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1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Mostly web browsing (as many as 50-100 tabs open in Chrome) / torrenting (10G+ each, sometimes even 100G+) / local 1080P movie watching / comic reading from downloaded high-resolution files.
Occasional non-3D single player PC gaming (old games from years ago) & PS2 emulator gaming / Photoshop layering a few files & batch processing bisecting 1000's of jpeg & bitmap / lossless audio encoding.
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
Under 3,000 usd, most preferably under 2,500 usd, shipping & tax included.
3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the state and city if possible.
Taiwan, Asia Pacific, therefore difficult to impossible to buy from Amazon/newsegg due to shipping by courier to endure safe delivery and custom complications. General markup is 10%-25%, sometimes even over 100%, but I will try finding stores who charge the least premium.
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc.
I am listing the components I am considering and reasons chosen, but open to suggestions and modifications.
Case: Enermax Ostrog (good ventilation/dual case fans)
PSU: Corsair RM750i (first tier PSU with 10-year warranty)
Motherboard: Asus Z170 Pro Gaming (Intel I219V PHY, Supreme FX[Realtek 1150 codec], Asmedia USB 3.1 type A/C)
CPU: Intel i7-6700K (highest base clock and only less than 50 dollars more than regular 6700 & offer hyper threading which i5's do not)
RAM: 8G X 2 Adata DDR-3000 Z1 XPG (Skylake can benefit from faster memory & Adata is the only brand I could find at this speed. Umax, Kingston, Crucial & Micron are available at lower speeds.)
Storage: Intel 750 PCIE SSD 400G (faster than Intel 535 SATA SSD with higher endurance rating)
GPU: Gigabyte GTX1070 Gaming G1(unsure about this one, actually, and can't decide between this and GTX1060, any brand.)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Macho 120 SBM (seems to be narrow enough to allow high profile memory installation.)
DVD: unsure if needed.
Monitor: Asus MX25AQ (AH-IPS panel, 1440P at 60Hz, relatively reasonably priced and probably ok since I don't game much. Do I need a 144Hz model like Asus MG279Q, 27" instead of 25", also 1440P but price is doubled?)
5) If reusing any parts, what parts well you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
Nothing will be reused.
6) Will you be overclocking?
Maybe mildly, within 10%-15% of CPU's base clock.)
7) What is the max resolution of your monitor? What size is it?
Between 25" to 27", at 1440P, with max refresh rate varying from 60Hz to 144Hz, depending on model eventually purchased.
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
Preferably within the next three months or so.
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? eSATA? Onboard video (as a backup or main GPU)? UEFI? etc.
I would like fair quantity audio codec, onboard GPU, USB 3.1, and good LAN controller.
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If yes, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit?
No, but will acquire retail Windows 10 Home.
I felt the last system I used was sometimes sluggish (I think it was Intel i5-4590, 8G of DDR3 RAM, 500G hard drive, no discrete graphics card), and the screen was fine (HP Prodisplay P222VA, 21.5", 1080P at 60Hz) but like something bigger.
Thank you.
Mostly web browsing (as many as 50-100 tabs open in Chrome) / torrenting (10G+ each, sometimes even 100G+) / local 1080P movie watching / comic reading from downloaded high-resolution files.
Occasional non-3D single player PC gaming (old games from years ago) & PS2 emulator gaming / Photoshop layering a few files & batch processing bisecting 1000's of jpeg & bitmap / lossless audio encoding.
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
Under 3,000 usd, most preferably under 2,500 usd, shipping & tax included.
3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the state and city if possible.
Taiwan, Asia Pacific, therefore difficult to impossible to buy from Amazon/newsegg due to shipping by courier to endure safe delivery and custom complications. General markup is 10%-25%, sometimes even over 100%, but I will try finding stores who charge the least premium.
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc.
I am listing the components I am considering and reasons chosen, but open to suggestions and modifications.
Case: Enermax Ostrog (good ventilation/dual case fans)
PSU: Corsair RM750i (first tier PSU with 10-year warranty)
Motherboard: Asus Z170 Pro Gaming (Intel I219V PHY, Supreme FX[Realtek 1150 codec], Asmedia USB 3.1 type A/C)
CPU: Intel i7-6700K (highest base clock and only less than 50 dollars more than regular 6700 & offer hyper threading which i5's do not)
RAM: 8G X 2 Adata DDR-3000 Z1 XPG (Skylake can benefit from faster memory & Adata is the only brand I could find at this speed. Umax, Kingston, Crucial & Micron are available at lower speeds.)
Storage: Intel 750 PCIE SSD 400G (faster than Intel 535 SATA SSD with higher endurance rating)
GPU: Gigabyte GTX1070 Gaming G1(unsure about this one, actually, and can't decide between this and GTX1060, any brand.)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Macho 120 SBM (seems to be narrow enough to allow high profile memory installation.)
DVD: unsure if needed.
Monitor: Asus MX25AQ (AH-IPS panel, 1440P at 60Hz, relatively reasonably priced and probably ok since I don't game much. Do I need a 144Hz model like Asus MG279Q, 27" instead of 25", also 1440P but price is doubled?)
5) If reusing any parts, what parts well you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
Nothing will be reused.
6) Will you be overclocking?
Maybe mildly, within 10%-15% of CPU's base clock.)
7) What is the max resolution of your monitor? What size is it?
Between 25" to 27", at 1440P, with max refresh rate varying from 60Hz to 144Hz, depending on model eventually purchased.
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
Preferably within the next three months or so.
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? eSATA? Onboard video (as a backup or main GPU)? UEFI? etc.
I would like fair quantity audio codec, onboard GPU, USB 3.1, and good LAN controller.
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If yes, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit?
No, but will acquire retail Windows 10 Home.
I felt the last system I used was sometimes sluggish (I think it was Intel i5-4590, 8G of DDR3 RAM, 500G hard drive, no discrete graphics card), and the screen was fine (HP Prodisplay P222VA, 21.5", 1080P at 60Hz) but like something bigger.
Thank you.