Son's new PC help

cheyane

My son's Qosmio packed up after 4 1/2 years which I had bought for him when he went to the university.

His friend is working in a computer shop and we are thinking of buying the parts from Amazon and getting it built. I would appreciate any advice and if I missed some crucial things to put in please tell me. He is buying this himself and paying it with the money he has earned from being a waiter. So on a tight budget. We live in Italy so Italian Amazon. 

1. Intel Core i5 6500 3.2 ghz https://www.amazon.com/Intel-Skylake-Desktop-Processor-BX80662I56500/dp/B010T6CWI2
2. case aerocool 500  http://www.aerocool.us/pgs/pgs-a/pgs_a_a500_bk.html    https://www.amazon.it/Aerocool-Aero-500-Gaming-finestra-lettore/dp/B015B3ROCC
3. Nvidia Ge Force 1060 3 gb
4. ASRock B150M Pro4  
5. RAM 8GB Corsair Vengeance
6. Coolermaster TX 3 EVO  
7. Corsair VS 650 EU Power Supply 650 watts https://www.amazon.it/Corsair-CP9020098-VS650-Alimentatore-Certificazione/dp/B00LMBT0IO
8. Caviar blue 1TB 720RPM  https://www.amazon.it/WD10EZEX-Hard-Disk-Desktop-Cache/dp/B0088PUEPK

I must have missed some things please advice  and thank you for any help you give me. Network card and sound card I think I missed those.

EpicJohnson

Network card and audio are built into mobo already.

Also I would aim for more ram.
I no longer believe 8 gigs of ram to be enough.

Vrika

Looks like a good enough build considering how little money you have.

You can save 7€ by switching to 550W model of that power supply.

RAM can work in dual-channel mode, so to get 8GB of RAM you should buy a package with 2x 4GB RAM sticks.

You've not selected any optical drive, but if you buy your games online you might not need an optical drive at all.

Do you have operating system already?

Ridelynn

The only thing I would say is: The Caviar Blue is cheap, but you can get a 120G SSD for the same price, and the difference in speed, at least for me, is well worth the loss in capacity. It's easy enough to add in the same exact Caviar Blue later on, when you have another 50€ and have run out of space on the SSD, but it's harder to go the opposite direction because you want the OS installed on the SSD.

120G is tight, WIndows alone takes up about 40-50, but it's enough room for a game or two at a time.

cheyane

Thanks yes OS too did factor in. No he needs the one TB there is no way he can make do with 120 gb. Right now I have used up 800 gb of my drive and I have a separate SSD for my OS. SSD is still expensive may be in the future my computer has a 250 SSD and I don't use it for my games just the OS and programs. Games,they are still all on my HDD. I am okay with the slight delay I can handle it and he will have to. Will look for more RAM.

The power source is enough too for a future upgrade too right ?

Bloodaxes

You can also use amazon.de the german site. It has the option of being in english (Albeit still beta function) and the prices are in euroes.

Also, ciao non sono italiano, ma lo parlo. Vivo sotto sicilia :P 

cheyane

I am not Italian my husband is and I speak Italian badly . I am a Malaysian Indian. I think Amazon is okay may be a bit more expensive but at least if the parts are faulty I can return it. 

My husband wants him to get another laptop in case he will travel to work in another country carrying a desktop around is not really ideal. My son he studied Mandarin and Japanese  but because of my husband's work we have lived in Spain and Brazil so he knows Spanish and Portuguese too. He wants to become a cook now so may be the languages will help him so after he graduates send him to cooking school thinking of Chinese cuisine so study in China no idea what to do because job situation is very bad in Italy.

Bloodaxes

I'm mentioning the german amazon site because it has a lot more parts to choose from, and since it's also in europe you don't have to include any vat or anything.

Oh okay thought you were italian haha.

Gdemami

I would suggest some alternatives:

2) You could have much higher quality case for that money.
https://www.amazon.it/BitFenix-Neos-Midi-Tower-Case-Nero/dp/B00KDR557S/ref=sr_1_62?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1486499800&sr=1-62
https://www.amazon.it/Case-Antec-ASK-4000B-U3-Tower-black/dp/B00LC82QTM/ref=sr_1_65?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1486499800&sr=1-65
https://www.amazon.it/CoolerMaster-N300-Case-Midi-Nero/dp/B00CTBK2QK/ref=sr_1_73?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1486499821&sr=1-73
https://www.amazon.it/CoolerMaster-Force-Case-Midi-Nero/dp/B00AQQHUK6/ref=sr_1_72?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1486499800&sr=1-72

Since you are on a budget, if you may live without front USB 3.0 port:
https://www.amazon.it/BitFenix-BFX-NOV-100-KKXSK-RP-NOVA-Nero/dp/B016CMTFIC/ref=sr_1_21?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1486499770&sr=1-21

3) 3GB is not enough. Best vale for money card you can get is RX 480 4GB:
https://www.amazon.it/Gigabyte-480-WF2-4-GB-GDDR5-Wind-Express-3-0-x16/dp/B01MCZC9ID/ref=sr_1_21?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1486497725&sr=1-21
 
4) For Kaby Lake, you may want B250 chipset:
https://www.amazon.it/Gigabyte-GA-B250M-DS3H-Scheda-Interfaccia-Socket/dp/B01MQWCNA6/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1486500687&sr=1-1&keywords=GIGABYTE+B250M-DS3H+-+Intel+B250

7) You definitely want different PSU:
https://www.amazon.it/Seasonic-S12II-520-BRONZE-SS-520GB/dp/B00390P1NO/ref=sr_1_2?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1486500828&sr=8-2&keywords=seasonic

or if on budget(still decent PSU and great value for that money)
https://www.amazon.it/Antec-500P-Alimentatore-500W-Nero/dp/B00DBDSJOM/ref=sr_1_4/255-6373318-2201500?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1486495624&sr=1-4&keywords=antec


EDIT: One more PSU:
https://www.amazon.it/XFX-ProSeries-P1-450S-X2B9-Alimentatore-potenza/dp/B005FPT38U/ref=sr_1_4?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1486502930&sr=1-4&keywords=XFX+Alimentatore

cheyane

Thanks @Gdemami will look into it. Thanks for taking the time to link all that.

filmoret

Everything looks good.  Maybe get 2x 4gb ram sticks for dual channel.

mgilbrtsn

might wanna think of other places like newegg to shop for the parts.  May be cheaper.

Gdemami

cheyane said:

Thanks @Gdemami will look into it. Thanks for taking the time to link all that.

Well, I guess I could do better but Amazon is atrocious to browse through