New build, thoughts?

[.Lethal]

Hi all, I've put together a build and am looking for any feedback before spending such a large amount of money on something incase I find out later I should have got x or y because of cost or performance was better etc.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Intel Core i5-6600K 3.9GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £194.99
• 1 x Asus Z170-A Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £116.99
• 1 x Dell UltraSharp U2414H 24" 1920x1080 IPS Widescreen LED Slim Bezel Monitor - Midnight Grey= £188.99
• 1 x Asus GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II OC Strix 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £289.99
• 1 x Corsair RM Series RM 650 '80+ Gold' 650W Modular Power Supply (CP-9020054-UK)= £94.99
• 1 x Crucial BX200 240GB SSD SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (CT240BX200SSD1)= £53.99
• 1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Arctic White (CC-9011048-WW)= £134.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2B32= £99.95
• 1 x TP-Link 450Mbps Wireless N Dual Band PCI Express Adapter (TL-WDN4800)= £26.99

Total: £1,201.87
(includes shipping: £0.00)
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Any input is welcome, the budget is about what it is now what I'm looking for is anything I might have missed somewhere or overlooked. Thanks

 

[stulid]

Hi,

The K version of Skylake CPUs do not include a heatsink, so you will need one.

There are CPU+board bundles available to buy.

If you are just gaming then 8Gb of RAM is plenty.

I have done some tweaks to save money and try and fit a freesync panel in (assuming you just want to own newbs in games).


My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Super Flower Leadex GOLD 550W Fully Modular '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply - Black= £71.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI - Intel Core i5 6600K Bundle **£20 Saving**= £293.98
• 1 x Crucial BX200 240GB SSD SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (CT240BX200SSD1)= £53.99
• 1 x Raijintek Themis Black Heatpipe CPU Cooler PWM - 120mm= £19.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK8GX4M2B3000= £49.99
• 1 x Phanteks Enthoo Pro M Midi Tower Case with Window - Black= £59.99
• 1 x TP-Link 450Mbps Wireless N Dual Band PCI Express Adapter (TL-WDN4800)= £26.99
• 1 x AOC G2460PF 24" 1920x1080 TN FREESYNC 144Hz 1ms Gaming Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red= £199.99
• 1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 Nitro 390 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Backplate (11244-01-20G)= £249.95

Total: £1,042.76
(includes shipping: £15.90)
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Or Gsync+GTX970 is also an option.

 

[.Lethal]

Thanks for that, had no idea about the lack of CPU cooler too.

I'll downgrade the ram to 8GB as it'll be for gaming and browsing/watching videos.

 

[mickyflinn]

Theese coolers are excellent the black one is just that no diffrence bar colour.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler= £29.99
• 1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Black CPU Cooler= £39.95

 

[Petrolhead]

I personally would stick with 16gb ram