6700k / 980TI Build

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Hey long time lurker finally looking to replace my old 2500k system.

I've got a budget up to £3500 and would need a new monitor in there. Happy to go 4K or 1440p Ultrawide cant decide which. I play a bit of everything and of course watch TV/Films

As of this moment this is what I've settled on but I really just cannot decide I'm trying to future proof for the next 4-5 years as I doubt I will get chance to buy another rig.

Only other question is do I need a longer sli bridge or anything for these 980ti cards / motherboard?



YOUR BASKET
1 x 8Pack Approved - Elite Tier SkyLake Bundle: Intel Core i7-6700K @ 4.50GHz, Asus Z170 Maximum VIII Hero, 16GB DDR4 3000MHz, 256GB NVMe PCI-E M.2 SSD, OcUK Techlabs Extreme 240mm Hydro CPU Cooler £799.99
2 x Inno3D GeForce GTX 980Ti Hybrid Black Edition 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (C98TP-1SDN-N5HNX) £589.99 (£1,179.98)
1 x Philips BDM4065UC 40" 3840x2160 VA 4K 60Hz Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £529.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova P2 1000W '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply (220-P2-1000-XR) £159.95
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black (CC-9011030-WW) £114.95
2 x Seagate 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST3000DM001) £69.95 (£139.90)
Total : £2,951.40 (includes shipping : £22.20 Ex.VAT).

 
Opps forgot to mention I'm going to reuse one of these from my old system.

Planning on using the M.2 for OS and whatever game I'm currently playing the most of and putting the rest of my Steam Libiary on the Crucial. Not sure if picking up a second Crucial for a raid0 would be worth the hassle for performance.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Crucial BX100 500GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT500BX100SSD1) £129.95
Total : £138.65 (includes shipping : £7.25 Ex.VAT).

 
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More cores do only help if you have running applications that are programmed for. Still a lot of applications are only programmed for up to 4 cores. The Skylake CPUs are great overclocker. If you have an application that is only programmed for up to 4 cores a higher clocked skylake could outperform a not that high clocking X99 CPU.
 
for 3k (plus 500 for a monitor) i'd want a great x99 mobo, 5930k, SLI top end 980ti (maybe even waterblocked plus a custom loop) and tons of SSD storage, no HDDs
 
Yeah for £3k....and the point where you said you wanted 5 year proof as you'll unlikely be buying another machine, I'd go a six core x99 as a minimum.
 
^ As above, if spending that kind of money and wanting to give the build the best chance of longevity, X99 would be the sensible choice.

I'm also interested to know how you plan to mount the two coolers for hybrid 980 Ti's
 
My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £3,696.69
(includes shipping: £15.90)
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40 PCI Lanes X99 CPU for SLI would be good.
32gb RAM.
2 x 980Ti with possible watercooling option already.
Better HDDs. Never had Seagate tbf but if you look at the review of that HDD might be wise to steer clear.
4k G-Sync ROG Swift.

Just over budget but :D
 
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On that budget id go 1440p 144hz and id definitely go x99 aswell. Makes more sense for the cost between the two. Especially if you plan to keep it for a good few years, DX12 will be here then and take care of the extra cores in gaming.

4k is nice but 144hz 1440p is just smooth as butter. if you can try both and pick one. Some people prefer resolution, I personally prefer a stutter free super smooth experience and 1440p is still visually very very nice. To be honest 1440p vs 4k on a monitor less than 28" there really is not that much difference. Only thing I notice is a few less jaggies.

^above build is pretty perfect. Id go for a 144hz 1440p monitor and 16gb DDR4 is plenty for gaming. Other than that a good case with plenty of airflow. Full tower etc. 980Ti's do get hot. If your watercooling a case to comfortably fit hybrid cooler /custom loop etc.
 
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I'd make a few changes to the above basket.

I'd probably go for the 5820k, move to a Superflower PSU (corsair for me have had coil whine) and would probably start at 8/16 GB of RAM, this can be cheaply updated later on. You could probably save some pennies while not reducing performance that much.

Other then that X99 all the way for £3k.

Anthony.
 
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