First Build in 5 Years - Thoughts?

[ZeRoE]

Hey all,

I haven't done a new build for close to 5 years now, the step-son's PC just died so figured I'd upgrade and give him my current setup. I've put together the following, please note I'm holding off for a week or so as their are rumours that the new z270 boards will be released on Thursday.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x be quiet! Dark Base Pro 900 Full Tower Gaming Case - Black= £214.99
• 1 x Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £338.99
• 1 x Corsair Dominator Platinum 32GB (4x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (CMD32GX4M4B= £275.99
• 1 x Asus GeForce GTX 1080 DirectCU III Strix Advanced Gaming Aura RGB 8192MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics= £649.99
• 1 x Intel 600P 512GB M.2-2880 PCI-e 3.0 x 4 NVMe 3D NAND Solid State Drive (SSDPEKKW512G7X1)= £149.99
• 1 x WD Blue 3TB 5400rpm SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (WD30EZRZ)= £87.95
• 2 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)= £5.99
• 1 x NZXT Hue+ RGB Dual Channel LED Controller - Black= £44.99
• 1 x Corsair RM Series RM850X '80+ Gold' 850W Modular Power Supply (CP-9020093-UK)= £132.95
• 1 x Corsair Generation 2 Sleeved Cable Kit (AXi / AX / HX / RM / TXM) - Red (CP-8920049)= £79.99
• 1 x EK Water Blocks EK-CoolStream CE 420 (Triple)= £94.99
• 1 x XSPC EX280 Dual Fan Radiator= £49.99
• 1 x EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy EVO= £47.99
• 1 x EK Water Blocks EK-FC1080 GTX - Nickel+Plexi= £89.99
• 2 x Monsoon PETG Tubing 16/12mm (ID 1/2" OD 5/8") 4x90cm - Clear= £12.95
• 1 x EK Water Blocks EK-XRES 140 Revo D5 PWM (incl. pump)= £115.99
• 14 x EK Water Blocks EK-HDC Fitting 16mm G1/4 - Black Nickel= £5.99
• 1 x EK Water Blocks EK-AF Ball Valve (10mm) G14 - Black Nickel= £14.99
• 6 x EK Water Blocks EK-AF Angled 90 Degrees G1 / 4 inch - Black nickel= £5.99
• 2 x Mayhems Aurora 2 Red 1ltr= £8.99
• 5 x be quiet! Silent Wings 3 140mm PWM High Speed Fan= £19.99
• 1 x Bitspower Q-Adapter 1/4 to 1/4 Inch 3x IG - Rotatable Carbon Black= £16.99
• 2 x XSPC G1/4" Plug - Black Chrome V2= £1.49

Total: £2,708.45
(includes shipping: £23.10)
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Any thoughts on additions, subtractions or amendments are welcome!

 

[owenbarnfield]

nice build!!! What does he plan using it for?

 

[SC0TTRS]

1 x Corsair Dominator Platinum 32GB (4x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (CMD32GX4M4B= £275.99

Necessary especially at that price?!

 

[ZeRoE]

This one's for me. He can have my castoff! haha.

Primarily gaming, I will be doing some video/photo/audio editing here and there for my business, but nothing too intensive otherwise I'd have gone X99.

 

[ZeRoE]

Necessary especially at that price?!

I haven't settled on a memory yet, in fact, when I added those to the basket, the ones I did want were out of stock, so hopefully by the time I come to buy the memory I actually want will be in stock.

 

[owenbarnfield]

This one's for me. He can have my castoff! haha.

Primarily gaming, I will be doing some video/photo/audio editing here and there for my business, but nothing too intensive otherwise I'd have gone X99.

good man a man after my own heart

 

[mistersprinkles]

Just want to throw it out there that with modern intel cpus as far as day to day use goes, extreme liquid cooling gains you maybe 300Mhz, no real world gains, and puts a big hole in your pocket.

These CPUs can hit high 4's on air (NHD14/NHD15 for example) so going CLC is just for looks and e-peen these days. Nothing wrong with it. Just wanted to mention that it is unnecessary just incase you didnt know.