New PC, first time build

[hep]

I'm building a new PC (first time building) and I'm pretty confident about the research that I've done on the parts that I've picked out, but I'd like a second opinion before I go and buy everything.

The PC will be sat in my lounge, so it needs to be able to run quietly.
It will be connected to a single 50" 4K TV, so it needs to be able to run 4K ideally on ultra settings at 60fps.
I typically play total war games, which are very dependant on processor speed, first person shooters and RPG's.
Ideally I'd like it to be able to run VR well, incase I decide to go that route in the future.
This lot is going to set me back £2,380. My budget is £2500 (but I could squeeze out more if it was worth it)
I'm a bit of an audiophile, so the sound card will be connected to an amp and speakers.


So here's my list:

Processor i7 6700k
motherboard gigabyte z170x gaming 7
RAM G skill 16GB (8gb x 2) trident z 3200MHz
Graphics cards MSI GTX 980ti gaming 6G OC edition (x2 in SLI)
Sound card Asus xonar essence STX ii
SSD Samsung 512GB M2 950 Pro PCIe NVMe
PSU Corsair RM1000i
Processor cooling Be quiet, dark rock pro 3
Thermal paste Thermalgrizzly Kryonaut
Wireless networking TP link TL-WDN3800
Operating system Windows 10 home 64 bit
Case Fractal design R5 black
Bluray/dvd player LG CH12NS30

I've picked the case because its the same height & colour as my tv stand, so I'd like to keep to a midi case.
The case is sound deadend, so heat will get trapped. I will be buying extra case fans, but does anyone think I'll have problems with overheating?
Particularly if I try to overclock to roughly 4.5GHz.

I don't really feel that I need more than a 512GB SSD at first, I've never used more than that on previous computers and it would be simple enough to add an extra harddrive at a later date if needs be.

I'm probably a bit high with a 1000w PSU, but the PSU fan doesn't switch on until the PSU is running over 600W, so that should be one less source of noise until I'm playing a game, also it gives me a bit of headroom if I feel the need to add a third graphics card.

So, what have I missed?
Are there any parts that would be more suitable/better than those listed?
and are there any parts coming out soon that it would be worth waiting for instead of these?

 

[hep]

Thanks Danny, very helpful, there was loads of stuff that I hadn't considered.

1. being able to run a 3rd graphics card would be a nice option. I might keep searching for a motherboard that would allow it, so that it is a little more future proofed.
Which is especially important seeing as 4K and VR will probably be even more graphics hungry in a year or two.

2. I'm not too bothered about how it looks internally, so I'm quite happy to remove the RAM heatsinks.

3. Great suggestion, I hadn't even considered using an external DAC, doh! I'm not going to bother with the sound card now, so that will make things easier.
I can use the SPDIF port on the motherboard.

4. I'm worried about the case overheating a bit, I think I'd rather go for liquid cooled graphics cards. I'm thinking EVGA GTX 980ti Hybrid (x2 in SLI).
Do you think I'll have any issues routing the coolant pipes or locating the radiators?

Good point about the M.2 SSD, I'm going to try to find a different motherboard so that I can have both the M.2 and a 3rd graphics card ideally.

My spec now looks like:

Processor - i7 6700k
motherboard - gigabyte z170x gaming 7 (might change)
RAM - G skill 16GB (8gb x 2) trident z 3200MHz
Graphics cards - EVGA GTX 980ti Hybrid (x2 in SLI)
SSD - Samsung 512GB M2 950 Pro PCIe NVMe
PSU - Corsair RM1000i
Processor cooling - Be quiet, dark rock pro 3
Thermal paste - Thermalgrizzly Kryonaut
Wireless networking - TP link TL-WDN3800
Operating system - Windows 10 home 64 bit
Case - Fractal design R5 black
Bluray/dvd player - LG CH12NS30

How does that look?

 

[hep]

Thanks again and thanks for explaining the PCI-E lanes and the radiator locations. I wasn't 100% sure about them to be honest.

I think you're right about going for two cards instead of three, a three card system is another level up, its not just a case of sticking an extra card in, like I first thought!

I'm worried that with 4K taking off and VR just around the corner that I might end up buying a pair of graphics cards that might struggle to keep up with the highest settings, I don't really want to spend that much money on something that could soon become obsolete.

I'm tempted to wait for these pascal cards to be released, even if I don't decide to get them, it might push the price down of the existing stuff. So it could be a win-win situation, its a shame that there doesn't seem to be a release date for them.

I'm quite happy to wait a month or so for them to come out, but there seems to be speculation that they could be released much later than that, I'm not sure if I could wait that long. it could be worth me buying a cheap graphics card off ebay, whilst I wait for them to come out, at least I'd be able to get the PC built and running and I wouldn't have lost much by replacing the ebay GPU.

Although I'm quite keen on the EVGA hybrids and they seem to have consistently good reviews, the pascal cards wont have many reviews at the start and I would imagine I'd have to wait a longer if I wanted one of the offerings from EVGA/MSI etc.

Tough decision.

Looking for new audio equipment is a whole other jungle to get lost in, I've got a set of wharfedale diamond speakers that I'd be using, but I'm not 100% sure what I'd use to power it just yet.

I'd either go for a separate amp and dac combo or look for an all in one unit, an all in one unit would help because there isn't a great deal of room, but really I'd like to be able to connect my computer, xbox, tv and an amp to it, so I'd probably be looking at needing some sort of processor, not to mention what ever I get would have to look right!

I'm going to pretend that monster task of narrowing down something suitable doesn't exist, for the time being!

I'm keen to stick with the 6700k, rather than go to higher core architecture, mainly because of the high clock speeds that are possible. I play a lot of total war and they are very demanding on the processor, they really do benefit from a high clock speed. They aren't optimised to make use of multicores very well, so I think 6 or 8 cores would be wasted on me, It helps to keep the cost down aswell.

So its good to know that I'd be fine to overclock to a moderately high level, i'm not overly fussed about pushing it to its limits, but I would definitely benefit from the extra.