Hypothetical build (advice?)

[PHazlington]

Hi!

This one's a long post so leave now if you're short on time

I've got build fever and am already planning out my next build (having only built my first in Feb).

I saw this:

and have decided that it is the sexiest build I've ever seen (IMO) and have taken some inspiration from it. So this is the hypothetical build that I have come up with. Note that I will probably do this build at SkyLake so the GPU's will be GTX970's I guess and the CPU will be a 6770k but everything else would remain the same (unless gigabyte decide to drop the red motherboard idea). Also I'm thinking of doing my own loop with black fitting, blocks and coolant with clear tubing. As sexy as it would look, I'm not entirely convinced it's worth the extra mound of money and also I need to brush up on my knowledge of watercooling as it is not sufficient at the moment. I'm also a little bit scared of watercooling, ngl, as, earlier in the year, when at EuroGamer, I saw a 3.5K pc from a certain online retailer, whom I wont name *cough*scampc*cough*, pop a fitting and bleed to death whilst my friend was trying to play Crysis 3 at 4K.
The only other hurdle that I haven't encountered to date would be a bit of painting/modding with the Cosmos SE but I'm fine with that tbh.
Anyway, here's the basket:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor & Corsair H100i CPU Cooler Bundle £359.94
2 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 WindForce 3x OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N770OC-2GD) £263.99 (£527.98)
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £163.99
1 x Cooler Master Cosmos SE Mid Tower Case £149.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance K70 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard – Red Switch (CH-9000011-UK) £119.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova NEX 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (120-PG-0750-GR) £109.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD2003FZEX) HDD £107.99
1 x Corsair Force LS Series 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CSSD-F120GBLS) £89.99
1 x Pioneer BDR-S08XLT 15x BluRay / 16x DVD±RW 50GB Drive - Black (Retail) £79.99
1 x Patriot Venom Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (PV38G186C9KRD) £71.99
1 x Silverstone FP56 card reader with USB 3.0 ports and 2x 2.5-inch slots £34.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Premium Modding LED Strip - Connect White 60cm £25.99
4 x Enermax T.B.Silence PWM UCTB12P 120m Fan £11.99 (£47.96)
1 x Corsair Air Series AF120 1500RPM LED Red Quiet Edition (CO-9050015-RLED) £9.49
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 24pin ATX extension 30cm - Black £8.99
2 x BitFenix Alchemy 8pin PCI-E extension 45cm - Black £6.98 (£13.96)
2 x BitFenix Alchemy 6pin PCI-E extension 45cm - Black £6.49 (£12.98)
3 x BitFenix Alchemy SATA 6GB/s braided cable 30cm - Black £5.99 (£17.97)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Internal USB Extension 30cm - sleeved black/black £4.98
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Internal Audio Extension Adaptor 30cm - Black £4.49
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 2pin I/O extension 30cm - Black £3.95
Total : £1,981.08 (includes shipping : £11.25).



I'm also just saving this basket here for personal reference as, other than using multiple screenshots to capture this monster of a basket, there's no other way (that I'm aware of) of saving your basket.

So, aaaany thoughts as to what needs changing/what wouldn't work/spec me an EK all black loop with clear tubing and a tube res that would fit in this case (I'm aware that I'd need to change the GPU's as the gigabyte's PCB's don't support water blocks)/any advice?

Thanks for reading this excessively long post you lovely people

PHazlington

 

[Deus Ex]

Jizzworthy build to take inspiration from.

 

[PHazlington]

Actually, I've changed my mind about the SSD, I think I'll be going Samsung 840 EVO instead of Corsair Force LS.

 

[Fulax]

I suppose you could get a Corsair RM series PSU as they come with black braided cables. The black cables you have specced are only extensions, so you'd still see the standard cables from that EVGA PSU.

Quite far in advance to be planning a build, if your chosen GPU is a GTX 970.

 

[Christmas themed thank]

I LIKE!!!!!!!!

Please make this a reality!

 

[PHazlington]

That's a good point about the PSU although I am steering away from Corsair PSUs as my friend, SoundDoctor got a TX650M that clicks under load and that ain't the fan making that sound I'm aware that the TX series are CWT PSUs as are the RM series so I'd be a bit tentative to step into that area (EVGA comes recommended by JCX50). Also, I forgot to say that I would want to make a custom floor-plate to cover up the PSU area so extensions wouldn't be too much of an issue for me. Nobody happens to know where I could get custom ones done with black sleeving and red connectors (like in the above build) do they?

 

[PHazlington]

Oh, and don't worry, I will do a build log, just make sure you're still on the forums for a little while after the release for Skylake

 

[RogerMesenseless]

Personally I think that water cooling is worth it. Mainly for the nice aesthetics, but it also makes your build very quiet and you'll get crazy over clocking potential from the GPU's and the CPU. It's expensive but I recon its worth it.

 

[daveip]

You are planning ridiculously early. Good to get inspiration though

 

[PHazlington]

I've planned early so I can just change a few things as technology progresses.