I've been lurking on this forum for quite a while now, just waiting for the day when it was my turn to make a thread, well that time has finally come.
I've been using an iMac for school/gaming (for what i can) for the past 4.5 years, but am now looking to get back into the PC market.
I'm not sure I have the time or desire to build my own, but I can get a local shop to put one together and test it, and was wondering if this would work.
I mostly play Blizzard games, as those run on Mac's decently, but would definitely branch out into some other games with a capable system.
This is what I can have built -
CPU INTEL® CORE™ I5-6600K 3.50GHZ 6M Cache FC-LGA14C LGA1151 Processor Retail Package Skylake 1 $399.98
CPU Heatsinks Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO Direct Touch 4 Heatpipe Heatsink AM2 AM3 1366/1150/1155/1156/2011 1 $46.98
Motherboards ASUS Z170-A NCIX PC 1 $224.98
RAM Corsair Vengeance Lpx 8GB 2X4GB DDR4-2400 C14 1.2V Memory 1 $64.53
Video Cards ASUS GeForce GTX 1060 OC ROG Strix 1847/1873 MHz 6GB GDDR5 1 $458.99
Computer Cases Corsair Carbide Series 230T Black Gaming Case ATX 3X5.25 4X3.5 Front USB3.0 Audio 1 $97.68
Power Supplies Corsair CX Series CX750M 750W ATX 12V 80 Plus Bronze Modular Power Supply 1 $134.98
Operating Systems Microsoft Windows 10 Home 64BIT English DVD 1 $118.60
Hybrid Hard Drives Seagate Firecuda 1TB SSHD SATA 6GB/S 64MB Cache 3.5in Internal Solid State Hybrid Drive for NCIX PC 1 $103.99
CD & DVD Drives ASUS DRW-24F1ST 24X SATA DVD Writer Black 1 $23.62
Total $1674.33
I'm in Canada, so that makes a bit of a difference on the pricing and shipping of the items. I can order from the US, but most places I'll have to cover the customs fees when the item gets here, so it doesn't make much sense.
These items were from the choices the builder uses. Looking more so for opinions on how this would perform.
I have priced out items as suggested on the Monthly Builds from here, but they generally end up running around this much, and like I said, I'm not sure about the time availability for me to do this myself (just starting a teaching practicum, and I want to enjoy my free time, not worry about putting the system together and trouble shooting it).
Thanks in advance for any advice.