Advice on fresh build

CraigyDee · 2 Oct 2016 at 18:13

Hi I'm new to pc gaming but decided to jump right in. I want to spend 1700-1800 on a new build. Could people tell me where I'm going right/wrong with this list? I'm a total novice. Will be playing at 1440k, wanting ultra on as much as possible. Will, at some point, try my hand at basic overclocking. In a couple of years will probably put a second gpu in SLI.

i7 6700k
Superflower leadex 750w fully modular 80+ gold psu.
NZXT kraken x61 280mm aio water cooling unit.

MSI X99A Xpower gaming titanium Intel x99 mobo (I know this is over kill but it comes bundled with 16gb of ram and 128gb m.2 ssd. I would love some advice as to whether this is a good idea or not)

Gtx 1080, any of the £600-700 ones as they seem the fastest without being water cooled? Possibly the KFA2 GTX 1080 HOF 8192. As this is recommended by 8pack (I guess this is good) and would match my color scheme.

A case I'm yet to decide, but a full tower, suggestions would be fantastic.
Windows 10

All help would be greatly appreciated as this is a lot of money and would like to spend it wisely. Cheers!

mickyflinn · 2 Oct 2016 at 19:50

The 6700k will not go with an X99 motherboard you will need a Z170 motherboard.

CraigyDee · 2 Oct 2016 at 20:03

How did I miss this, I purposefully was looking at z170's and got distracted by the bundle. Thank-you so much you have saved me a lot of money!

mickyflinn · 2 Oct 2016 at 20:15

CraigyDee said:
How did I miss this, I purposefully was looking at z170's and got distracted by the bundle. Thank-you so much you have saved me a lot of money!

Your welcome, im guessing you going black white theme here is some options for you . Skylake likes fast ram and could choose black ramas an alternaive.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Phanteks Enthoo Primo Full Tower Case - White Edition= £209.99
1 x CM Storm Stryker Full Tower Gaming Case - White= £154.99
1 x Asus Z170 Sabertooth Mark S Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £179.99
1 x Ballistix Sport LT 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - White (BLS2C8G4D240FSC)= £79.99
1 x MSI Z170A Mpower Gaming Titanium Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £209.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - White (CMK16GX4M2B30= £89.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C16 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit - White (CMK16GX4M2A26= £79.99

Total: £1,032.95
(includes shipping: £28.02)

CraigyDee · 2 Oct 2016 at 20:47

Thank you for your suggestions. I've had a look and my list is looking a little different now. EDIT; mobo comes with a free 128gb m.2 ssd. I would boot OS from that.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £299.99
1 x MSI Z170A Mpower Gaming Titanium Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £209.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - White (CMK16GX4M2B30= £89.99
1 x Super Flower Leadex GOLD 750W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - White= £106.99
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 HOF 8192MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card= £659.99
1 x Seagate 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST1000DM003)= £42.95
1 x NZXT KRAKEN X61 280mm AIO Water Cooling Unit= £119.99
1 x CM Storm Stryker Full Tower Gaming Case - White= £154.99

Total: £1,684.88
(includes shipping: £0.00)

mickyflinn · 2 Oct 2016 at 21:04

The case doesnt support a 280mm rad a 240mm rad is supported.

- Front Cooling: 120 mm LED fan x2 (1200 RPM, 17dBA)
- Top Cooling: 200 mm fan x 1 (1000 RPM, 23 dBA)
- Rear Cooling: 140 mm fan x1 (1200 RPM, 19 dBA) / (converted to 120 mm fan)
- Bottom Cooling: 120 mm fan x 2 (optional)
- Side Cooling: 120 mm fan x 2 (optional)