My First Custom Build

Hey there GameSpot Community!, recently I've built my first custom PC, and i was wondering if you guys can post your honest thoughts on it, I'd highly appreciate it :)! so here are my specifications:

Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6400 CPU @ 2.70GHz

Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

RAM: 16GB

Thank you so much -

Milo

@kingmilo: Congrats. The 1060 and 16 GB RAM are good, but the CPU will bottleneck you in some games. Especially with the inability to overclock it. Pretty good build overall though.

@BassMan: Hi there, thank you very much for your reply to my post, may i ask, have i included all the proper Specificaitions of a PC? is there anything else i need to include? thank you good sir :)

@kingmilo: You posted the three most important components when it comes to determining performance. You can go into more details with which motherboard, power supply, SSD, etc., but it is not necessary to determine the main performance of the build.

@BassMan: Perfect, thank you once again, it is much appreciated.

As others have said I would step up the CPU a bit.

Alternatively if you are short on money you could go for the low end i3-6100 with plans to upgrade later. (TBH the high core clock on a dual core will be fine for most games that don't heavily rely on the CPU)

IMO there are only 3 Intel SKUs this gen that I find worth buying: i3-6100, i5-6600k, and i7-6700k

if you do get a overclockable cpu (k series) just make sure your motherboard supports overclocking.

@locus-solus: thank you for your response! :)

@pyro1245: Understood, thank you for your help :)

This is also true. You would need a mobo with a z170 chipset (I think there are some workarounds for non-z170 chipsets, but I'm not too familiar with them).

@pyro1245:

Wrong. Please stop giving advice if you don't know what you are talking about. I think that's the first time since 1998 when I built my first pc that I've heard someone tell another to "upgrade" to a dual core cpu from a perfectly able quad core. His cpu is fine for his 1060. In fact it's more than fine. I apologize for getting a little heated but this term "bottleneck" has taken on mythic proportions and combined with ignorance has led more people astray than I care to imagine. To the OP, please don't go out and spend any more cash or change your setup in any way. If you do anything else in the future you could add an ssd or even upgrade your gpu, even with the cpu you currently have. Once more....you are perfectly fine with the cpu you have.

@retroman4ever: thank you good sir for your helpful advice, since my field is more software i do not know much about hardware, much appreciated for the advice you have given me since you have much experience :).

Kind Regards

Milos

@retroman4ever: eh for $50 more he could get a 6600k. I would do it.

Upgrade! do it, @kingmilo!