Updated: 2018-04-05
Every few years I build myself a desktop. These are the components I’ve chosen for my current PC built in 2016 based on Intel’s Skylake architecture and Z170 chipset. The system is mostly free of legacy I/O ports such as PS/2 and VGA. Some cool features are the full body tempered glass window on the case with RGB lighting, 40 Gb/s Thunderbolt 3 port, GeForce GTX 1060 graphics card, 802.11ac MIMO wireless and Oculus Rift VR kit. Also obvious is the white and black color scheme built around the uniquely beautiful Asus Sabertooth S170 S motherboard that sports a distinct arctic camouflage design, packed with 32 GB of matching Crucial Ballistix Sport LT memory.
Case:
Phanteks Eclipse P400 Tempered Glass White Mid Tower Case
Manual
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Power Supply:
Corsair CX550M Modular 550W Power Suply
Manual | Cable Guide
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Motherboard:
Asus Sabertooth Z170 S Arctic White Camo Motherboard
Datasheet | Manual
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Memory:
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 32 GB DDR4 Arctic White Camo Memory
Model: BLS4K8G4D240FSC
Datasheet
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Processor:
Intel Core i5-6500 3.2 GHz Quad Core Processor
Product Brief
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Processor Cooling:
Cooler Master Hyper D92 CPU Cooler
Datasheet | Manual
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Grapgics Card:
Gigabyte Geforce GTX 1060 G1 Gaming 6 GB
Manual
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Storage:
SanDisk Extreme Pro 480 GB SSD
Datasheet | Install Guide
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Input:
Logitech Wireless Keyboard K360
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Logitech MX Anywhere 2 Mouse
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Thunderbolt 3:
Wireless:
TP-Link Archer T9E AC 1900
Datasheet | Manual
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Virtual Reality:
Oculus Rift + Touch
User Guide
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Webcam:
Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920
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2018 Planned Upgrades
NVMe Storage:
Western Digital Black 500 GB NVMe SSD
Datasheet
10 Gigabit Ethernet:
Sound:
