New Build

[Cooners]

Decided rather than building a PC for the Wife I'm gonna build myself a new one and give her my old one, this is what I've come up with. How does it look?
My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Intel Core i5-6600K 3.9GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £205.99
• 1 x Asus Z170 Pro Gaming Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £125.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2B32= £65.99
• 1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU)= £129.95
• 1 x WD Blue 4TB 5400rpm SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (WD40EZRZ)= £115.99
• 1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 750W Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020061-UK)= £79.99

Total: £723.90

 

[stulid]

PSU is poor quality compared to Superflower or VGA G2/GS etc.


My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2B32= £65.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3 - Intel Core i5 6600K Bundle **£10 Saving**= £291.98
• 1 x Super Flower Leadex GOLD 550W Fully Modular '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply - Black= £64.99
• 1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU)= £129.95
• 1 x WD Blue 4TB 5400rpm SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (WD40EZRZ)= £115.99
• 1 x Raijintek Themis Black Heatpipe CPU Cooler PWM - 120mm= £19.99

Total: £688.89
(includes shipping: £0.00)
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You also need a heatsink for the K skylake CPU.

What about case, gfx card (or wait for the new AMD card)?

Or did you want a board that supports SLI as per your other thread?