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Still have a lot of little things to do on it. Still waiting for the new graphics card (ignore the old age 650ti sitting in there) but I'm pretty excited seeing where it's at now. I'm definitely happy with it so far. More and better pictures to come. (And yes this is with the glass on, crystal clear, hard to see the glass at times!)

I don't see the problem...I don't want to feel like I have to switch out components every year to stay relevant. Rather spend $2k now and not touch it for 5 years then budget the build and upgrade every year or two. Different strokes for different folks.

Because Overkill. On a serious note it was $100 and peace of mind. I don't want to have to worry about my power supply as well as having enough power to SLI if I choose to go that route in the future.

I've had a pc built years ago when I was in high school by a family member. After using it for about 6 years now I think it's time for a clean fresh build. This time I'm taking on the task and have planned out the build and have order most of the components. I'll list my build out and discuss why I picked what I did. Case: NZXT S340 Elite in matte white CPU: Intel i7 6800k Motherboard: Gigabyte X99 Designare Ram: Corsair Dominator Platinum 16gb (4 x 4gb) 3000 Graphics Card: Asus GTX 1070 STRIX SSD: Samsung 850 Evo 500gb CPU Cooler: NZXT X61 Kraken Power Supply: Evga SuperNOVA 850 G2 (Gold certified) Extras: NZXT Hue+ EVGA White sleeved cables Why did I choose to go with a X99 build? I wanted an all around, do anything computer. While I'll mainly be using it for gaming, I would greatly benefit from the extra cores with my job (Web Developer). While I'm sure I could have gotten away with a Z170 i7 6700k, I always tend to go overboard with anything I do and I simply like the versatility the X99 brings with it. For the motherboard, I've always loved Gigabyte products. I've had both Gigabyte boards in the two computers I've had in the past and tend to trust them over other companies just from past experience. While I certainly didn't have to go with a $400 motherboard, it also was going to fit my build perfectly as far as aesthetics go. And again, myself and overkill go hand in hand. The Corsair Dominator Platinum ram in my opinion is some of the best looking ram out there, while it was expensive I was okay with spending the added dollar for looks. Did I have to? Of course not. While I wanted an EVGA FTW card, it seems like they are having heat issues and wasn't wanting to take a risk in having to deal with an avoidable problem. I went with a 1070 mainly because I plan to upgrade to the 1080ti once they are released and wanted a decent card to get my by for the next few months until they are readily available. The rest of the components were mainly bought from great reviews along with friends having great success with them as well. I'll be updating this along the way, and welcome any feedback or suggestions. Some premature mock up pictures:

Any other advice or suggestions?

I forgot to mention I'll be carrying over my HDD and eventually be bumping up to a M.2 SSD.

I've been out of the computer and hardware scene for years now. My machine is past it's upgrade time and I'm just ready to build another PC. I couldn't even tell you what CPU or mobo I'm running, one of the first gen i7s not that it matters. Anyways on to the build planning and questions. So I've been doing as much reading, video watching and talking to friends that I can possibly do. Some say go Z170 others say spend the extra money for a X99 build even though I'll lose some gaming performance slightly. So I think I've decided that I want to build a X99. I have both routes planned out but I'd really like to get everyone's opinion on my X99 build. I've tried to find the best mobo but they all seem to have quite a few QC issues and are sorta hit and miss it seems, particularly the Asus boards? Anyways; 1. Budget & Location Around $2000 USD 2. Aim I'm a front end web developer right now so most of my programming isn't going to require a lot of power but I will occasionally use an IDE along with photoshop, Illustrator etc which shouldn't require much processing or gpu power. The primary focus would most likely be gaming. 3. Monitors For now just a single monitor. Possibly up to 3 later on down the road. 4. Peripherals N/A 5. Why are you upgrading? I think I've already covered this, old machine is old and would just rather jump to a X99 build rather than upgrade an old Z97 build. My build list so far: Case: NZXT H400 Mid Tower Case Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X99-Ultra Gaming CPU: i7 6800k GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 XTREME Gaming PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 850 G2 Ram: Corsair Dominator Platinum 3200mhz 16gb (4 x 4gb) Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SATA III 3-D Vertical SSD I'll be bumping up to a M.2 SSD after a little bit and will be carrying over my HDD from my original build. Extras: CPU Cooler: Corsair Hydro Series H100i V2 (240mm) Cables: CableMod PSU White Cable Set Wanting to try to stick to a white and black theme as my GPU plastic/metal case will be plasti dipped white to go along with the theme. Any and all advice is truly welcome!