New Gaming Spec CPU / MB help req'd

[Phil Gr]

Hi
I'm totally confused, I currently have no PC in the house (lots of apple kit) , but I'm looking to embark of a bit of a gaming project - 3 monitor driving sim

I have not built a PC for over 10 years and I have totally lost track of which kit I should be looking to get, my biggest confusion is MB and CPU, I love to fiddle so I will be overclocking.

I'm pretty set on a PHANTEKS ENTHOO EVOLV Case and a 980 Ti gfx card

I love the idea of doing water cooling build

I have plenty of hard drives and a couple of SSD's from a spare NAS that I can rob and at this I'm not looking for a monitor

Budget £1000 -1500

Thanks in advance guys - looking to pull the trigger on this asap

Phil G

 

[snips86x]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Gigabyte X99-SLI - Intel Core i7 5820K Six Core CPU & Motherboard Bundle ***£50 Saving***= £434.99
• 1 x TeamGroup Elite 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (TPKD416GM2400HC16QC= £74.99
• 1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 980Ti Superclocked ACX 2.0+ 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (06G-P4-4993-KR)= £529.99
• 1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 850W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black= £114.95
• 1 x Corsair Hydro H110i GT 280mm Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060019-WW)= £91.99
• 1 x Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ATX Mid Tower Case - Black= £139.99

Total: £1,401.60
(includes shipping: £14.70)
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[lee32uk]

mATX version


My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Phanteks Enthoo Evolv Micro ATX Case - Black= £89.99
• 1 x Gigabyte X99M Gaming 5 - Intel Core i7 5820K Six Core CPU & Motherboard Bundle ***£30 Saving***= £444.98
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C16 2666MHz Quad Channel Kit - Red (CMK16GX4M4A2666C16R= £89.99
• 1 x MSI GeForce GTX 980Ti Gaming 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GTX 980 Ti Gaming 6G)= £559.99
• 1 x EVGA Supernova G2 650W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply= £79.99
• 1 x Corsair Hydro H110i GT 280mm Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060019-WW)= £91.99

Total: £1,371.63
(includes shipping: £14.70)
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[Phil Gr]

So it appears its the x99 chipset and i7 is the way to go ?

 

[Phil Gr]

So i have finally placed the order for the following

• Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ATX Mid Tower Case - Gun Metal
• EVGA SuperNova G2 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply
• Gigabyte X99-Gaming 5P Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 EATX Motherboard
• Intel i7-5820K 3.30GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - OEM (CM8064801548435)
• Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Quad Channel Kit - Red (CMK16GX4M4B3000C15R
• Zotac GeForce GTX 980Ti AMP Edition 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (ZT-90503-10P)
• Corsair Hydro H110i GT 280mm Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060019-WW)
• Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut High Performance Thermal Paste - 1 Gramm

This is my first pc build for over 10 years, i have a SSD, and a couple of HDD's and a monitor

Am i missing anything to complete this build, i do have a crappy keyboard and a mouse i could do with some new ones, any recommendations, i need an ambidextrous mouse as I'm a lefty

Everything is landing on Monday, if I'm missing anything to get me up and running i would like to order it today tomorrow so i have it for an xmas build

Thanks in advance

Phil G

 

[Disco_P]

I think the Zowie mice are all ambidextrous and they are very highly praised.

Is a mechanical keyboard an option? They are brilliant bits of kit.