The PC Build Has Arrived

System’s Specifications:

Case: Phanteks Enthfoo Pro

Motherboard: MSI B150 Gaming M3

Power Supply: FSP Aurum CM 650W

CPU Cooler: Cryorig H7

CPU: Intel I7 6700

GPU: EVGA GTX 970 Superclocked ACX 2.0

Memory: Corsair Vengeance DDR4 16GB 2133MHz

Storage: Seagate 2TB Hybrid Hard Drive

Capture Card: Elgato Capture HD 60 Pro

OS: Windows 10 Home

I am happy to tell you all that I shall now resume content production. My custom PC was made as a balanced non over clock system for video game creation and development, video editing/live streaming and of course video gaming. If you are designing your own PC for just video gaming, an I3 6100 and GTX 950 is all you need because it delivers perfectly acceptable frame rates but you won’t achieve 60 frames consistently.

Due to the increasing amount of games on the PC relying on a CPU’s cores, the cheapest I5 1151 CPU is recommended as it delivers more value for money in the long term. It’s great to be back in business.

System Benchmarks

Tomb Raider 2013 (Geforce Experience optimized)

min: 30

average: 52

max: 62

Batman Arkham City (Geforce Experience optimized)

min: 35

average:57

max: 60

 

Best PC Parts websites

Building a PC is a very technical endeavor. It requires avid knowledge of what you want to aim for when planning the build and then you have to find those parts. From my time doing research on my PC building project, I have found great PC building websites.

These sites are judged on their user friendliness, variety of available components and options for scaling your budget to getting the components you need, within the boundaries of how much you spend.

(This guide is based on sites commercially available in Australia.)

1. PC Part Picker http://pcpartpicker.com/

When sorting out what parts go together with your build plan, no other building site compares to the excellence of PC Part Picker. They have a plethora of parts and extensive pricing charts to get exactly what you need in the limits of your budget. The part selection page has solid compatibility analyzing tools and individual parts have all the necessary configuration details in order for you to make the informed decision with your build. It’s the best PC building/research site around, with a easy to navigate design, fantastic compatibility tools and extensive filter options.

2. Choose My PC http://choosemypc.net/#top

While lacking PC Part Picker’s array of filter and pricing options, Choose My PC’s simplicity makes it very effective in deciding how much you need to spend for your build. It has a detail packed article on PC parts, which is helpful for people unfamiliar with computers. The build generator is effective with tailoring the minimum viable build to a budget scale of $500 to 3000, but its parts options are focused on gaming builds. It does not take into account people needs for  building PC’s  outside gaming. If you are building a PC for gaming, choose My PC. It is extremely useful for seeing how much you must spend to meet your build’s needs, but people wanting more than just gaming will have to look elsewhere.

3. PC case gear http://pccasegear.com/

After spending hours and days researching your build, the time will come to actually buy those parts. Buying those parts will be made convenient and less stressful when you can buy them all in one store. PC Case Gear is a commendable parts site, stocking dozens of components for pretty much anything PC, right down to scanners and SD cards. PC Case Gear will be the place to go when purchasing your components.

Well, those are the sites I found from my time doing research. I hope these sites have been useful for those going through the process of researching their own unique build.