Thoughts on my Build....

[CONQUEST_Jester]

Looking to purchase a meaty custom build, what I'm looking for is a build that will run the latest games on HIGH/VERY HIGH settings and will do for the next 3-4 Years, not only that but must be capable of dealing with streams and video editing too. What is everyone's thoughts on the following build?

CASE: Aerocool GT-S Black Edition Big-Tower - Black / Red
MOBO: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX
CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151
COOLER: be quiet! Dark Rock TF CPU Cooler - 135/135mm
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2B30
M.2 SSD: Samsung SM951 128GB M.2 PCI-e Gen3 8Gbps x 4 AHCI Solid State Drive (MZHPV128HDGM-00000)
HDD 1: Seagate 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST2000DM001)
HDD 2: Seagate 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST2000DM001)
DRIVE: OcUK Value Blu-ray / DVDRW combi SATA - OEM
GRAPHICS CARD: Asus GeForce GTX 980Ti DC3 OC Strix 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GTX980TI-6GD5)
PSU: Corsair RM Series RMi 850 '80+ Gold' 850W Modular Power Supply (CP-9020083-UK)
NETWORK: TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Express Adapter (TL-WN881ND)
OS: Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139)

 

[stulid]

Hi and welcome.

Two thoughts.

1) You can afford to go X99.

2) The SSD is rather small.

What is your budget for this?

 

[CONQUEST_Jester]

1) How come and which?

2) The M.2 SSD is the one for the OS only, that should be fine?

Budget is up to like £1500-1900

 

[stulid]

1) You get at least 6 cores cpus with X99,can be overclocked.

There is a bundle - https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...rboard-bundle-30-pounds-saving-bu-020-gi.html

And select a quad channel RAM 16GB (4x4GB) kit for best performance.

2) What about games? get a bigger one and put games on it also.

Also NVME version is quicker than AHCI

 

[setter]

Another vote for X99, 2 more cores, and when clocked up it easily trades blows in games with an oc'd 6700k. The two extra cores will probably help with video work too.

 

[stulid]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Gigabyte X99-SLI - Intel Core i7 5820K Six Core CPU & Motherboard Bundle ***£30 Saving***= £461.98
• 1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Black CPU Cooler= £39.95
• 1 x Fractal Design Define S Midi Tower Case - Black Window= £69.95
• 1 x Ballistix Sport 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit (BLS4C4G4D240FSA)= £79.99
• 1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 1000W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply= £139.99
• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 32/64-Bit - USB Pen Drive - Retail (KW9-00017)= £89.99
• 1 x Samsung SM951 256GB M.2 PCI-e 3.0 x 4 NVMe Solid State Drive (MZVPV256HDGL-00000)= £129.95
• 1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache HDD - OEM (DT01ACA100)= £35.99
• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980Ti Xtreme Gaming 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £569.99

Total: £1,632.48
(includes shipping: £14.70)
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Done away with the optical drive.

Add WiFi card if needed.


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Or pimped up,

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 1000W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply= £139.99
• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 32/64-Bit - USB Pen Drive - Retail (KW9-00017)= £89.99
• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980Ti Xtreme Gaming 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £575.99
• 1 x Intel i7-5820K 3.30GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75820K)= £311.99
• 1 x Gigabyte X99-Gaming 5P Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 EATX Motherboard= £219.95
• 1 x Cooler Master Nepton 240M AIO Cooling Solution= £79.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Quad Channel Kit - Red (TLRED416G3000HC16AQ= £99.95
• 1 x Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Full Tower Case - Black= £104.99
• 1 x Samsung SM951 512GB M.2 PCI-e 3.0 x 4 NVMe Solid State Drive (MZVPV512HDGL-00000)= £239.99
• 1 x Western Digital Caviar Red 3TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM WD30EFRX= £94.99

Total: £1,972.52
(includes shipping: £14.70)
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[faceman123]

Lol crazy to pick 6700k over 5820k go x99

 

[CONQUEST_Jester]

Really not looking to do any personal overclocking, and games wise im happy to put on the HDD's. When you get really high up in the spec's ive noticed that between certain mobo's and card's the noticeable difference in minimal.

I'm just looking for a reliable PC that will last for 3-4 years running High/Very High settings on and handle streaming and video editing. With the Spec I posted would I be looking at something will handle all of that, fine?

Like, is any of that going to incompatible or any PROBLEMS with any of it?

Thanks guys for all your input thus far.

 

[stulid]

What you suggested would handle your tasks fine.

*but at least change to a nvme version of that ssd.

The X99 will just offer more grunt for the video editing etc.