New build

[Eyghon]

Looking to upgrade my X58a rig, I have a Friend in Canada that will possibly be supplying some or all the kit as it's cheaper over there at the minute.

I have in mind:
Skylake Rig 1 £607.43:
Corsair Hydro Series H110i GTX 280mm Extreme
ROG MAXIMUS VIII HERO
Dominator Platinum 16GB DDR4 3000MHz CL15 Dual Channel Kit (2x 8GB), Black
Core™ i7-6700K Processor, 4.00GHz w/ 8MB Cache

Skylake Rig 2 £592.05:
Corsair Hydro Series H110i GTX 280mm Extreme
Gigabyte Z170X Gaming 7
Dominator Platinum 16GB DDR4 3000MHz CL15 Dual Channel Kit (2x 8GB), Black
Core™ i7-6700K Processor, 4.00GHz w/ 8MB Cache

X99 Rig 1 i7-5820K £733.03:
Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB DDR4 3000MHz CL15 Quad Channel Kit (4 x 4GB), Black
Corsair Hydro Series H110i GTX 280mm Extreme
Core™ i7-5820K Processor, 3.3GHz w/ 15MB Cache
Asus X99-DELUXE
Not fully decided on Mobo could be swapped for Gigabyte alternative.

X99 Rig 2 i7-5930K £804.80:
Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB DDR4 3000MHz CL15 Quad Channel Kit (4 x 4GB), Black
Corsair Hydro Series H110i GTX 280mm Extreme
Core™ i7-5930K Processor
Asus X99-DELUXE
Not fully decided on Mobo could be swapped for Gigabyte alternative.

I could easily swap the X99 mobo for Gigabyte, my X58a-UD7 has done me proud for about 7 years.

It's mainly for gaming though I do a bit of Vid encoding using Cyberlink Power Director to produce replays from my Sim Racing and Family Home Vids.

My current rig is X58a-UD7, i7-950, 6GB RAM, 980GTX.

Opinions?

Regards

 

[Disco_P]

Have you accounted for VAT when calculating costs? And possibly a custom fee on top. Plus shipping, currency conversion, handling etc.

I did look into buying abroad and having it sent over but after all the costs here and there I wasn't saving any money, had to jump through lots of hoops and wait ages for shipping. Finally any warranty claim would have been pain in the bum and possibly invalid.

 

[Eyghon]

Yeah no VAT or Customs Fee he will be bringing the gift with him when gets his next work flight over here next month. I thought the prices were even cheaper at first as it didn't mention anything about adding 5% GST on the MemExpress website so the 5930K should have been £766.48 without that, I was a bit gutted when mentioned that

Warranty wise that does concern me a bit but it's Lifetime with Manufacturer on RAM, 3 year with Manufacturer on CPU, 3 year again with Manufacturer on Mobo (on Gigabyte), I don't see why the Manufacturer wouldn't honour it if it's a gift?