Going X99 - New Build

RobHague

RobHague

RobHague

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Because who needs money anyway right? :rolleyes:

You know the funny thing? This entire system build started off with me thinking "Maybe I should swap my 780Ti for a 980" .... and then slowly over the past week its just exploded XD

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This look ok? I was advised in another post to go with a different PSU brand but.... every thing is Corsair branded (not on purpose it just worked out that way)!

So call me crazy for wanting to stick with the brand theme, if I could have gotten Corsair SSD's I would have but they aint in stock. Meh.
 
Are you going to be gaming at 4K ?

I actually have been looking at a similar type build, although where I could I went for the cheaper product with performance quite close to the next level upgrade. Not sure if I'll bite yet though on 4K or wait until next year, but it's what I've come up with after wasting a couple of hours here and there.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus X99-Deluxe Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 ATX Motherboard £299.99
1 x Intel 5820K 3.30GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75820K) £289.99
2 x MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £279.95 (£559.90)
1 x Samsung 500GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE500BW) £179.99
1 x Crucial 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-17000C16 2133MHz Quad Channel Kit (CT4K4G4DFS8213) £169.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 500R Midi Tower Case - Black/White (CC-9011013-WW) £94.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H110 280mm High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060014-WW) £91.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 750W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £89.99
Total : £1,793.33 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 
RobHague said:
This look ok?
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You won't fit two graphics cards in that little motherboard!


My go! Stuck to under £2k.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus X99-S - Intel Core i7 5820K Six Core CPU & Motherboard Bundle ***£30 Saving*** £495.98
2 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 G1 Gaming 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £299.99 (£599.98)
1 x Plextor M6e M.2 PCI-E 512GB Solid State Hard Drive (PX-G512M6e) £299.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-23000C16 2800MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M4A2800C16) £289.99
1 x Corsair Graphite 780T Full Tower Case - White (CC-9011059-WW) £144.95
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 750W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £89.99
1 x Silverstone Tundra Series TD02 Liquid CPU Cooler £59.99
Total : £1,998.56 (includes shipping : £14.75).




Tasty! :D
 
Those GPUs and Ram are adding up the cost big time :)

I am not sure I could hit the pay now button with those GPUs the 970s are far better for bang for buck and not too far off from a 980 performance add to fact we may have an 980Ti due by Xmas or early next year to compete with AMDS 390x makes spending almost 1k on gpu a bitter taste!

If your not doing 4k something to consider really especially when a £250-300 970GTX may suffice + you can always get another one later on if required....

Ram wise I hear the crucial cheap DDR4 ram still overclocks well anyhow
£170 vs £307 quite a bit again, really up to yourself.
 
R3X said:
Those GPUs and Ram are adding up the cost big time :)

I am not sure I could hit the pay now button with those GPUs the 970s are far better for bang for buck and not too far off from a 980 performance add to fact we may have an 980Ti due by Xmas or early next year to compete with AMDS 390x makes spending almost 1k on gpu a bitter taste!

If your not doing 4k something to consider really especially when a £250-300 970GTX may suffice + you can always get another one later on if required....

Ram wise I hear the crucial cheap DDR4 ram still overclocks well anyhow
£170 vs £307 quite a bit again, really up to yourself.
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You're right R3X I've actually swapped the 980s for two 970s. I made a similar mistake getting a 780 Ti because I was caught in the red mist XD or green mist lol. I checked some benchmarks earlier and it didn't seem worth it, just a shame the 970s aren't in stock right now :(

Hmmm that RAM yeah.
 
I'm about to pull the trigger on an almost identical build and had a few questions.

1 - Is there sufficient space in the Carbide 240 for the H105? I'm assuming it fits vertically at the front as there doesn't really seem to be the space at the top of the case... how does this affect the air flow to the gfx card (I'm just going for a single 980)?

2 - SATA vs M.2 - is it worth going for an M.2 drive rather than the SATA equivalent, the Write/Read speeds don't seem to be that different?

3 - Overclocking, what would you expect to be reasonably achievable with this sort of setup/case? 4.0GHz+? What are the main limitations to getting a decent overclock, mobo, cooling, ram? As R3X says the price difference in ram is massive, and for a noob its not quite obvious what the right choice is. Is going for the small form factor incompatible with a respectable overclock?

4 - Is there anything to differentiate the 980s on offer other than the slightly different clock speeds? Are some brands better than others?

Sorry for semi-hijacking your thread Rob :)
 
Yes the H105 will go at the front if you're using mATX. The Corsair website actually shows it installed & pulling air in. Not sure on temps but it's a sacrifice you make for the compact size, as long as you're not a serious overclocker where every 1*c counts I'd think it should be fine. There are a lot of vents and there are vents below the cards. Also since the PSU is isolated on the other side I'd imagine that makes things even cooler.

What bugs me about current 970s is that they are ugly. I want things to look nice (that case has a big window!). Reference coolers look fantastic and glow. The 970 coolers are all flimsy plastic jobbies and look meh.

Also np ;)

Edit: I'm actually kinda rethinking the Micro ATX now. Since there is basically only one motherboard to choose from. Ah I thought buying would be the easy part XD
 
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RobHague said:
Yes the H105 will go at the front if you're using mATX. The Corsair website actually shows it installed & pulling air in. Not sure on temps but it's a sacrifice you make for the compact size, as long as you're not a serious overclocker where every 1*c counts I'd think it should be fine. There are a lot of vents and there are vents below the cards. Also since the PSU is isolated on the other side I'd imagine that makes things even cooler.

What bugs me about current 970s is that they are ugly. I want things to look nice (that case has a big window!). Reference coolers look fantastic and glow. The 970 coolers are all flimsy plastic jobbies and look meh.

Also np ;)

Edit: I'm actually kinda rethinking the Micro ATX now. Since there is basically only one motherboard to choose from. Ah I thought buying would be the easy part XD
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Yes it can get annoying :D I've wasted hours with concept baskets, only to change my mind on certain items. Good thing some items aren't out for a few more days :)

So are you going 4K ? or 120/144hz at 1440p ? or just sticking at 1080p ?
 
RobHague said:
Edit: I'm actually kinda rethinking the Micro ATX now. Since there is basically only one motherboard to choose from. Ah I thought buying would be the easy part XD
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I'm planning a similar build using a Corsair Air 240 and 5820k. Only differences are I want 32Gb RAM and will just be going for a single Geforce 970 or 980 video card. Likewise I'm kind of frustrated the EVGA is the only horse in town when it comes to mATX but at least they make one I guess. Really don't want to buy a full atx case as it takes up way to much room and looks really untidy. I'm pretty much set on going 34" 21:9 monitor-wise so I can ditch my dual screen setup. Probably the AOC one when it's released barring any serious issues with it.

Unless you're going for a 4k monitor 2x980's is overkill IMO. If it were me I'd ditch one of them and put the money towards upgrading to an 8-core 5690X CPU instead :D Newer faster video cards come out fairly regularly and I reckon there will be one faster than 2x980s within a couple of years but given Intel's recent track record of CPU upgrades an 8-core CPU would see you in good stead for a very long time. That and it avoids the headaches of going SLI.
 
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I'm not going 4k, well I did not plan to (not since they are all 60hz and pricy). I was thinking of going for a G-Sync. Which would likley be 1920x1080. My current monitor is great, its an UltraWide 21:9. 2560x1080. But I really want to move up to 144hz/G-sync. I don't see any UltraWide monitors with that yet sadly and I want to be in the £400 range :confused:

I guess 2 x 980s would be overkill. I was just thinking about games like Star Citizen and so forth, which are said to actually push PC hardware rather than just half assed ports of console games.

My current PC I know is still decent (3770K and a 780 Ti that I regret buying lol) but I just got that itch to build. I have never done an SLI system and thought it would be good to try that now.

Anyway I have mostly decided now that I am not going with mATX. I am going with a mid-tower. This one; NZXT H440 and pairing it with this Asus X99-Deluxe Intel X99. It includes on-board WiFi and should ensure I can overclock etc, all that good stuff. I checked out reviews of that EVGA Micro board and they were favourable, just not spectacular. I didnt want to risk it just for a few less " on the case.
 
RobHague said:
I guess 2 x 980s would be overkill. I was just thinking about games like Star Citizen and so forth, which are said to actually push PC hardware rather than just half assed ports of console games.
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I'd be wary buying an SLI setup on the grounds that you might use the power in a game down the line. Especially for something that won't be out for another 6 months. Realistically at 1080p I'd guess your 780Ti would more than likely be enough to max everything in any game for the next year or two.

TBH though if you already have a 3770k and 780Ti I'm not quite sure why you're upgrading! Doubt a new system would be much faster than the one you currently have especially if you've no plans for upgrade your monitor along with it.
 
You know when people want to move house, and someone else is like "But your old house was nice? Why would you move?" and they don't really know. Just want a change?

Yeah I do not have a good reason for the upgrade really other than I wanted to get my hands dirty + build a system that can be overclocked. My 3770K can be overclocked but the Z77 board I have is gimped and has no voltage control. The BIOS is pretty basic. I could upgrade the board with a better Z77 I guess? But.... that seems a little silly when the Z77 is already dead. So a new CPU then. So why not a 5820k? Then DDR4 ram etc etc :) ended up arriving at a new PC build.

I am not going to SLI now btw. I am going to get a single 980.
 
Why go x99 and not hex or octo core? (Hint; you won't get 2 full 16xgen3 PCIe out of the 5820k, you would with a 5930k)

PSU is a bit weak for an x99 SLI build IMO (If you do go hex or octo core with a high overclock, CPU power alone could be 220W.). I'd go 850W or if you have a dream of SLI titan2s in the future 1200W.

A pair of GTX970s will give much more bang for buck than 980s.
 
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HazardO said:
Why go x99 and not hex or octo core? (Hint; you won't get 2 full 16xgen3 PCIe out of the 5820k, you would with a 5930k)

PSU is a bit weak for an x99 SLI build IMO (If you do go hex or octo core with a high overclock, CPU power alone could be 220W.). I'd go 850W or if you have a dream of SLI titan2s in the future 1200W.

A pair of GTX970s will give much more bang for buck than 980s.
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5820k is hex core. And unless he plans to go 3 way SLI the extra lanes arent needed.
 
HazardO said:
Why go x99 and not hex or octo core? (Hint; you won't get 2 full 16xgen3 PCIe out of the 5820k, you would with a 5930k)

PSU is a bit weak for an x99 SLI build IMO (If you do go hex or octo core with a high overclock, CPU power alone could be 220W.). I'd go 850W or if you have a dream of SLI titan2s in the future 1200W.

A pair of GTX970s will give much more bang for buck than 980s.
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x99 is either hex or octo core, no quadcore thus far
 
corsair 240, X99 Micro, H100 with push/pull and a 980

i will be fitting another 980

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excuse the fan cables they are tidy now :P
 
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this new stuff runs so cool its nuts my 980 hits 68 degrees under full load running firestrike and my 5930K idles at 31 and sticks around 50 degrees under load.

I will be adding another 980 thats why i went for the blower coolers
 
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