this build good for gaming ? or should i wait to see if zens impact on the cpu price?

[adiec]

Intel Core i5-6500 3.20GHz (Skylake)
Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming Intel Z170
Asus Radeon RX 460 Dual OC 2048MB
Corsair Vengeance LED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15
Seagate SSHD 7200RPM 3.5" 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB
Corsair CS650M 650W
NZXT Phantom Enthusiast Case

living in the UK. price of build is around £820.

 

[Petarded]

Graphics card needs upping, go for 1060nvidia or 470 amd cards as a min Im hanging fire for Zen benchmarks, stuck with my 8350 cpu until then

 

[FD2Raptor]

You are severely underpaying for some parts and overpaying on other parts in that build.

An example of what you can get in the exact price range:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£232.45 @ More Computers)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool GAMMAXX 400 74.3 CFM CPU Cooler (£29.69 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£104.09 @ BT Shop)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£87.50 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£45.78 @ Misco UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 480 4GB G1 Gaming Video Card (£187.99 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Phanteks ECLIPSE P400 ATX Mid Tower Case (£62.78 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£78.96 @ Aria PC)
Total: £829.24
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-02 08:48 GMT+0000

£10 more to get the aesthetic:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£232.45 @ More Computers)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£29.98 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£104.09 @ BT Shop)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£87.50 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£45.62 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 480 4GB G1 Gaming Video Card (£187.99 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro M Acrylic ATX Mid Tower Case (£72.45 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£78.96 @ Aria PC)
Total: £839.04
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-02 08:55 GMT+0000

Not including OS, it'll outclass your build in gaming performance no matter the titles. You may think that you're getting less with a 550W PSU, but when an i7(Skylake)+GTX1080 build will only consume ~400W in the absolute worst scenario, you're looking at 550W for single CPU+GPU, 750W+ for SLI/CF scenario (650W used to be nice for the SLI of GTX960 but since GTX1060 can't SLI, it's not a very good proposition anymore).

 

[adiec]

You are severely underpaying for some parts and overpaying on other parts in that build.

An example of what you can get in the exact price range:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£232.45 @ More Computers)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool GAMMAXX 400 74.3 CFM CPU Cooler (£29.69 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£104.09 @ BT Shop)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£87.50 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£45.78 @ Misco UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 480 4GB G1 Gaming Video Card (£187.99 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Phanteks ECLIPSE P400 ATX Mid Tower Case (£62.78 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£78.96 @ Aria PC)
Total: £829.24
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-02 08:48 GMT+0000

£10 more to get the aesthetic:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£232.45 @ More Computers)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£29.98 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£104.09 @ BT Shop)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£87.50 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£45.62 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 480 4GB G1 Gaming Video Card (£187.99 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro M Acrylic ATX Mid Tower Case (£72.45 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£78.96 @ Aria PC)
Total: £839.04
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-02 08:55 GMT+0000

Not including OS, it'll outclass your build in gaming performance no matter the titles. You may think that you're getting less with a 550W PSU, but when an i7(Skylake)+GTX1080 build will only consume ~400W in the absolute worst scenario, you're looking at 550W for single CPU+GPU, 750W+ for SLI/CF scenario (650W used to be nice for the SLI of GTX960 but since GTX1060 can't SLI, it's not a very good proposition anymore).

agreed. i don't think i put enough effort into that! two nice builds there.. i like the case from the 2nd build just wish it was a brighter colour! my budget is around £800 (cash)to buy from varied sites or around £950 to buy from either scan.co.uk or overclockers.co.uk (finance) and now i'm not sure whether to go for skylake or kaby lake.

 

[sadams04]

Good overclocking builds there by FD2Raptor. Personal preference would have me recommending ASUS or Gigabyte boards, but there is nothing wrong with ASRock.

And now for a non-overclocking, single-GPU option.... Allows you to get into a GTX 1060 6GB and also include an SSD for the same price.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-7500 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£193.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£69.35 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£87.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: SK hynix SL308 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£64.98 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£45.78 @ Misco UK)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GAMING Video Card (£235.80 @ Alza)
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case (£49.98 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS UK 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£73.48 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £821.35

 

[adiec]

Good overclocking builds there by FD2Raptor. Personal preference would have me recommending ASUS or Gigabyte boards, but there is nothing wrong with ASRock.

And now for a non-overclocking, single-GPU option.... Allows you to get into a GTX 1060 6GB and also include an SSD for the same price.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-7500 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£193.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£69.35 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£87.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: SK hynix SL308 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£64.98 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£45.78 @ Misco UK)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GAMING Video Card (£235.80 @ Alza)
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case (£49.98 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS UK 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£73.48 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £821.35

the 1060 is a better card than the rx480? i've read differing reviews .. you have any knowledge on the subject?

 

[sadams04]

the 1060 is a better card than the rx480? i've read differing reviews .. you have any knowledge on the subject?

The GTX 1060 3GB can't keep up with the RX 480, but the GTX 1060 6GB will outpace the RX 480 in most cases. Not sure what reviews you have been reading...

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gpu-hierarchy,4388.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-gpus,4380.html

 

[adiec]

the 1060 is a better card than the rx480? i've read differing reviews .. you have any knowledge on the subject?

The GTX 1060 3GB can't keep up with the RX 480, but the GTX 1060 6GB will outpace the RX 480 in most cases. Not sure what reviews you have been reading...

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gpu-hierarchy,4388.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-gpus,4380.html

all kinds of reviews ! and that's why i said differing because some are saying 1060 6gb some are saying 8gb 480s. some saying it depends on the game. will take a look at those links