£700 Gaming PC no peripherals

Pros - She likes it

Cons - Passive cooling
- not enough room for decent cpu cooler, no point in version K
overpriced
and list goes on..

You're totally making a big mistake here and will pay for it later.

Skip the K version, and go for this...

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £694.86
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sweols said:
Cons - Passive cooling
- not enough room for decent cpu cooler, no point in version K
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I don't think CPU cooling will be an issue necessarily. I'm using an 80mm Raijintek Aidos on an i5 6600K overclocked to 4.5GHz and it never goes over 65degC when gaming. It was in the low 50s at stock.

The Raijintek Aidos matches or beats most other manufacturer's 120mm HSFs costing twice as much, so it is an exception to the rule when it comes to 80mm jobbies. It's a popular choice for use in restricted cases.
 
Yes, lowprofile CPU coolers are fine.. But he hasn't got any intake or exhaust fans.. It's all passive...

Here's another option, but more expensive

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £884.84
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Daaaveee said:
Will have a better look at that Aerocool case, similar and a lot cheaper!
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Looks like the Aerocool CS101 only takes half height cards :(

I think I'll stick to the Raven to be honest, its expensive but I like the design. The Zalman CNPS8900 cooler is good for the size and so long as I don't crank the volts it will handle a decent OC on the 6600K. The 1060 is a pretty cool running card too and has quite a bit of ventilation up in the top by itself so it should be happy. The passive nature might suit better too with it being on the desk so more audible.
 
I like sweols choice of RAM by the way. DDR4-3000 in dual-channel would give you a significant advantage on minimum framerates in many games over single-channel DDR4-2133.

I realise it's all extra expense, but if you can build a well balanced rig for around £100 more than your initial target price then it's money well spent in my opinion.
 
Thanks both for the help, much appreciated :)

Yes will swap the RAM out, to dual channel. I was thinking of a single 8gb to give an easy upgrade in the future but in reality its probably a compromise too far and I should just spend the little extra.
 
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The case is likely to change once my wife has her input on that!
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That's a mATX case in your OP; you can go smaller for an ITX motherboard. The Coolermaster CM110 was well received by my sister-in-law. Unfortunately it seems OCUK no longer sell them. I like the look of the Cougar ITX cases.
 
Pulled the budget back in a bit and swapped to this now:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £686.93
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Looking at benchmarks the i3 will be fine for her at 1080p. Should be a fun weekend building :)
 
If you can I'd definitely go for the 6400. There isn't a K version.. doubt your case would sustain decent temperatures anyways if you did overclock.

Good luck
 
Thanks for the input.

The performance drop from 6600K to 6100 is quite a bit, but considering the cost of the Z170 board too its also double the cost. Even the 6400 is getting on for double the price of the 6100.

I'm happy to compromise to the i3 considering the price to performance like shown on JanxSpirit's link. With the case being so limiting I may as well just forget over clocking as it won't be worth the hassle of noise and temps for the limited gain. 8gb ram might be a mistake but it shouldn't be too expensive to rectify if needed so will take the chance on that :)

Fingers crossed the build goes smoothly!
 
RAM & videocard is easily rectified

PSU, Case, CPU and mobo not as much.. Personally I'd of gone for a slightly bigger case with better cooling at a cheaper price. Spent the rest on a decent PSU and CPU.

The PSU you've chosen is currently out of stock now anyways.

Good luck
 
Had to go elsewhere for the PSU but happy with the choice as it is reviewed well.

If it were fully up to me I would have gone for the Fractal Core 1000 with decent PSU and spent the money on the 6600K and Z170 board but this build wasn't just about as much FPS as possible, sometimes form does dictate function. Just a shame the budget doesn't allow both!
 
Build complete and booted, just waiting on Windows now. Went together really nice, love the case too well built and thought out. Only issue to far is that one of the fans on the Palit 1060 sounds like its catching on something but its not, just like its grinding on something. Spins freely so must just be the fan motor or something inside, will keep an eye on it!
 
Just had the same issue with a NZXT H440 I just assembled. Turned out to be a fan blade had a hairline crack where it meets the motor body. Took a while to figure out.
 
iJoe said:
Just had the same issue with a NZXT H440 I just assembled. Turned out to be a fan blade had a hairline crack where it meets the motor body. Took a while to figure out.
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Same Palit 1060? Any ideas what you will do about it? I'm going to try it out for a bit as I believe it has a zero fan mode for normal idle and browsing, so it shouldn't be a problem then. And during games I will have to test.
 
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