Is this any good?

[Shiny212]

Intel Core i5-6600 Skylake Socket-LGA1151, Quad Core, 3.3GHz
ASUS B150M-A, Socket-1151
HyperX Fury 2400MHz 16GB (4x4GB) 16GB 2400MHz DDR4 Non-ECC CL15 DIMM
MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GB
Crucial® BX200 240GB 2.5” SSD
Cooler Master B500 VER.2 KPC ATX 12V V2.3

friend of mine asked me if this was any good for around 1000 USD, he's clueless about this stuff and thinks I'm some kind of genius while I'm really pretty clueless too.

any thoughts o PC gurus?

[c313]

Well at a thousand can do better. I assume this is a Pre-built PC and these are just the core parts of the build? The ram and CPU are fairly decent but at the 1000$ marker you can score a better Graphics card.

I'd worry about what Power Supply its running too.

[Shiny212]

Well at a thousand can do better. I assume this is a Pre-built PC and these are just the core parts of the build? The ram and CPU are fairly decent but at the 1000$ marker you can score a better Graphics card.

I'd worry about what Power Supply its running too.

Thanks I'll pass that along, and yeah they are indeed part of a "prebuilt" type PC.


updated post with PSU; forgot it xD

[chazus]

A couple things.

1) Is this a full system or just the parts? The parts alone are only worth $600. So if you're getting just parts for $1000, you're getting ripped off.
2) The RAM and board are not compatible. It's DDR4 ram, and a DDR3 board.

[Samarin]

The RAM and board are not compatible. It's DDR4 ram, and a DDR3 board.

It´s a DDR4 board. http://www.asus.com/SE/Motherboards/B150M-A/

[Shiny212]

A couple things.

1) Is this a full system or just the parts? The parts alone are only worth $600. So if you're getting just parts for $1000, you're getting ripped off.
2) The RAM and board are not compatible. It's DDR4 ram, and a DDR3 board.

It's a full system, I only mentioned the main components; it includes stuff like windows 10, the case, a 1tb HDD, hardly worth $400 though.

Are you sure about the ram not being compatible? Here's the full board "name" ASUS B150M-A, Socket-1151 mATX, B150, DDR4, 1xPCIe-x16, USB 3.0, VGA,DVI,HDMI

Maybe there's similar ones with DDR3?

[chazus]

Nevermind. Googling "ASUS B150M-A" comes up with the ASUS B150M-A D-3 which is the DDR3 version.

[Deleted]

Indeed that asus board comes as ddr3 so i don't know why it would say ddr4. Besides that for ~1k bucks this is rip off really. This is what 1k can look like, which is far superior:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($254.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! PURE ROCK 51.4 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($34.90 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($117.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($52.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card ($318.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($42.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($89.88 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1022.20
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-04 03:44 EST-0500

[Tuesdays]

If I was you, no matter how much you do, or don't know.. Tell him you're just as clueless as him.

Unless ya' know, you want to be tech support for the next 10 years.