£600 PC Upgrade

RoyMi6

RoyMi6

RoyMi6

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Upgrading my dads PC after it's gone on the blink again for the 3rd time.

Have a case so looking to replace everything inside to avoid troubleshooting the problem again.

Zotac GeForce GTX 1060 Mini 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Stock Code GX-108-ZT
£188.99

Intel Core i5-6500 3.20GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail
Stock Code CP-586-IN
£209.99

Asus Z170-P Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard
£109.99

be quiet! Pure Power 9 400W 80 Plus Silver Modular Power Supply
£62.99*

Kingston Fury Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-17000C14 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (HX421C14FBK2/8)
£68.99*

Comes to £652.05 at the moment though...

Where's the best place to save money? Any obviously wrong choices? Not massively clued up on RAM performance to cost ratio/benefit.

Graphics card is because he quite likes my VR stuff - would like him to be able to borrow it now and again. He also does 3D design work.

i5 because between 3D stuff and general multitasking I don't think he'd survive without 4 cores.

Modular PSU because I'm the one building it so he can spend the extra money so I don't have to faff around!
 
Boom - I'll swap out the motherboard for this:
Prime B250M-K Intel B250 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard - £69.95

£612 including shipping so bang on the budget considering I get it free.

So I think it's just a parts check - should everything work together?

Edit: also this I think looks like faster RAM:
Fury Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C15 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX424C15FBK2/8)

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/king...ual-channel-kit-hx424c15fbk2-8-my-228-ks.html
 
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