM CPU Cooler ($19.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($129.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($99.97 @ Jet)
Storage: Zotac Premium Edition 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($69.67 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.33 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon RX 480 8GB ROG STRIX Video Card ($239.99 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case ($66.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($67.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($92.99 @ Amazon)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link Archer T4U USB 3.0 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter ($28.99 @ B&H)
Monitor: Acer H236HLbid 23.0" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor ($149.89 @ OutletPC)
Keyboard: Redragon K552 Wired Gaming Keyboard ($35.99 @ Amazon)
Mouse: Razer DeathAdder 2013 Wired Optical Mouse ($39.99 @ Amazon)
Mouse: Logitech G402 Wired Optical Mouse ($42.70 @ Amazon)
Mouse: Logitech G303 Daedalus Apex Wired Optical Mouse ($34.99 @ Amazon)
Headphones: Turtle Beach Recon 320 7.1 Channel Headset ($34.95 @ Amazon)
Total: $1414.29
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-01 08:12 EDT-0400

I did pick other peripherals to make the price right,the price seems high,but that is because i added three mice to choose from.
I changed ram to 2x8gb,
i chose the i5 7500 which can do 4.1ghz on all cores.
i changed the motherboard too to something with good features and that will look nice in that case.
I changed the ssd to a 240gb one,and i think siz matters here,some games do load better because of it so would be nice to have those on an ssd.Regarding that will even 240gb be filled up quite quickly.
Oh changed the wif card as well,use this one myself and find it a good one,because it can be moved around (it comes with a cable) can you find the best spot for it looking at signal strength.
Also changed the psu to something better.
If you really feel the need for those cheap speakers can you still add them to the list.
 
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K thx I will probably do this.
 
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