New Build Sanity Check Please

neokoenig · 21 Aug 2015 at 17:51

Hi All;
Upgrading from an Sandy Bridge i5/ Radeon 5850 setup: looking for a mix of quietness + ability to Game.

Have gone for SkyLake - how does this look as a setup?

Edit: Looks like I can't post a link to another site.. hold on...

neokoenig · 21 Aug 2015 at 17:55

CPU:
Intel Core i7 6700K, S 1151, Skylake, Quad Core, 4.0GHz, 4.2GHz Turbo, 8 GT/s DMI, 1150MHz GPU, 40x Ratio, 91W, CPU

RAM:
16GB (4x4GB) Corsair DDR4 Vengeance LPX Red PC3-24000 (3000), Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 15-17-17-35, XMP 2.0, 1.2V

mobo:
Asus ROG Maximus VIII Ranger, Intel Z170, S 1151, DDR4, SATA3 6Gb/s, PCIe 3.0, SLi/CrossFire, DP/HDMI, ATX Motherboard

M2 SSD:
512GB Samsung SM951, M.2 (22x80) PCIe 3.0 (x4) AHCI SSD, MLC NAND, Read 2150MB/s, Write 1500MB/s, 90k/70k IOPS OEM

PSU:
600w be quiet! Straight Power 10 Hybrid Modular 80PLUS GOLD Rated PSU with 135mm Silent Wings 3 FDB Fan

Cooler:
be quiet! Dark Rock 3 CPU Cooler with 135mm 9 Blade Silent Fan 190W TDP Intel & AMD

GFX:
4GB EVGA GTX 970 Superclocked ACX 2.0, PCIe 3.0, 7010MHz GDDR5, GPU 1165MHz, Boost 1317MHz, Cores 1664, DP/HDMI/2x DVI

Case:
Fractal Design Define R5 Black Mid Tower ATX/mATX/mini-ITX Computer Chassis with USB 3.0 + Ultra Silent Design

neokoenig · 21 Aug 2015 at 18:15

Budget circa £1500 - 1600, although am flexible.
re: i7, doing lots of 2D photoshop, running large ProTools VSTis, bit of video editing, running lots of VMs/coding and gaming. So it may be overkill, but feels good.

neokoenig · 21 Aug 2015 at 18:29

I've got General peripherials + spare SSDs for bits + NAS array;

So you'd go for the Haswell-E rather than Skylake? interesting...