Needing help building my first pc.

[wilde-ha]

So, I have a list of parts, although I'm waiting for the MSI 1060 the rest is mostly final, except the PSU. I'm not looking to overclock, I'll just be using my 1080p/60hz 32" TV as a monitor as I'm comfortable with it from my ps4. There's so much information/spec information etc that it's hard to filter out the vital parts.

My parts list is as follows; Intel core i5 6600, Asrock b150 gaming k4 motherboard, (MSI GTX 1060, when it's released), corsair vengeance 2x8gb 2133 mhz, Samsung 850 evo 250gb, Silverstone Primera in matte black, Thermaltake riing silent 12 red or the closest Scorptec has to that, all running on Windows 10 64 bit.

There's a few other general questions like for when I want to add more RAM, if the CPU and motherboard will accept it and finalising a choice on PSU's.

(I've not really used forums much and I know there's an art form to formatting etc, I hope this turns out alright, thanks.)

 

[Chaingunchris]

The Gtx 1060 will only really require around 100-150 watts for the third party cards like the MSI card. also the i5 you chose won't take that much power. So I'd recommend a 650 watt power supply, or a 750 watt power supply of you plan to upgrade in the future. Like add another 1060 or get a 1070 or what ever.

 

[Chaingunchris]

Also you would have to get something similar to the memory that you have, same timings same clock speed so there's no incompatibility.

 

[maestro0428]

I use Seasonic power supplies, super reliable, quiet and powerful. They do cost a bit more than other brands, but you could get away with a 500w unit, no problem. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151119 That is one of their lower end models, which in most cases are better than other companies average priced psus. I ran a 4.7ghz i7, 32gb ram, 780 gtx and multiple SSDs off of a 520w unit from them. Like Chaingunchris said, be sure your additional ram models are the same speed/CAS latency and probably stick with the same brand for compatibility.

 

[wilde-ha]

Yeah, I understand about the ram needing to be as similar as possible, what I'm wondering is, does the cpu limit how much ram you can use our what type you use?

 

[Chaingunchris]

No, the only thing that limits ram is if you have a 32 bit version of Windows or 64 bit version. 32bit=3gb of ram 64bit= 64gb of ram

 

[Chaingunchris]

Even then, you can use any type of ram you want, but you have to make sure that you buy the right type of memory module. There's DDR3 and DDR4 skylake boards like you got and x99 boards take DDR4