Can any of you fine gentlemen scan my build before I pull the trigger?

Hi gents,

Ive been laptop gaming for the past 5-6 years and it's been about 10 years since I built my last machine so I'm very much out of the loop with regards components etc. Here is the build I'm close to pulling the trigger on:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI - Intel Core i5 6600K Bundle **£20 Saving**= £344.98
• 1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler= £29.99
• 1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)= £5.99
• 1 x Sapphire Radeon RX 480 Nitro+ 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express RGB Graphics Card= £239.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2B30= £98.99
• 1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020047-UK)= £57.95
• 1 x Seagate 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST1000DM003)= £46.99
• 1 x Cougar 200K Gaming Keyboard= £29.99

The main thing I am needing advice about is the case. I like the look of these micro cases but I genuinely have no clue if what I'm buying would fit. Any suggestions here?

I'll be buying windows and I have mouse/screen already.

Thanks in advance!

I would add an SSD for the OS.
As for the case I wouldn't go for a micro case if you're intending to game, the heat exchange would be difficult to manage.
Andi.

I'd go for a better PSU than what you spec'd. The builder series from Corsair is very low end.

As for the case - style and personal preference is very important. Go for something you really like the look of?

Do you want LEDs?
Do you subtle?
Do you want gaming style?
Do you want elegance?
Do you want bling?

Cheers, hadn't considered heat management when looking at the micro cases. That was the kind of advice I was needing. Just opted for a larger case.

Switched around the PSU's so now I've got a EVGA G2. People seem to be saying good things about it.

Will leave the SSHD as it was getting dangerously close to 1K, keep the Mrs happy.

Cheers boys, will probably go ahead with the following build now.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI - Intel Core i5 6600K Bundle **£20 Saving**= £344.98
• 1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler= £29.99
• 1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)= £5.99
• 1 x Sapphire Radeon RX 480 Nitro+ 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express RGB Graphics Card= £239.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2B30= £98.99
• 1 x Seagate 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST1000DM003)= £46.99
• 1 x Cougar 200K Gaming Keyboard= £29.99
• 1 x BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Blue= £31.99
• 1 x EVGA Supernova G2 650W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply= £95.99

Dude. Where is the SSD? You want an SSD. Seriously.
Ditch the arctic Silver 5. The 212 comes with paste which is just as good.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Intel Core i5-6600K 3.9GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £239.99
• 1 x MSI Z170-A Pro Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £94.99
• 1 x TeamGroup Dark Pro 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Grey (TDPGD416G30= £89.99
• 1 x Super Flower Platinum King 550W 80 Plus Platinum Power Supply - Black= £74.99
• 1 x BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Blue= £31.99
• 1 x Cougar 200K Gaming Keyboard= £29.99
• 1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212X CPU Cooler= £30.95
• 1 x Sapphire Radeon RX 480 Nitro+ 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express RGB Graphics Card= £239.99
• 1 x Samsung 250GB 750 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive= £62.99
• 1 x Toshiba P300 1TB 7200RPM 64MB Cache High Performance Hard Drive (HDWD110UZSVA)= £44.99

SSD included. Won't feel snappy without one. You'll likely be left wondering why a lot of things are still so slow with a modern CPU, 10 years on.

The top part of the RAM heatsink can be unscrewed if needed to fit with the cooler, but if you use slots 2 and 4 I don't think there'll be any need.

Even a good 450W PSU would be fine for this system.

You're going to need a Windows license too. But that motherboard is anything but micro. If you want a small PC look at the ITX form factor motherboards and Silverstone and Cougar ITX cases.


My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)= £5.99
• 1 x Gigabyte GA-Z170N-WIFI Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Mini ITX Motherboard= £119.99
• 1 x Intel Core i5-6600K 3.9GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £239.99
• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139)= £89.99
• 1 x Noctua NH-C14S CPU Cooler - 140mm= £64.99
• 1 x Cougar QBX Kaze Mini-ITX Cube Case - Black= £44.99
• 1 x Seasonic G series 450w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply= £79.99
• 1 x XFX Radeon RX 480 Black Edition 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Backplate= £239.99
• 1 x Samsung 500GB 750 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive= £119.99
• 1 x Team Group Elite 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (TPKD416GM2400HC16D= £79.99

Wowowowow hold on mate, where's your SSD??? just get a 120gb SSD for windows it makes the difference to your PC

At the price OCUK are charging for a 500 GB SSD - £120 - you can forget the HDD entirely.