Help needed for picking final parts for new PC

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Hi all!

I had a topic recently about the new pc I'm building, but since the current plan differs a lot from previous I thought I better make a new thread.
Picked the following parts, but wanted a final check done by somebody else to ensure I picked the best I could for the price range I'm aiming for.

GPU: Geforce 980 TI (already ordered, found a deal, yay!)
CPU: i5 6600K (http://www.scan.co.uk/products/intel...5x-ratio-91w-c)
Motherboard: Asus Z170 Pro Gaming (http://www.scan.co.uk/products/asus-...-usb31-atx-mot)
PSU: 850W Corsair HX850i (http://www.scan.co.uk/products/850w-...l-power-supply)
Memory: 32GB Corsair DDR4 Vengeance LPX (http://www.scan.co.uk/products/32gb-...16-18-18-35-xm)
+(maybe) PCIe SSD: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/512gb...write-1500mb-s
Case: Yet to decide. I'm open to suggestions, for range of £100 or so. Main deciding factor will likely to be form, but I'd like to have a case that isn't a nightmare to build with or limited. (Maybe https://www.overclockers.co.uk/nzxt-...ca-171-nx.html)

I think I've managed to pick decent parts, but I'm not sure about the motherboard. There are so many options, so ended up picking one around £80-£140 range.

Thanks for any advice in advance!

[Lathais]

The PSU is quite a bit over the top. You could save some money there easily if you want to.

As for the PCIe SSD, just get a SATA. For consumer use, there are almost no advantages to going to PCIe, so you can save some money there as well. Just get a Samsung or Crucial SATA instead.

On the case, I am a big fan of the entire Corsair Obsidian series. Even the low end Corsair 200R I got was easy to build in and had plenty of space for cable management. Other cases recommended arounf here a lot are the Phantex Enthoo and the Fractal Design R5. The R5 is designed to be a near silent case if that's your thing.

On the Motherboard, pretty much as long as it's a Z170 you will be fine. Asus is a good brand, along with Gigabyte and the more budget minded ASrock. The Asus are known to be better preset OCers and the Gigabytes can be better for manual with ASRock being somewhere in the middle on both IMO.

Final thing, I do not see a CPU Cooler in your list. With Skylake, the K series no longer come with a stock heatsink. Since the point of the K chips is that they are unlocked for OCing, most people put an aftermarket cooler anyway, so they stopped providing them. You'll need one. Good budget ones are the be quiet! Pure Rock or the Cryorig H5(?).

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The PSU is quite a bit over the top. You could save some money there easily if you want to.

After summing things up I ended up with ~690-740 Wattage req at 100% usage, so went with the safe option. I think price difference was quite minimal. Best case scenario I can save around 30£ there if I go for 750W option

As for the PCIe SSD, just get a SATA. For consumer use, there are almost no advantages to going to PCIe, so you can save some money there as well. Just get a Samsung or Crucial SATA instead.

Atm I have SSDs in raid 0, so I can either move those into the new rig or get the PCIe as the only viable upgrade from that. (Hence the reason for maybe)

On the case, I am a big fan of the entire Corsair Obsidian series. Even the low end Corsair 200R I got was easy to build in and had plenty of space for cable management. Other cases recommended arounf here a lot are the Phantex Enthoo and the Fractal Design R5. The R5 is designed to be a near silent case if that's your thing.

Will check those out too, thanks

On the Motherboard, pretty much as long as it's a Z170 you will be fine. Asus is a good brand, along with Gigabyte and the more budget minded ASrock. The Asus are known to be better preset OCers and the Gigabytes can be better for manual with ASRock being somewhere in the middle on both IMO.

yey \o/. That simplifies things. Thanks.

Final thing, I do not see a CPU Cooler in your list. With Skylake, the K series no longer come with a stock heatsink. Since the point of the K chips is that they are unlocked for OCing, most people put an aftermarket cooler anyway, so they stopped providing them. You'll need one. Good budget ones are the be quiet! Pure Rock or the Cryorig H5(?).

Yes, noticed the same thing since I posted the OP. Was looking at Kraken x61 as water cooling option. Bit pricey so may go with Arctic or Be quiet! air cooler.

[Lathais]

After summing things up I ended up with ~690-740 Wattage req at 100% usage, so went with the safe option. I think price difference was quite minimal. Best case scenario I can save around 30£ there if I go for 750W option

Those calcs are way off. Looks like you went with what the GPU recommends. Keep in mind they WAY overestimate on those due to there being so many shitty PSUs out there that say they put out 550W but are really putting out like 400W. You would probably be fine with a 550W as long as it's a good solid brand that actually puts out 550W. I'd go with 650W to be safe and have headroom.

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Those calcs are way off. Looks like you went with what the GPU recommends. Keep in mind they WAY overestimate on those due to there being so many shitty PSUs out there that say they put out 550W but are really putting out like 400W. You would probably be fine with a 550W as long as it's a good solid brand that actually puts out 550W. I'd go with 650W to be safe and have headroom.

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/zpgZhM
Current build looks like that. Picked the 750D case for now. 550D may also work, not sure yet.

[Lathais]

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/zpgZhM
Current build looks like that. Picked the 750D case for now. 550D may also work, not sure yet.

Looks good, though again, take a look at what PCPartPicker estimated your wattage to be, 449W. I still say a 550 or 650 would be just fine and save some money. Personally, I am also not a big fan of the AIO water coolers. They do not offer a huge increase in performance over something like a Noctua NH-D15 but cost a fair bit more. That's really more of a personal preference though, as long as you have a cooler on there you'll be fine.