Budget: $1000
Specific Use: Photoshop, League of Legends, Path of Exile, Diablo III, Blade & Soul
Planned Time Until Purchase: Planning to purchase in the next few days
OS: Yes (Anything but Windows 8)
Preferred Components: No
Sound or Wireless Card: Sound - No, Wireless - Yes
Cooling: Stock
Monitor/Keyboard/Mouse: No
Zip Code: 98401

No preferred case style, brands, etc. Upgrade-ability is nice but not necessary. Not using multiple monitors right away but maybe down the line. This will be my first build so no old components I can use.

Any input/tips are greatly appreciated :)

Standart gaming PC in Mini ITX format
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/C4nDD3
Total: $963.32

Color theme is white. Goes very good with very light blue LED's. Just look what your local stores are selling. Windows can be bought online for cheap.

This is good

Avoid that video card
Had 2 people I know had it
It runs VERY loud

Tell them to set the fan curve like this:
under 78C run fans at 30%
It it gets hotter then quickly ramp it up to 70-80%

Its not that loud it just makes a very anoying sound in the range of 50% fan speed. Had the same problem when i first got the card but it is not that bad when you adjust the fan speeds.

This is a great build for super budget but you can get better performance for the same price.
This is a locked board and cpu, you can still overclock it but not as easy. Plus I know you said stock cooling but I recommend a cheap reliable cpu cooler anyways.
Also you only get a total of 250gb storage, which I doubt will be enough.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ybGC3C
Total: $1161.13 with mail and rebate
Total: $1101.13 with mail and rebate
-If you can dish out an extra $100-$150 I would definitely go with this build.
-It has a better CPU. which is unlocked and can easily be overclocked to 3.8-4.0Ghz with the air cooler attached.
-I added an air cooler for your CPU which will only cost you $34.95 or $24.95 if you plan to use mail and rebate.
This will greatly improve your cooling on your CPU.
-The motherboard is a better one has a Z170 chipset instead of H170, and is a better overall motherboard and best brand for gaming motherboards.
-The memory has better frequency. DDR4-3000 compared to DDR4-2400
-I added a 1TB Hybird drive to the 250GB SSD, which are actually pretty fast for non SSD drives, and if you don't need you can take it out and save $69.88 or upgrade to 2TB for $25.
I would definitely recommend your SSD as your main boot drive and for your main games and photoshop.
-For video card, I gave you a better one for $5.12 more and frequency at 1.22Ghz instead of 1.09Ghz and it is a better and more reliable brand.
-For your cast I put in the Corsair 200R which will go good with the color scheme of Red and Black, as well as one of the best Mid tower cases.
-For Windows 10, in the part list you can click the link to buy an OEM key for $21.08 and 100% guaranteed to work. If you run into a problem they will give you a new key or refund.
-For PSU, same is used as it is a good deal.

If you want to be on budget and don't need that much storage, you can take it out.
If you don't need a powerful CPU I would go for the 6500 not 6600.
If you don't need fast ram you can go for a bit cheaper RAM.
Also for your SSD the Evo is not required you can shave a few dollars for lower latency.


Let me know what you think and if you have any questions or want to save some money from the build i created, let me know and I can make some adjustments, but this build is what I would recommend.

Okay. I really dont want to get into an argument with you but your post will just confuse a lot of people.
First i do agree on the aftermarket cooler. Since this is the build i am using i put a lot of thougth into it and i to use a aftermarket cooler. Only difference to stock cooling is that it runs a little quiter. Does not make any performance issue, but worth the 20$ to have it run quiter.

Second here is the thougth on the CPU:
I5 6500 runs at 3,4GHz and costs 200$
I5 6600 runs at 3.6GHz and costs 215$ (+0.2Ghz for 15$) worth it?
I5 6600K + (25$ more for a Z170 chipset) will run at about 4GHz air cooled and cost 275$ (+0.4GHz for 60$) worth it? twice as expensive as the 6500 to 6600 increase.

Ram Speed does not affect performance at all and i choose the sticks since thats the cheapest one that fitted the color theme.
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GPU clock speed does not matter. It is a overclocked GPU and you will increase the clock speed anyway as far as cooling allows it. So the basic clock does not matter. Both can run at about 1300 - 1350MHz.

Also the extra money on a Samsung SSD is not wasted. Sure you can save like 10$ by choosing a cheaper drive, but the Samsung Evo has a big advatange. First it has a 500MB cache and it comes with drivers that can reserve up to 4GB (if you have 16+GB) of your RAM as additional SSD Cache. (but i dont know what the internal 500MB cache is used for)

Nevertheless is your choice still a viable option. But your explanation are partly not correct.

This post was edited by maulepan on Feb 20 2016 04:25pm

Thank you for all the input guys! I can probably stretch the budget a little bit, so I'll take that into account. I really like hearing the reasoning between choices between different parts, so I'm open to more input...I just don't want to start a flame war if there are disagreements :P.

I personally would not recommend spending more money. A non-overclocked i5 and 970 is enough to reach 60+fps at high settings and 1080p in the games you listed. Save the money and upgrade the GPU in 2-3 years. Maybe a 500GB SSD if you need more space. Everything else does not seem to make much sense in my opinion. But there will be plenty of people disagreeing in the next hours.

This post was edited by maulepan on Feb 20 2016 04:45pm

Yeah...idk if ill spend the extra money for the CPU for what I want to do with it...I was considering the 500gb ssd already anyway.