Criticise my build!!

Trisdov

Trisdov

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heres my list, looking for arguments for and against it....am i missing something obvious.

Asus Rampage V Extreme Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 EATX Motherboard
Intel 5820K 3.30GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - OEM
EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Superclock 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C16 2666MHz Quad
Corsair Graphite 780T Full Tower Case - Black (CC-9011063-WW) Corsair

i want DDR4 as id be a fool to spend over 1k on older DDR3 when DDR4 is the way forward.

thoughts?
 
currently im still running on 1st gen i5 750...... :( :( :( stock its 2.6 but to keep up i have it at 3.7 i currently have the corsair H80i but its wasted on this chip.

power wise im ok i have a coolermaster 750W gold plus, drives i have a samsung 840 evo, couple of smaller SSD's, with a few mechs for storage.

GFX i have a MSI Twinfrozr II GTX580.

i think by far my bottleneck is my cpu/mobo combo and im ****ed off not having ever owned an i7, i think those parts will tie in my current decent parts to make a cracking system thats on DDR4 future tech. i dont wanna buy DDR3 as that soon will be pretty inferior.
 
having never owned a gigabyte board im weary, ive always been an asus fanboi for mobo's

i love asus's onboard fan control-ability. i need a good review of the SOC board to see it in the flesh..maybe i'll google it
 
lude1962 said:
'i think by far my bottleneck is my cpu/mobo combo'
depending what you use your pc for I'd say the GTX 580 is the bottleneck
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i wasnt expecting that tbh, i think the fact that my CPU is OC by 1.1 makes it be default the weakest component by far, however i concede the point that my gaming will increase drastically with a new card.

stulid said:
The price difference between the X99 Rampage and this one - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-520-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2875

Gets you a GTX980 instead of a 970.

What drives, cooler and PSU do you have?
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thinking about is mate i think your totally right.....who needs wifi, bluetooth and all that crap...the SOC board seems to rock, whats its bios like?
 
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so as it stands my cart now looks like this

Asus GeForce GTX 980 DirectCU II OC Strix 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics
Intel 5820K 3.30GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - OEM
Gigabyte X99 SOC Champion Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 ATX Motherboard
Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C16 2666MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black
Corsair Graphite 780T Full Tower Case - Black (CC-9011063-WW) Corsair Graphite 780T

pretty good change tbh...

how many 4pin fan headers does the SOC have?, reason i ask is i want to pump that 780T case with as much cool air as possible
 
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