One Intel Core i3-6100 (3.5GHz, 3MB, LGA 1151, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) Kaby Lake, boxed version. I've got one MSI RX 470 Armor OC on hand—it’s the 4GB GDDR5 version with DX12 support. One kit of Patriot Viper4 DDR4, 2400MHz, 8GB (2x4GB), CL15. One MS Monster gaming case—no power supply included—featuring a single blue LED fan. Just one Fortron Hexa+ 400W, 80+. Just one Asrock LGA1151 B150M-HDS. Just picked up a 128GB Kingston SU800 SATA SSD with 3D NAND. It’s a solid little drive.
Maybe on a payment plan? $1.50 Honestly, that Futura-IT setup is basically useless without an SSD. $1300
You could probably find the answers to those last two questions with a quick two-minute Google search. 😛
It’s an Entry-level 970 board, so it’s definitely on the lower end, but it should be able to handle a 95W CPU... provided you use at least an LC-CC-95. I’d suggest waiting to buy used once Ryzen hits the market, just because prices might drop.
The GTX 1060 sounds like a solid choice. You could even grab it right now... honestly, there's going to be a massive bottleneck, but it'll still be a huge step up from the HD 6670.
It could work... though I guess the power supply isn't great, the GPU is a bit of a bad deal, the RAM is overpriced, and this case is pretty much the same thing. The CPU doesn't seem worth it either; maybe just grab a temporary G4560 since it's basically the same i3 for $167. I swapped in a similar SSD, just one with a 5-year warranty instead of 3, and went with a better motherboard.
Nah, the i3 barely pulls any juice. You're looking at under 100W total including everything else under load, whereas a GTX 770 hits closer to 200W during stress tests.
I feel like most people overthink their PSU requirements, much like those spec sheets that claim you need 600-700W minimum—though they’re probably thinking of those cheap off-brand units that can barely hit their rated wattage.
EDIT: I'm guessing you don't have one, but maybe you could just use a Molex adapter to grab an extra 6-pin.
It was more about a card that's 15-20% pricier just because it has a slightly better cooler than the R9 390 models, despite having basically the same performance.
With this, even the GTX 1060 needs to drop its price a bit; otherwise, it's a tough sell compared to the RX 470 for under $533 or the RX 480 4GB and 8GB models priced below 1900 and $733.