First time PC build, around 1000$

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Hello there!

Long time stalker, newly registered. Only recently my laptop died and long have i longed to become one of the PC Master race so i decided now is the time. Being somewhat familliar with computers i was looking to build my own ( with some outside assistance ). But since it's my first build, after a couple of weeks of looking for guides and tips on what parts to use i ended up using this setup:

Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor
Corsair H60 54.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
MSI Z170A GAMING M5 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
Kingston FURY 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card
Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply
NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case

Current cost around 950-1000$.
(New account and all so i can't post a pc part picker link).
Now in addition to these parts i will purchase 3-4 case fans aswell as a more expensive cooling paste. For the CPU cooler i was thinking of using either a Coller master fan based or water cooling. And now to the questions i have, i would like to make this system upgradable, adding another 8gb of ram would be one of the first things i do aswell as 240 gb SSD. Unfortunetely this is about the maximum ammount of cash i can spend at the moment for the PC only, i need to purchase all the periferals aswell. If you have any tips to improve this build while not increasing the cost by more than 100$ or so it would be much apreciated.

P.S: Do not pay atention to any typos, i'm not a native english speaker.

Forgot to add, the purpose of this build is to play at 1080p with high settings or something simillar games like the witcher 3, FF 14, GW2 HoT and ofc wow, at around 60 fps.

[moremana]

Hi SaintOS, welcome to the forums.

First question is are you going to OC the 6500?

I know most don't like to discuss using last gen, however for about the same price you could go with a i7 version of a xeon, quad core with HT and double the ram, include a ssd and a much better power supply. This would fair much better for the cost your at.

This is just an idea as I was looking at matching your cost, not necessarily what I would use.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($244.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H60 54.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($144.88 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($69.89 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($84.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card ($303.98 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($64.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1083.49
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-07 08:22 EST-0500

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I was planing to OC the 6500, this is the reason i went with this motherboard. And i was curious to know if the 8gb at 2666 DDR4 aren't better for now compared to the 16gb at 1866 DDR3, i do plan to purchase two more of the RAM sticks i have included in my build in a month or so, whenever the paycheck gods allow. With the RAM at 2666 i looked into some benchmarks and comparison videos and there was less stuttering.

[Kagthul]

You will not be able to OC the 6500. Intel issued an update that is being pushed on the MB manufacturers disabling bclk overclocking on Skylake.

[Bigvizz]

This should do nicely. You're not likely going to be able to afford a Skylake K chip on your budget without going to a lesser video card or i5 4690k Haswell build.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock B150 Gaming K4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($98.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($38.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Sandisk Z400s 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($44.89 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card ($299.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($64.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($87.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $945.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-07 09:59 EST-0500

Alt Haswell Build.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($224.95 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H60 54.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($93.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Mushkin ECO2 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Sandisk Z400s 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($44.89 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($46.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card ($299.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Cougar Solution (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($42.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($87.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $991.66
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-07 10:16 EST-0500

[Deleted]

This should cut it nicely, ssd and 16gb of ram, only thing left is a hdd assuming the budget doesn't include an o/s since you didn't mention it.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($253.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H5 Universal 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($46.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($122.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($74.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($84.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 390 8GB SOC Video Card ($308.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake Core V21 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($39.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1002.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-08 02:32 EST-0500

[Kagthul]

This should do nicely. You're not likely going to be able to afford a Skylake K chip on your budget without going to a lesser video card or i5 4690k Haswell build.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock B150 Gaming K4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($98.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($38.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Sandisk Z400s 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($44.89 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card ($299.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($64.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($87.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $945.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-07 09:59 EST-0500

Alt Haswell Build.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($224.95 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H60 54.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($93.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Mushkin ECO2 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Sandisk Z400s 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($44.89 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($46.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card ($299.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Cougar Solution (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($42.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($87.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $991.66
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-07 10:16 EST-0500

I guess what im curious about here is... where's the savings/whats the benefit of going Haswell?

If i simply take your build and modify it..

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3Wd36h
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3Wd36h/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($249.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.44 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($104.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($38.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Sandisk Z400s 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($44.89 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card ($299.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($64.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($45.59 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($88.00 @ Amazon)
Total: $1016.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-08 12:05 EST-0500

... 25$ more expensive for not being locked into an outdated socket.

[Bigvizz]

Current cost around 950-1000$.
(New account and all so i can't post a pc part picker link).
Now in addition to these parts i will purchase 3-4 case fans aswell as a more expensive cooling paste. For the CPU cooler i was thinking of using either a Coller master fan based or water cooling. And now to the questions i have, i would like to make this system upgradable, adding another 8gb of ram would be one of the first things i do aswell as 240 gb SSD. Unfortunetely this is about the maximum ammount of cash i can spend at the moment for the PC only, i need to purchase all the periferals aswell. If you have any tips to improve this build while not increasing the cost by more than 100$ or so it would be much apreciated.

P.S: Do not pay atention to any typos, i'm not a native english speaker.

Forgot to add, the purpose of this build is to play at 1080p with high settings or something simillar games like the witcher 3, FF 14, GW2 HoT and ofc wow, at around 60 fps.

I guess what im curious about here is... where's the savings/whats the benefit of going Haswell?

If i simply take your build and modify it..



... 25$ more expensive for not being locked into an outdated socket.

oooo oooo oooo I can do that too.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($224.95 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Vortex Plus 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($25.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($93.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($32.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Sandisk Z400s 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($44.86 @ Amazon)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($42.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card ($299.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Cougar Solution 2 ATX Mid Tower Case ($45.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($45.68 @ Mac Mall)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($88.00 @ Amazon)
Total: $944.44
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-09 06:24 EST-0500

72 Dollars and said outdated socket is still quite a performer in any gaming situation infact I would say it trades blows with the I5 6600K. /gasp!
Also the OP wanted a Liquid Cooler I was trying to build around that.