New build - Skylake

Griffyn · 26 Nov 2015 at 13:43

Thinking of the below build, any changes recommended? I am not going to SLI/CF so don't want X99. Will reuse Blu-ray drive and HDDs I currently have.

This will mainly be used for gaming.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Inno3D GeForce GTX 980Ti Herculez OC 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (N98TV-1SDN-N5HNX)= £479.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 750D Full Tower Case - Black (CC-9011035-WW)= £126.95
1 x 8Pack Approved - Elite Tier SkyLake Bundle: Intel i7-6700K @ 4.50GHz, Z170 VIII Hero, 16GB DDR4, 256= £801.11
1 x Microsoft Windows 10 32/64-Bit - USB Pen Drive - Retail (KW9-00017)= £85.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply= £119.99

Total: £1,629.93
(includes shipping: £15.90)

butcherster · 26 Nov 2015 at 13:48

Can't really go wrong with a budget like that. Should be pretty beastly

lee32uk · 26 Nov 2015 at 14:28

Swap the psu for the 650W version. You don't need 850W for a single card.

I would go with the Airflow edition of the 750D.

Griffyn · 26 Nov 2015 at 14:34

lee32uk said:
Swap the psu for the 650W version. You don't need 850W for a single card.

I would go with the Airflow edition of the 750D.

I was just going based on a PSU calculator with everything overclocked and all of the HDDs, peripherals, etc. attached and it came out at 751W and recommended 850W. But I would rather be overkill on the PSU front than underpowered. But thanks for your input.