Is this a decent build for a budget of about $800? I'm concerned due to recent poor optimizations...

Is this a decent build for a budget of about $800? I'm concerned due to recent poor optimizations. I want to be able to play NieR Automata at a good resolution and 60fps when it comes out.

I have never built a PC before.

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get a better gpu like a 1060 or a 480

Wouldn't that push me way over budget? Should I change the motherboard so it's not a micro ATX?

The 960 is garbage and will bottleneck the rest of your system.

>$800 budget
>only at $500

Lot of room for improvement first off. Very first thing I would do is get a better fucking PSU holy shit. EVGA G2 if possible. Pretty much double the price but you have a lot of room left.

Also just go WD or HGST for HDD. Seagates have the highest failures rates that I last recall.

There are much better solutions for the heat sink as well other than the 212 meme. If you're wanting something in a similar price range that is smaller and outperforms it I would recommend the Cryorig H7. Looks like it's currently out of stock on newegg and amazon though. If you absolutely must go with the 212 though it will work.

After those changes are made if you have room for better GPU go for it.

>corsair PSUs
why do people keep falling for this meme?

The price data for the GPU wasn't available but it bumps me up to $800 ish with tax included total

I don't know if I can afford that.

how the fuck does a 960 bump your price by 300 dollars?

>swap out processor for non K version
>swapout hard disk for WDC hard disk, blue if you dont mind to cut the cost further
>swap out 960 for 480 or 1060
>grab better PSU

it should be good

>falling for the corsair psus are bad meme

Ah I didn't notice this. The the most glaring issue is the PSU still. Save up the extra $50 or whatever and buy a good PSU.

Then get a 1050 or 1060 3gb or 470. Don't get a 960.

It's $270~ on Amazon.

Paying $270 for a 960 is a fucking scam.

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Corsair does have some good PSUs like the Corsair Vengeance series. It's only popular series like the Corsair CX that are complete shit.

I paid less tha that for mine a year ago and I live in europe where I get taxed out the ass.

I will probably go with that for the GPU, also I will look for a different PSU. Regarding the motherboard, since it's micro won't things get cramped in the case? I'm concerned about airflow. Should I get something else for a motherboard and case? If so what, preferably still in that price range but it will probably cost more.

Why are you going for a microATX build? Why not a normal ATX build? Have you checked logicalincrements.com?

I was under the impression it was cheaper.

Not really. ATX is built in much larger numbers which drives manufacturing cost down.

Even the "bad" PSUs aren't bad. Anyone saying that corsair PSUs are unusable clearly don't understand what they're talking about, and are just parroting shit they heard on the internet.

Check logicalincrements.com/
it has the most optimal sets possible

Alright, any suggestions? If not I'll look around, I'm quite ignorant.

best I can do for 1k?

thats about as high as I go before the divorce papers fly in

There's nothing wrong with that PSU. Just try to find a better GPU if you can.

Lurk Sup Forums and check logicalincrements.com for ideas.

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Fixed it for you user. You dont need a k series in your first build, stock clock is already overkill for at least the next 5 years. Also fairly sure the mobo you picked wouldn't even support it anyways, although I didn't check.

You can get a 1060 for $300 dollars. Buy one instead of a 960 and you're good to go.

Wouldn't 6600K be better, since you can easily overclock it and extend its usage by few more years?
I still hear few people using their 2500K just because it is also easily overclocked.

Iirc h110 mobos dont support OC so if you really want the K, then get a z170

sorry in advance to derail this slightly

So I built my own PC, GTX 970 (fuck off cunts it plays anything I throw at it well and I'll upgrade it in a few years), i5, etc etc.

I had bought a heatsink for the processor but the i5 came with one in the box. I ended up just using the one from the i5 and returning the one that I bought

is my PC goan die?

Op bid on a used gtx 970 on eBay it would fit your budget better

If you don't plan on overlocking the stock cooler is just fine.

>i threw out my aftermarket heatsink for a stock one
NIGGER

You don't need an $80 550W psu for a basic build like that running a GTX 1060. Complete waste of money. If you're going to drop the K cpu and cooler you might as well use mobo he originally chose and try to save enough for a 1070.

thank you for the serious reply. Thats fine. I probably wouldnt look to overclock until I upgrade dat GPU.

Cheers

Just don't overclock it and your golden

>Looks at motherboard, it's H170.
>Cannot overclock
>Z170 is being sold for almost same price that I bought H170 for.

SONUVABITCH, now I'll have to look forward to getting new motherboard as well in next 2-3 years.

> buying shitty psus

The hdd is open for whatever, but theres no reason to get a shit psu

Never skimp on the PSU.

No, its not a good build.
Get an i5 6500 (or a FX8320e with a gigabyte 970A ud3p if you want to save money)
And get a high quality PSU (500W or more would be good) and a RX470.

Get this instead: pcpartpicker.com/list/hmzHGf

Skimping would be to get a no brand made in China $10 psu, not a £45 dollar Corsair

A RX480 would be a better idea. 50$ cheaper and better DX12/Vulkan performance and DX11 performance is only slightly weaker. And AMD cards usually age very well.

This.
And if you have to go cheap on the PSU, get a antec VP. Cheap and a solid PSU.

>tfw a 5 years old 500W proprietary bronze PSU from Shuttle with chinese symbols all over it
>powering a i7 980X and a R9 280

3 years without issues, knocking on wood, biggest power draw during gaming sessions is around 420W from the wall. I would buy a bigger PSU in a heartbeat if it wasn't this proprietary shite.

>i5

This meme needs to end. i5's are not up to par for a "decent" rig like you want. It isn't 2012 anymore.

At least 10% of a PC cost should go into the PSU.

While I have an amd card, and fully support them, he's getting this for neir. Jap games historically run like dogshit on amd.

you're the meme that needs to end

The "i" in i5 stands for idiot. You should get an E5 CPU for experts.

So, motherboard is the main other thing I need to replace now, after acknowledging I will need a better PSU. Again, I would like to operate with a similar price range, and not micro.

The case too.

There is skimping and there is overkill, even if we give the system 250W, which is plenty for a midrange intel even with 2hdds, dvd drive and an SSD, a simple 6pin GPU won't draw more than 150W, MAYBE 200 if you go balls to the wall with overclock and overvolting.

Remove the CPU cooler and get an i3-6100 if you want to save costs.

Newegg has some good deal on i5 6600k mobo and RAM combo therefore lowering your price around 50-100 dollars

The wattage of PSUs is irrelevant. You should get a PSU with a high build quality and those tend to be expensive.

If you skimp out and get something like a group regulated PSU then it will destroy your HDDs and SSDs over time.

Never had a problem on my 290.

Obviously you don't buy ChinkTech2000 for 5 bucks, but there are relatively nice and cheap 450-500W PSUs with 80+ certs from reputable brands like Antec, Seasonic, CM or EVGA for less than "40A@12V platinum" overkills.

480 is around 250.
You might go a bit over budget but your build now is wasted potentail.
Spend the extra 50 bucks.

Skip the Z motherboard, skip the unlocked chip, just get the i5 6500 with the cheapest compatible motherboard from a bigger name company that has 5+1 audio and ideally multiple 1gbps ports and that will save you 100+ bucks to blow for a GPU.

Seriously CPUs are overrated. I have a Q9600@4ghz and 8gigz of DDR3@1500mhz and that's a 10 years old CPU and it still runs most shit at 60fps. The new consoles have literal tablet CPUs, so I don't expect the games to be super CPU bound in the next 8 years.

This is literally a meme started by some shills.
Spending 80 bucks on 500W psu is a joke.
Of course don't buy psus by some literal no name brands but any big brand PSUs are good these days. Anyone saying that you should only go for seasonic or evga is a stupid shill copy pasting what he read on linuscucktips comment section.

>I will need a better PSU

No, you don't. You're building a barebones PC with a low end card. The original PSU you chose was one of the things you got right.

the power supply is garbage. seasonic s12 for cheap good PSU.

1060 GTX costs 300 burgers, you fucking tool

The EVGA 430W/500W 80+, 500b/600b and supernova NEX B1/G1 are complete trash.

>800$
>barebones PC
800$ is upper mid range.

A proper multi rail PSU does cost at least 80 bucks for 500W.

If you buy a cheap PSU then you will have to replace the whole PC a few years afterwards.

>tfw my 560 ti gave out a few months before the 1060 and I had to buy a 960.

>upper mid range
That can run everything on max settings

No you don't. Stop fearmongering and spreading false information.

Im still running nearly everything at max or slightly lowered settings at 1440p on my R9 290.

You don't need anything above "midrange" unless you're a graphics whore

Stop spreading FUD you know nothings.

>960
Go with a 970 minimum. Ideally 1070 or 980 if you can find a deal. I nabbed a second 980 off Amazon for 250 bucks when the 10 series came out.

>i5 6600k
if the price between the K version and the original 6600 is minimal, keep the K. Overclocking for longitivity is a meme--you never make that big of a difference without investing in a superior case and liquid cooling--but it's not a bad way to get a bit more performance out of the gate.

>PSU
I'd aim for something with 500w+ and Bronze rating. You don't want to fuck with low rent PSUs.

>I have never built a PC before.

Consider getting a PS4 instead.

its shit.
remove optical drive, downgrade cpu and mobo to amd, get an amd 480 and an ssd

oh god do people actually buy ram with dumb heatsink gamer shit on it?

Yes, and then they try to remove the heatsinks manually once they realize that the heatsinks don't fit under large tower coolers like the 212 EVO.