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6900k or 6850K for new PC

Artery said:
You could probably swap out the motherboard for a Maximus VIII Hero, pretty much does exactly the same as the Formula anyway. I only have an 850w EVGA G2 in my rig and I have 980ti in sli, I imagine 1080 will be more energy efficient so 850w should be enough but I guess 1000w will give you a little headroom.

Personally I wouldn't bother at all with an optical drive, you'll rarely use it these days and if so just get an external one.
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Ok will swap that out for the Hero, thanks for advice.
 
I think 2 Tb is more than enough to be honest, but I have been annoyed in the past when space has become an issue so figured I would make sure that did not happen this time.

Also I wont be taking the drives from this pc into that one as my wife will be using this machine.
 
My current steam folder is 826gb currently it seems (with modded games)

I would also want a fast seperate drive for uplay/origin whatever with room to spare for anything else like some music or what not.
 
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I am not going for the 6900k :P

My build is currently-

Case: Undecided

CPU: 6700k

Motherboard: Maximus VIII Hero

RAM: 16gb G.Skill Trident Z

PSU: EVGA Supernova 1000

GPU: SLI MSI Geforce gtx 1080 Seahawk X (AIO watercooled)

SSD (OS): Samsung 256GB SM961 M.2 SSD

SSD: 1tb Samsung 850 Evo

SSD: 1tb Samsung 850 Evo

OPTICAL DRIVE: Internal or External Blue-Ray & DVD (depends on case)

LIGHTS: NZXT Hue & RGB color changing dual channel internal led controller

OS: Windows 10
 
My wife really wants me to go for the Inwin 909 case and I am quite taken with it also as it looks pretty clean.

Definately going for the external Blu-Ray with that also.
 
Yeah I think OCuk is where I will end up going now, only reason I was using another place is that I had a few pcs from them in the past and they seemed to last ok, but those machines were nothing special anyway. So maybe things have worked out for the best.
 
Cheers for the advice.

1. I would prefer a large case with a window, (thinking In WIn 909 at the moment) I am a big guy 6ft.5 so the more space I have to work in if needs be the better, had smaller cases before and a nightmare hehe.

2. Not bothered about quietness really, as long as it isnt stupidly loud, looks are something I would prefer way more as it will sit on my desk next to me.

3. Well if that Motherboard is better I would happily change to it.

4. I definately want to try SLI, not ever done it before and if it comes to the point I do not need it, I can quickly upgrade the wifes PC and sell the other one towards a 1080ti in the future.
 
Hi Guwange thanks for the info.

I watched a bunch of you tube videos after your post, and I do really like the RGB lighting and the cablemod strips. And as you pointed out that will eliminate the need for the NZXT Hue and if I was to throw in some ThermalTake Riings the RGB lighting would be sorted.
Having had a decent look at them in the reviews I am now leaning towards the formula as I also prefer the way it looks out of the 3. (no offence to anyone who owns the others.)
 
I am going to take the advice and go the single GFX route, as it does make sense for me to go for a single 1080 and then upgrading to a 1080TI in the future, So I have swapped out the Seahawk for the EVGA FTW.
I have no idea about the ram really so leaning slightly towards the Xtreem's at the moment, its a shame they dont have led's or strobes on them though to match all the rgb lighting lol.

Here is the current spec

Case:Phanteks Enthoo Primo

CPU: 6700k

CPU COOLER: Corsair Hydro Series H115i

MOTHERBOARD: Maximus VIII Formula

FANS: Thermaltake Riings

LIGHTS: CableMod RGB strips

RAM: Team Group Xtreem 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4

PSU: EVGA Supernova P2 1000w 80 Plus Platinum

PSU CABLE KIT: Alchemy 2.0 Black/Red cables

GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW

SSD (OS): Samsung 1TB SM961 M.2 SSD (with Angelbird Wings PX1 Adaptor...to prevent throttling and cover the green PCB!)

SSD: 1tb Samsung 850 Evo

SSD: 1tb Samsung 850 Evo

Because this pc is not going to cost anywhere near the old spec, I think I may also get myself a nice comfy chair as well now DX RACER black/carbon King Series :)
 
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I have apologised for my actions, I made a mistake in regards to some peoples tones, and I cannot help that some posts also offended me. But like I said I can do nothing about that, but I can do something about my own actions and therefore I apologised.
 
The thing is, the actual level of help you all have given me towards my spec has been greatly recieved, I thank each and everyone one of you. My pc build would never have come so far and your community has done you proud.
I never made the best start to this thread, I did not see that people were actually trying to change my build for the right reasons.
So regardless if people continue to help me or not I thank you.
 
Well I won't be doing any recording or editing or things like that, just pure gaming really. However I definately do not want to be upgrading the Mobo and CPU constantly, The only upgrading I want to worry about for as long as possible is graphics.
 
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