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neokoenig

neokoenig

neokoenig

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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...
 
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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
 
Is an i7 a necessity? (Do you plan on doing anything other than gaming?)

Let me know a budget and I'll suggest something.
 
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.
 
I see, okay.

I'm assuming you don't need Windows, peripherals or a HDD? If so,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Zotac GeForce GTX 980Ti AMP Edition 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (ZT-90503-10P) £529.99
1 x Samsung SM951 512GB M.2 PCI-e Gen3 8Gbps x 4 AHCI Solid State Drive (MZHPV512HDGL-00000) £299.99
1 x Intel 5820K 3.30GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75820K) £299.99
1 x MSI X99A SLI Plus Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 ATX Motherboard £179.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (TPKD416GM2400HC16QC01) £79.99
1 x Fractal Design Define R5 Midi Tower Case - Black Pearl £77.99
1 x EVGA Supernova GS 650W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £69.95
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Black CPU Cooler £39.95
Total : £1,577.83 (includes shipping : Ex.VAT).



With the above, you can add another 4x4gb kit later on for a total of 32gb. Or, if you want to get 32gb of RAM now and add another 32GB later,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Zotac GeForce GTX 980Ti AMP Edition 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (ZT-90503-10P) £529.99
1 x Samsung SM951 512GB M.2 PCI-e Gen3 8Gbps x 4 AHCI Solid State Drive (MZHPV512HDGL-00000) £299.99
1 x Intel 5820K 3.30GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75820K) £299.99
1 x MSI X99A SLI Plus Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 ATX Motherboard £179.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 32GB (4x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (TPKD432GM2400HC16QC01) £169.99
1 x Fractal Design Define R5 Midi Tower Case - Black Pearl £77.99
1 x EVGA Supernova GS 650W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £69.95
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Black CPU Cooler £39.95
Total : £1,667.83 (includes shipping : Ex.VAT).



The 8 RAM slots of X99 really does help flexibility when it comes to choosing how much RAM you want and/or need.
 
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Since you are doing tasks which can utilise hyperthreading (and more cores), the 6 core, 12 thread option for pretty much the same price is the smarter move.

It's even the general consensus that for gamers 5820k is the option over the i7-6700k, it just doesn't make sense to get less for your money.
 
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