Buying new computer, please check these parts and tell me what you think!

[RobertoCarlos]

Hey,

I'm pretty much a total noob when it comes to hardware and putting it all together to make a beast so I'm buying a gaming rig thats already set up. Any people with more experience mind having a quick look at the list of parts to tell me if I shouldnt bother etc


Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 G1 Gaming Graphics Card
Intel Skylake i5 6500 3.2 – 3.6GHz Processor
8GB Kingston HyperX FURY 2133Mhz DDR4 RAM
120GB SanDisk Solid State Drive + 1TB Western Digital Hard Drive
WIFI Card
Microsoft Windows 10 64bit
VR Ready

Parts Used:

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 G1 Gaming Graphics Card
2×4GB Kingston HyperX FURY 2133Mhz DDR4 RAM
Intel Skylake i5 6500 3.2 – 3.6GHz Processor
Western Digital 1TB Hard Drive
SanDisk 120GB SSD
Raidmax Viper GX Gaming case
Gigabyte GA-H170-D3HP Motherboard
600W Be Quiet! Pure Power 9 Power Supply
TP-LINK Wireless N PCI-E Express Adapter
Aurora Green LED Light Strip
Microsoft Windows 10 64bit

[Shimejii]

How much are you paying?

[RobertoCarlos]

How much are you paying?

Well Im in NZ so currency is a bit awkward but its $2000 nz so thats like $1450 american

[Greevir]

I'm a bit biased atm due to my second Gigabyte MB dying within a 6 month period, but drop the Gigabyte crap. Try to go for another brand. I'm looking at ASUS products atm. But as I said, I'm a bit upset and biased. Legion launches today and I'm having to use a computer that barely runs the game on the lowest setting because of a faulty board. One that Gigabyte is giving me a hard time with trying to RMA.

With that being said though, the rig looks fairly solid. I'd like 16GB of RAM but thats usually just me. I tend to run more stuff while playing WoW.

[RobertoCarlos]

I'm a bit biased atm due to my second Gigabyte MB dying within a 6 month period, but drop the Gigabyte crap. Try to go for another brand. I'm looking at ASUS products atm. But as I said, I'm a bit upset and biased. Legion launches today and I'm having to use a computer that barely runs the game on the lowest setting because of a faulty board. One that Gigabyte is giving me a hard time with trying to RMA.

Good to know. I prefer ASUS products too

[Mythbredor]

Moved to PC Build / Upgrade Help.

[RobertoCarlos]

Guess this is where threads go to die. Oh well. cheers for the replies

[Denpepe]

I would grab a bigger SSD 240GB Samsung/intel one.

[RobertoCarlos]

I would grab a bigger SSD 240GB Samsung/intel one.

Yeah probably worth spending a bit more for more hard drive space. Are SSD all the rage now?

[Greevir]

Yeah probably worth spending a bit more for more hard drive space. Are SSD all the rage now?

I recently started using a SSD for the first time. It is amazing the difference it makes.

[VooDsXo]

I recently started using a SSD for the first time. It is amazing the difference it makes.

This would be where I'd say you really shouldn't have any advice for a person building a new computer. I mean at this point not having an SSD in your build is actually losing you money by long loads and boot times. No matter how you look at it, the pc is on longer doing less. Also they have pretty much been affordable in all builds for 2~ almost 3 years.