Building a gaming PC for my son.

BruceMaxiMegane

BruceMaxiMegane

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Hi everyone, I have upgraded various PC's over the years based on shop bought systems but this will be my first ground up build.

It will be an upgrade-able gaming PC for my son.
He plays games such as COD BO3, Fallout 4 and Minecraft.

I have been offered the following as a starting point and have added my suggestions for components. I would value any suggestions for alternative parts bearing in mind I don't have a substantial budget. (£400-500 on top of starting package.)

Package consisting of:
Corsair 240 case
8gb Hyper X ram
H81M Motherboard
2x Blue LED Aerocool Fans
2x Blue UV SATA Cables.

I have:
2x 500GB SATA drives
Keyboard
Mouse
Monitor

I am looking at adding the following:
Core i5 6600K Processor
NVidia GTX 960 2GB Graphcs Card

Would these parts produce a decent performing PC for him and what else would you suggest adding?

Thanks in advance.
Bruce.
 
I believe the H81 is an 1150 socket motherboard so wouldn't take a 6600K. You'd need something like a 2500K/3570K for the H81 (which I don't remember as supporting overclocking like the P/Z boards, but I could be wrong...) or an 1151 socket motherboard if you're wanting the 6600K.

I couldn't comment on the 960 as I've been out of the loop for a bit, but it would probably be fine at 1080p or below.

An SSD is very nice if you can fit one into the budget, even if it's only a small one it will improve the experience of Windows/applications dramatically and will give you enough room for a good few games if you go for at least a 120GB drive.

You'll also probably want a better CPU cooler, but I will rely on other knowledgeable souls to suggest one as my suggestions would probably be out of date!
 
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BruceMaxiMegane said:
Corsair 240 case
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Not a bad option, although is Micro ATX/ITX - so need to bear in mind - if you are paying for all of this "starting point", then personally wouldn't bother - Start fresh and put whatever this would cost towards the build.
BruceMaxiMegane said:
8gb Hyper X ram
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Likely to be DDR3, which doesn't make huge sense for a new build
BruceMaxiMegane said:
H81M Motherboard
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as Tediore said - is an older socket, not compatible with Skylake e.g. 6600K
BruceMaxiMegane said:
2x Blue LED Aerocool Fans
2x Blue UV SATA Cables.
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Wouldn't worry about either of these

BruceMaxiMegane said:
2x 500GB SATA drives
Keyboard
Mouse
Monitor
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Fine to use all of this - assume the monitor is at least a 1080P? if not then will likely want to be upgraded in the near future.

BruceMaxiMegane said:
Core i5 6600K Processor
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Good choice although at this sort of budget I would save money and get an I3, and put more money towards the graphics card.

BruceMaxiMegane said:
NVidia GTX 960 2GB Graphcs Card
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I would be looking at a R9 380 4GB - should perform better in most games, and 4GB should be a better choice in the longer term.


Something like this would be my suggestion:
My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £531.13
(includes shipping: £13.20)
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