is this spec ok

glenimp617

glenimp617

glenimp617

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Hi all,

Don't usual do this kinda thing, but boy am I out of the loop

Parts I already have

Fractal Design Arc R2 Midi Case
Fractal Design R2 Tesla 500W Gold PSU
Dell 25" U2515H 1440p with Soundbar
Keyboard, Mouse, Webcam, OS

Parts I'm thinking of buying

Intel 6700K (decided on)
MSI Z170A Krait (like the white theme with my case)
Fractal Designs 240mm AIO Cooler
16GB DDR4 3000MHz Kingston HyperX Fury CAS15 (2x8)
2 x 500GB Samsung 850 SSD (decided on)

Pascal GPU once released (will make do with IGP for now)

Now I'm a bit OCD with trying to keep as many parts from the same manufacturer as I can. Whilst the cooler may not be awesome (don't think it's bad), I doubt I'll be overclocking. The reason is that although a system may pass all the heavy stress testing during a solid 24hr period, it's still no indication of being 100%. I know this as I do a lot of high end video work and an overclocked system can lead to video artifacts, even though it passes all the benchmark tests.

Thanks
 
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The 4770k is a socket 1150 cpu and is not compatible with the Z170 board you have selected. For a 4770k you need a Z97 board and DDR3. To use a Z170 board you need DDR4 and a skylake cpu such as the 6600k or 6700k. You could have done much better with the psu if you had asked first. The Tesla R2 is a rather mediocre psu and far better units are available.
 
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op already owns the psu, but also going for a theme ;).

but yeah if you want that mobo you going to need a compatible cpu.
 
It doesn't get particularly good ones either. It has a silver award and the rest are between 7.5 and 8.6. That's mediocre in my book. With the vast choice of psu's available at reasonable prices I see little reason to settle for a psu that scores less than 9/10. Well I guess you have it now so it will do the job but it's not a psu I would have picked.
 
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