New PC Build

Peter8

Hello everybody,

I am planning on building a PC for gaming come november and was wondering if anyone could help with choosing the parts.

1. What is your budget? €1000

2. What will be the main purpose of the computer? Gaming

3. Do you need a copy of Windows? Yes

4. Can you use any parts from an old computer? No

5. Do you need a monitor? No

6. Do you need any of these peripherals? No

7. Are you willing to try overclocking? No

8. How can you pay? Credit Card

9. When are you purchasing? November

K.O.Kiki

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (€259.42 @ Mindfactory)
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Freezer i30 Extreme 74.0 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler (€32.78 @ Mindfactory)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (€61.48 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (€33.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Storage: Crucial MX300 525GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (€133.83 @ Mindfactory)
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 470 8GB Gaming X Video Card (€235.70)
Case: Nanoxia Deep Silence 3 ATX Mid Tower Case (€73.94 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (€88.84 @ Mindfactory)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit (€102.67 @ Mindfactory)
Total: €1022.65
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-16 21:13 CEST+0200

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (€204.87 @ Mindfactory)
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Freezer i30 Extreme 74.0 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler (€32.78 @ Mindfactory)
Motherboard: ASRock B150M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (€82.55 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Tactical 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory (€41.15 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Storage: Crucial MX300 525GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (€133.83 @ Mindfactory)
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 470 8GB Gaming X Video Card (€235.70)
Case: Nanoxia Deep Silence 3 ATX Mid Tower Case (€73.94 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (€88.84 @ Mindfactory)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit (€102.67 @ Mindfactory)
Total: €996.33
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-16 21:16 CEST+0200

The Xeon is faster in gaming/productivity, but the i5-6500 is a newer socket.

Peter8

What would the benefits of a newer socket be? Is it just in case the older socket is in-compatible with a future motherboard upgrade?

thegreenbean

Peter8 wrote: »

What would the benefits of a newer socket be? Is it just in case the older socket is in-compatible with a future motherboard upgrade?

Pretty much. Also there's DDR4, but to be honest i still can't see a point in going away from my Z87 chipset and DDR3. My 4790K is good for at least another 5 years with a healthy overclock of 4.5GHz. As the years go by i can push it up to 4.8GHz. I hope the next cpu/motherboards from AMD and Intel will be a bigger step from Z170

Digital Solitude

A few new games run better on DDR4 so look at that before buying.

I'd say the second one is better personally, there are only a few small selection of games where a Xeon will manage and a 6400 won't, I'd go with the newer chipset moving forward

Peter8

Thanks for the info. I'll be buying my parts within 2 weeks. I was wondering about what the equivalent nVidia GPU would be to the mentioned Radeon one as my last GPU was a radeon and it did not perform as well as expected.

K.O.Kiki

Peter8 wrote: »

Thanks for the info. I'll be buying my parts within 2 weeks. I was wondering about what the equivalent nVidia GPU would be to the mentioned Radeon one as my last GPU was a radeon and it did not perform as well as expected.

Overclocked RX470 is on-par with GTX 970.

Peter8

Sweet, would the mentioned CPU cooler be adequate to overclock the CPU? I am guessing I will have to buy extra case fans just to be safe. Overclocking can be done with no previous experience via online tutorial? How much of a benefit for gaming is an SSD over a regular hard drive?

K.O.Kiki

Peter8 wrote: »

Sweet, would the mentioned CPU cooler be adequate to overclock the CPU? I am guessing I will have to buy extra case fans just to be safe. Overclocking can be done with no previous experience via online tutorial? How much of a benefit for gaming is an SSD over a regular hard drive?

You can't* overclock these CPUs; that requires an i5-6600K + Z170 motherboard.

*unofficially though, you can OC the i5-6500 on some Z170 boards with the right firmware

Peter8

Ok, I couldn't find the mentioned RAM online with a delivery to ireland so I am thinking about this http://de.pcpartpicker.com/product/8hM323/kingston-memory-hx421c14fb8 would the drop in speed make a difference to gaming? (from DDR4 2666 to 2133) and also to replace the GPU with this (Cos I am thinking of purchasing this month) http://www.mindfactory.de/product_info.php/4096MB-MSI-GeForce-GTX-970-Gaming-4G-Aktiv-PCIe-3-0-x16--Retail-_976948.html They are compatible but I am wondering if there are better options at this price range as I don't know what to look for.

Thanks

K.O.Kiki

Peter8 wrote: »

Ok, I couldn't find the mentioned RAM online with a delivery to ireland so I am thinking about this http://de.pcpartpicker.com/product/8hM323/kingston-memory-hx421c14fb8 would the drop in speed make a difference to gaming? (from DDR4 2666 to 2133) and also to replace the GPU with this (Cos I am thinking of purchasing this month) http://www.mindfactory.de/product_info.php/4096MB-MSI-GeForce-GTX-970-Gaming-4G-Aktiv-PCIe-3-0-x16--Retail-_976948.html They are compatible but I am wondering if there are better options at this price range as I don't know what to look for.

Thanks

For that price I would get a GTX 1060 instead.

Peter8

I've scraped together the final build. Any suggestions for improvement are much appreciated

PCPartPicker part list: http://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/H9fTJV
Price breakdown by merchant: http://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/H9fTJV/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (€203.74 @ Mindfactory)
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Freezer i30 Extreme 74.0 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler (€32.78 @ Mindfactory)
Motherboard: ASRock B150M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (€82.04 @ Mindfactory)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (€42.01 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Storage: Crucial MX300 525GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (€133.83 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 6GB G1 Gaming Video Card (€321.63 @ Mindfactory)
Case: Nanoxia Deep Silence 3 ATX Mid Tower Case (€75.84 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (€87.69 @ Mindfactory)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit (€142.31 @ Mindfactory)
Monitor: Asus VX238H 23.0" Monitor (€137.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Keyboard: Cooler Master OCTANE Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse (€44.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Speakers: Logitech Z506 155W 5.1ch Speakers (€82.94 @ Mindfactory)
Total: €1387.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-19 18:16 CEST+0200

SterlingArcher

Perhaps throw another 15 euro at the case. Can get a fractal design r5 91 euro. From think amazon UK.

If you like look of it fairly similar.