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New PC Build, any recommendations?

MineOps4321's Avatar MineOps43217/23/16 4:34 pm
7/24/2016 4:54 pm
Leeberator's Avatar Leeberator
Hi, I'm fairly new to building PCs so I was wondering if anyone could give any recommendations on anything else I need (ex. wires) or replace/add anything. The case and cooling I know what I'm getting so I'm not worried about that, my budget is $1,500

Current Specs:

Case:
Power Supply: Corsair HX750 750W
CPU: Intel 6th Generation Core i5-6600K LGA1151 Skylake Processor
Motherboard: MSI Z97-Gaming 5 Motherboard
RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance® 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM 1600MHz (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory
GPU: EVGA 04G-2974-KR GeForce GTX 970 Superclocked 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5 ACX 2.0 PCI Express 3.0
SSD: Corsair Force Series™ LE 480GB SATA 3 6Gb/s SSD
Sound Card: Sound Blaster Zx PCIe Sound Card
HDD: Seagate Desktop 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 7200RPM 32MB Cache - 3.5"
Wi-Fi: Tiny Circuits Tinyduino WiFi Module
USB Card: Sabrent 4Port USB3 PCI E
OS: Windows 10
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07/24/2016 4:54 pm
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Leeberator
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The HX750 is a relatively ancient power supply. I suggest you go with something from the EVGA G2, GQ, or G/GS lines.

As others have pointed out, your CPU won't work with the motherboard (and potentially RAM) you picked out. Go with a good Z170 board and DDR4 RAM instead.

You don't need a sound card. Motherboards have very good onboard sound controllers. If you want a significant increase in sound quality, an external DAC and a very good set of headphones is needed.

TinyCircuits doesn't make WiFi modules for computers.

The GTX 1070 is well within your budget. See the build I created below.

You don't need a USB card unless you're going to be using more than 10-ish USB devices. Motherboards and cases have more than you'll probably ever need.

I prefer WD over Seagate, so I recommend the 1TB WD Blue over the Barracuda.

Here's my suggestion of what to get. I'm not sure why everything has to be bought at Fry's, but buying everything from one place is definitely not the way to get the most out of your money. Here is an idealized build of what you could get for $1500 (minus the case and cooling, which you say you have already picked out).

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($344.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI Z170A Tomahawk AC ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: PNY Anarchy 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($58.28 @ Amazon)
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Hitachi Deskstar NAS 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($157.49 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card ($439.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($74.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $1335.22
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-24 16:45 EDT-0400
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07/24/2016 3:59 pm
Level 19 : Journeyman Nerd
BananaInCharge
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Your chosen Z97 chipset motherboard won't work with the processor, you need a Z170 chipset. (Or H110 or H170 but they don't allow overclocking)
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07/23/2016 6:23 pm
Level 16 : Journeyman Network
Konrad
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No, you don't need any other cables since your case, powersupply, and motherboard should come with there own cables.
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07/23/2016 4:54 pm
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Knightsundere
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Nvidia has just released a new line of cards that are meant to be direct successors to the 900 series, so I'd look at those before buying the 970.
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07/23/2016 5:14 pm
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MineOps4321
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this 970 is overclocked enough to beat most other GPUs while still being under $300 which is why i think i should stay with this one
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07/23/2016 6:30 pm
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Knightsundere
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The 1060 is under $300, and the 4GB version of the 1070 is $300 as well, I believe. Direct upgrades, man.
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07/23/2016 6:57 pm
Level 29 : Expert Pixel Painter
MineOps4321
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Fry's Electronic (The store im getting all my parts from, and yes it needs to be from there) doesn't seem to carry the 1060 and the 1070 and up are all over $400
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07/23/2016 5:45 pm
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Konrad
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A overclocked 970 is not as fast as the new lineup. The new graphics cards have more transistors and higher clock speeds by default that will make the new lineup faster than the older lineup. I would look a 1060 since it comes with 6gb of vram and is a bit faster than the rx480 from amd. And, faster than the 970 usually.
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07/23/2016 6:21 pm
Level 29 : Expert Pixel Painter
MineOps4321
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Again, cost is a big thing for now and I am only using this for Minecraft. I mainly just need to know any othe thing I need like wires an stuff.
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07/23/2016 5:45 pm
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Woodilicious
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1060 is still better than a 970 though. If you overclock it yourself, you can probably get the performance of a 980 from a 1060.
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07/23/2016 6:20 pm
Level 29 : Expert Pixel Painter
MineOps4321
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Well cost is still a big thing and I don't know how to overclock.
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