First Gaming PC Build, Advice Appreciated!

[staleciggies]

Hey guys
Basically I have been stuck with a shitty PC for a while due to a lack of funds as money can be hard to come by as a student.
However I have recently joined the working world by becoming an apprenctice sprinkler fitter and thus have some money in which to spend.
Thus I am turning to you MMOChampion to aid me in selecting the appropriate build for my needs.




Budget

$2000-$2500 AUD

Resolution

1080p

Games / Settings Desired

WOW at Ultra (highest setting available) with smooth and consistent fps
Steam games on High setting

Any other intensive software or special things you do (Frequent video encoding, 3D modeling, etc)

N/A

Country

Australia

Parts that can be reused

N/A

Do you need an OS?

Nope

Do you need peripherals (e.g. monitor, mouse, keyboard, speakers, etc)?

Nein

[Thunderball]

I would recommend a build with overclocked processor but it obviously requires you to have desire and time to learn how to do it. Should we go with an overclockable processor here or stick with a non-overclockable one (you will obviously lose pretty big in FPS for 1080p WoW)?

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You're way overshooting with the budget needed, but it's always cool saving money, right?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($322.00 @ Shopping Express)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! PURE ROCK 51.7 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($49.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Extreme4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($199.71 @ Skycomp Technology)
Memory: Kingston FURY 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($96.00 @ CPL Online)
Storage: Crucial BX200 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($159.01 @ PCCaseGear)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Windforce OC Video Card ($619.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Case: Phanteks ECLIPSE P400 ATX Mid Tower Case ($99.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX750B BRONZE 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($98.00 @ CPL Online)
Total: $1641.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-25 09:34 AEST+1000

[Thunderball]

You're way overshooting with the budget needed, but it's always cool saving money, right?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($322.00 @ Shopping Express)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! PURE ROCK 51.7 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($49.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Extreme4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($199.71 @ Skycomp Technology)
Memory: Kingston FURY 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($96.00 @ CPL Online)
Storage: Crucial BX200 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($159.01 @ PCCaseGear)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Windforce OC Video Card ($619.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Case: Phanteks ECLIPSE P400 ATX Mid Tower Case ($99.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX750B BRONZE 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($98.00 @ CPL Online)
Total: $1641.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-25 09:34 AEST+1000

I'm sorry, but are you on purpose trying to get someone buy one of the worst SSD on the market possible?

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I'm sorry, but are you on purpose trying to get someone buy one of the worst SSD on the market possible?

Please elaborate, I'm not following.

[staleciggies]

I'm sorry, but are you on purpose trying to get someone buy one of the worst SSD on the market possible?

Could you please recommend a better SSD then, thanks!

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Could you please recommend a better SSD then, thanks!

The SSD is absolutely fine.

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If you're fine paying extra Samsung is always another solid choice:

Samsung 850 EVO $208

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Looking at it the performance of the Crucial drive isn't super, but honestly, for casual use, it's just fine. You have quite a big budget so the Samsung choice might not be too bad for you if you feel you have any tasks where the extra performance might help.

[Thunderball]

Could you please recommend a better SSD then, thanks!

In order of price increase: OCZ Trion 150, Crucial MX300, Crucial MX200, Samsung 850 EVO (non-Pro). Correlates with performance increase aswell.

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Looking at it the performance of the Crucial drive isn't super, but honestly, for casual use, it's just fine. You have quite a big budget so the Samsung choice might not be too bad for you if you feel you have any tasks where the extra performance might help.

I can name at least 5-6 SSD series that are same price or cheaper and are faster. BX100 were a good series, BX200 is garbage.

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In order of price increase: OCZ Trion 150, Crucial MX300, Crucial MX200, Samsung 850 EVO (non-Pro). Correlates with performance increase aswell.

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I can name at least 5-6 SSD series that are same price or cheaper and are faster. BX100 were a good series, BX200 is garbage.

Faster in benchmarks but actual performance during gaming you won't notice if any difference, don't let the marketing numbers fool you. Reliability, reputation, size and $ per GB is much more important in my opinion.

Now, because of personal preference, experience, and their reputation, I wouldn't touch an OCZ product. You're allowed to disagree.

[Thunderball]

Faster in benchmarks but actual performance during gaming you won't notice if any difference, don't let the marketing numbers fool you. Reliability, reputation, size and $ per GB is much more important in my opinion.

Now, because of personal preference, experience, and their reputation, I wouldn't touch an OCZ product. You're allowed to disagree.

You will definetely notice a difference because it's read speeds that are lacking. All those listed are perfectly reliable and reputable, including OCZ, which is owned by Toshiba now and uses their memory and controllers.

[Deleted]

OCZ is definitely not reputable, they've had several PR blunders in the past, but I agree, with Toshiba, they're a taking a step up. However, it doesn't matter to me which model or brand OP picks, as long as he is satisfied with his build, that's all that matters.