I'm trying to get my parting skills better. I want to be a better tech and so I have designed this build for my brother who would mostly use this for gaming. My main idea is to keep the price down for a college student. Make it small, but try and pack a fair amount of power into it. Thinking about that, it's probably what people want to do with a lot of rigs, but I digress.
I haven't decided on a case. Personally I like a micro ATX case that is made by Case labs, https://goo.gl/eOzS7U
Durable, easy to build in and could last for a good many years.
With a gaming PC, GPU is main factor. To keep the price down, I went with a Gigabyte Geforce GTX 1060 with 3GB of on board video ram. Until the prices of 4ks come down a bit more, probably just trying to push a 1080 monitor at max graphics, on witcher 3 right now. I don't have a vast understanding of how much Vram is needed, so if someone would wants to link more research I would very much appreciate it. GPU>https://goo.gl/9OBPca
Went with a 650W Gold rated corsair fully modular PSU, enough power that it shouldn't struggle. Even with adding more hard drives. So it shouldn't over heat, and keep everything supplied well. I like fully modular for keeping the case clean, and with good airflow. PSU>https://goo.gl/CY2e55
Motherboard is a MIS H110I PRO, Uses a 1151 socket, a mini ITX form factor, and has an M.2 on the back, but is also low cost. That was mainly my criteria. MOBO>https://goo.gl/pqnxu7
CPU is a Intel COre i5-6400 Skylake clocked at 2.7. Based on what I could find, it was one of the cheaper CPUs, and would have more than enough power for the gaming needs. I'm curious if it's over kill. CPU>http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117564&ignorebbr=1
Ram is some cheap Gskill 2133 DDR4. I put in 16 gigs, mostly for chrome. I personally have ton's of tabs open and many programs at once. Keeping my hard drive load minimal seems beneficial. RAM>https://goo.gl/Rv1B6g
Main drive will be a M.2 from Samsung. 500 GB evo 850. Should hold quite a few games without taking up any sata ports, so that leaves a lot open for storage expansion. M.2>https://goo.gl/inXiiz
I am trying to learn more about PC building. What are drawbacks of certain parts, somethings that don't really matter and such. So the more info anyone wants to give is fantastic. Thanks for any help!