PC Tower only; No budget.

Yeah, that should work fine. It's all compatible and shouldn't cause you any issues. You could probably have gotten away with a 650-750W PSU.

3000MHz is a good RAM speed for X99. You can go faster, but 3000MHz is a good balance between speed and stability. It also works on a CPU strap/gear ratio (depends on board manufacturer) of either 1.0 or 1.25. The 1.25 ratio allows for OCing without raising the multiplier up as high. E.g my 5820K is running at 4.1GHz on it's stock multiplier of 33 because I have the strap at 1.25, giving a BCLK of 125MHz. I could run a strap of 1.0, but my multiplier would then need to be 41.
 
Borealis said:
Yeah, that should work fine. It's all compatible and shouldn't cause you any issues. You could probably have gotten away with a 650-750W PSU.

3000MHz is a good RAM speed for X99. You can go faster, but 3000MHz is a good balance between speed and stability.
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Great News!

Borealis said:
It also works on a CPU strap/gear ratio (depends on board manufacturer) of either 1.0 or 1.25. The 1.25 ratio allows for OCing without raising the multiplier up as high. E.g my 5820K is running at 4.1GHz on it's stock multiplier of 33 because I have the strap at 1.25, giving a BCLK of 125MHz. I could run a strap of 1.0, but my multiplier would then need to be 41.
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Can I get this in English :D I've got a lot of researching to do :(
 
It does come with thermal paste. :)

"EK-TIM Ectotherm (1g syringe)" as per their website.

You'll need to let us know how the over clocking goes as you're likely one of the first on here to get one.
 
I know you specified no top vents but if you look at the Silverstone FT02 and FT05 cases you'll see that while the vents are at the top, there's a grille above the vents on which the cat can sit so the top vents are not actually blocked.

And besides, you just need to put a box on the desk and the cat will sit in that! :)

More seriously, do you need a dual-CPU system? Or a many-core Xeon CPU?

Do get yourself a USB 3 external mechanical drive for backup. You can leave the backups running overnight.
 
The strap/gear ratio thing. I'll try and explain it as best I can. Google is your best friend here!

The Base Clock/BCLK is the CPU frequency. The multiplier is what the BCLK is multiplied by to give the overall frequency. E.g. a stock 5820K runs at 3.3GHz = 100MHz BCLK x 33.

Normally the Base Clock is the same as the PCI-E frequency - 100MHz. If you increase this, you're BCLK overclocking. Upping this by any significant amount can cause problems as it increases the PCI-E frequency and devices may not work properly. To get around this, there is the strap/gear ratio (my Gigabyte board refers to it as gear ratio). It comes in pre-defined values, so I have the option on my board of 1.0, 1.25, 1.66, 2.5. This allows you to change the BCLK without changing the PCI-E frequency.

When I set this to 1.25 it sets the BCLK to 125MHz (100MHz x 1.25), leaving the PCI-E frequency at 100MHz.

So for stock settings on my 5820K:

100MHz x 1.0 Gear ratio x 33 multiplier= 3.3GHz

Overclocking:

100MHz x 1.0 Gear ratio x 41 multiplier = 4.1GHz

100MHz x 1.25 Gear ratio x 33 multiplier = 4.125GHz

As you can see, the multiplier is lower, yet the overall speed is the same.
 
Borealis said:
The strap/gear ratio thing. I'll try and explain it as best I can. Google is your best friend here!

The Base Clock/BCLK is the CPU frequency. The multiplier is what the BCLK is multiplied by to give the overall frequency. E.g. a stock 5820K runs at 3.3GHz = 100MHz BCLK x 33.

Normally the Base Clock is the same as the PCI-E frequency - 100MHz. If you increase this, you're BCLK overclocking. Upping this by any significant amount can cause problems as it increases the PCI-E frequency and devices may not work properly. To get around this, there is the strap/gear ratio (my Gigabyte board refers to it as gear ratio). It comes in pre-defined values, so I have the option on my board of 1.0, 1.25, 1.66, 2.5. This allows you to change the BCLK without changing the PCI-E frequency.

When I set this to 1.25 it sets the BCLK to 125MHz (100MHz x 1.25), leaving the PCI-E frequency at 100MHz.

So for stock settings on my 5820K:

100MHz x 1.0 Gear ratio x 33 multiplier= 3.3GHz

Overclocking:

100MHz x 1.0 Gear ratio x 41 multiplier = 4.1GHz

100MHz x 1.25 Gear ratio x 33 multiplier = 4.125GHz

As you can see, the multiplier is lower, yet the overall speed is the same.
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Thanks very much this pretty made everything clear. Now I guess I need to research how the voltage effects the multiple or visa-versa, and the ram timings/Frequency
 
The Asus X99-A seems to be a stable board from reviews, so should form a good basis for your system. (my x99 board can feel a bit flakey at times)
The Samsung sm951 is the same drive as the 950 pro but with a green circuit board and a shorter warranty but £80 cheaper.
The 950's got a warranty of 10 years though, so should stand you in good stead.
They're brilliant drives - you'll be amazed by how tiny they are.
 
ThaReaperGuy said:
CPU is somewhat overkill for OP's needs, money could be spent elsewhere.

It's twice the price of the GPU the OP has! :eek:
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Hey the man said TOP END ;)

Good luck with the build. I also have a cat that likes to sit ontop of my PC.

Luckily she hasnt got her dirty paws on my new white case.

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No budget you say?

Hmm. I would buy a pre binned 5960X and X99 motherboard with dual 10 gigabit networking and a Fultondale 10 PCIE SSD.
 
We're on desktop!

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Was a bit of a scare at first. No power was getting to any device (Main Power connect wasn't fully plugged into the PSU).

Then I couldn't install windows as my USB DvD Drive failed me.

Thanks for the feed back, I'll install the rest of my things then look to overclock this.

Case threw me a bit since its upside down (no problems)... Amazing quiet, going to have to remove the battery from the clock in the other room as its too noisy.
 
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