Badly need advice for gaming pc build

Domomach

Hi
Teenage son looking for gaming pc for Christmas. Literally have no experience of this but want to get the lad a decent pc without paying over the odds pre built shop prices.

I came up with the following configuration using hardwareversand, any advice or pointers would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

Intel Core I5-6500 Box, Sockel 1151 216,99 €
MSI Z170-A PRO, Sockel 1151, ATX, DDR4 121,99 €
Thermalright HR-02 Macho Rev.B 44,99 €
16GB-Kit Kingston HyperX Fury, DDR4-2133, CL14-14-14 98,99 €
LC-Power Gaming 975W 45,99 €
Thermaltake Smart SE 730W / Modular 69,99 €
MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G, 4GB GDDR5 253,99 €
Seagate Barracuda 7200 1000GB, SATA 6Gb/s 48,99 €
Samsung SSD 850 EVO SATA 6Gb/s 250 GB 79,99 €
LG GH24NS bare schwarz 13,99 €
Rechner - Zusammenbau 14,99 €

Total value: 1.010,89 €


1. What is your budget? 1k

2. What will be the main purpose of the computer? Gaming (Games such as Black Ops, Battlefront and recent releases)

3. Do you need a copy of Windows?) Yes

4. Can you use any parts from an old computer?) No

5. Do you need a monitor?) No planning on using TV.

5a. If yes, what size do you need?) ----

5b. If no, what resolution is your current monitor and do you plan to upgrade in the near future?) .

6. Do you need any of these peripherals?) Yes need mouse, keyboard and speakers

7. Are you willing to try overclocking?) Yes

8. How can you pay?) Laser/ credit card, paypal.

9. When are you purchasing?) Asap

10. If you need help building it, where are you based?) Dublin but think a neighbour will help

TerrorFirmer

You can drop to an i5-4440 and H97 board to save a packet, also don't need a 3rd party cooler, the stock intel one is fine.

Use the savings to get a GTX970 or R9 390 instead of a GTX 960 (personally I'd take the 390).

This will show a massive increase in gaming performance compared to what you have chosen now for the same money.

8GB of ram is plenty for gaming for new and the near future, just get a single 8GB stick for now.

A 730W power supply is totally overkill, with the GTX960 a 350W would be plenty, with the GTX970 a 350-400W would be fine and with the R9 390 a 500w would be fine.

Domomach

Followed some suggestions and came up with this configuration. Any comments or advice greatly appreciated! Thanks

Intel Core i5-4440 Box, LGA1150 186,99 €
ASRock H97 Anniversary, Sockel 1150, ATX 71,99 €
8GB-Kit Crucial Ballistix Sport Series DDR3-1600, CL9 40,99 €
Antec GX505 Window Blue Edition Midi-Tower - schwarz 61,99 €
Thermaltake Berlin 630W 60,99 €
Gigabyte R9 390 Gaming G1, 8GB DDR5, DVI, HDMI, 3x Displayport 350,99 €
Seagate Barracuda 7200 1000GB, SATA 6Gb/s 48,99 €
Samsung SSD 850 EVO SATA 6Gb/s 250 GB 79,99 €
LG GH24NS bare schwarz 13,99 €
Rechner - Zusammenbau 14,99 €

Total value: 931,90 €

TerrorFirmer

Looks solid to me.

Domomach

Good stuff thanks

SterlingArcher

Good changes. Took it from a good high graphics pc to an ultra for less.

You'd be lucky to pay about 1400- 1500 for it in a shop. That's a moderate guess.