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$6600 High End Build

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So i have been getting tips and pointers from a fellow linus forum member. I took his future build (Since he had 7700k and z270 board as part of the set up) and made it more present day (I will change out to that board and CPU when they do come out and have reviews of their own). And this is what i am thinking about getting. This is my first ever PC that i am building and of course i will be getting help from my fellow gamer friend who has SOME experience of building a PC. We are no where near Enthusiasts, So we will probably be laughed at for different placements and what not. Which i am not too worried about as i will certainly learn and hopefully be able to switch up the arrangements for better ventilation. Wire Management. Etc. Keep in mind that this PC will be used as a Home theatre AND a gaming Monster. Hoping to be able to play in ultra settings in, if not all, most games while maintaining very high frames. Some games in 4k with 60+ FPS (90+ if possible) while also being as low noise as possible (Liquid cooling is in the realm of possibilities but i am not yet confident enough to trust myself and my friend on making a custom loop on our own). Some games will be LoL, CSGO, H1Z1, CoD, BF1/4, Farcry, Crysis, Etc. (Also the next few years of games, 3-4 if possible).

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/NBZbyf

 

P.S

A lot of critic is highly encouraged. Just dont go ape crazy about flaming. Since like i said it is my first build. I got that type of CPU for POSSIBLE future overclocking. I have no budget for the build as i plan on making it my career to work with computers. So DO suggest anything that could 

 

Credits to @Zyndo For the initial build idea.

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Get the H115i instead of the H100i. The EK Predator 360 would be a great choice also but it's kind of expensive. 

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Ok m8. Just to start off with, why do you need a sound card???? The whole idea of getting a sound card only works on motherboards with really shitty audio the z170-a from as us has GREAT audio. I'm actually running a asks z170-a in my personal rig. And unless you are doing some crazy shit with studio monitors you will not need it... (excuse my French) so, do you have any crazy plans with speaker setups????

 

 

 

edit: unless you are doing full 7.1 surround sound in your home theatre, you will not need the sound card

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5 minutes ago, Matias_Chambers said:

If you are going to wait for KabyLake, you should also wait for AMD Ryzen. 

Arent they both CPUs? So why would one trump over the other? And ryzen can overclock to 5GHz but i have not yet made up my mind if i would like to overclock or not yet.

4 minutes ago, Matias_Chambers said:

Get the H115i instead of the H100i. The EK Predator 360 would be a great choice also but it's kind of expensive. 

I was thinking about it with the h115i but i didnt know which would be better in the low noise yet powerful situation. 

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1 minute ago, BlackUnicornGaming said:

Ok m8. Just to start off with, why do you need a sound card???? The whole idea of getting a sound card only works on motherboards with really shitty audio the z170-a from as us has GREAT audio. I'm actually running a asks z170-a in my personal rig. And unless you are doing some crazy shit with studio monitors you will not need it... (excuse my French) so, do you have any crazy plans with speaker setups????

I was thinking a Surround sound set up for home theatre purposes so the sound card + external sound system for the in the moment feel. But if you think i dont need it i will edit it as soon as more people put in suggestions. And then i will post a final overall set up and obviously when i start to build i will take pictures for progress reports for you lovely individuals who get aroused by the looks and performance of things :D

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You don't need to spend $6000 on a gaming PC. I daresay you won't see any tangible benefits after spending half as much on the whole setup, which includes a monitor and peripherals.

 

Also, instead of blowing a stupid amount of money on an unnecessarily fast SSD and too much mass storage at a slow speed, you could get a better CPU.

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a dedicated soundcard is a good idea when it comes to home theater audio.

 

but just to adress the elephant in the room: While this will be an excellent system for gaming and home theater purposes the cost is just outragesly nuts. At half the cost you can get a system that got around 80-90% the power of that one, especially those titans are just stupidly overkill. Hope you thought about that?!!?

 

While keeping the rest of the build, just swapping those titans for 2x 1070 SLI or a single 1080 will yield more than decent enough performance for today and the years to come, if they get too slow they still can be sold and exchanged for the next generation or the one after that. and you will still be better off...

 

just wondering here. 

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For $325 you should be able to get 64GB of RAM, why pay so much for 32? I don't think you need 64, but I certainly don't think you have to pay $325 for 32GBs.

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The monitor you choose is only capable of 60 hz or fps. Also, it is not the time to SLI GPUs, in a large amount of benchmarks an additional Pascal gpu has done nothing to improve frames, in some cases it has even prevented you from playing the game or making your frames worse, best case you get a minimal frame increase. Disregarding whether SLI is worth it or a foolish mistake even for people with money to toss around, you only have a monitor that can output 60 hz which one Titan X should achieve. Also that SSD is way too expensive and will give you no gaming benefits and minimil loading benefits even, I have a Samsung 850 Evo and my computer loads up in around 5 seconds. I can't see spending $800 more than the amount to save 2-3 seconds, I'm not in that much of a rush.

CPU: I5-6600k | MOBO: MSI Z170-A XPOWER Gaming Titanium Edition | Cooling: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO |RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB DDR4 2800 | GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition | Case: MasterCase Pro 5 | Storage: SAMSUNG 850 EVO 500GB, WD Blue 1 TB 7200rpm | PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G2 | Display: Acer Predator XB271HU 1440p 144hz | Keyboard:Logitech G910 Orion Spark | Mouse: Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum | Headset: Logitech Artemis G933 | PcPP: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/sfgGjc

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12 minutes ago, ItsTheDuckAgain said:

At half the cost

And this is 1/3rd. The benefits of higher-end hardware for gaming start to taper off around here. A GTX 1080 is enough to run most games at 4k 60FPS maxed out, and a 1080 Ti will be better still. The benefits of a 6700k over a 6600k for gaming in general are negligible, as is over 16 Gigabytes of RAM.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($229.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Deepcool GAMMAXX 400 74.3 CFM CPU Cooler  ($19.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Asus Z170-P ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($102.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Avexir Core Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Mushkin ECO3 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($109.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($88.69 @ OutletPC) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Sound Card: Asus Xonar DG 24-bit 96 KHz Sound Card  ($28.88 @ OutletPC) 
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter  ($29.99 @ Newegg Marketplace) 
Monitor: Asus PG27AQ 27.0" 3840x2160 60Hz Monitor  ($812.99 @ Jet) 
Other: Windows 10 OEM Key (Kinguin) ($25.00)
Other: GTX 1080 Ti (pricing is speculative) ($750.00)
Total: $2388.36
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-03 04:27 EST-0500

 

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19 minutes ago, Aereldor said:

And this is 1/3rd.

 

And this is half and still stupidly over the top.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($328.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($81.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($149.89 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($204.97 @ Jet) 
Storage: Samsung 960 Evo 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($129.99 @ B&H) 
Storage: Western Digital Blue 3TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($87.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital Blue 3TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($87.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 8GB G1 Gaming Video Card  ($599.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 w/Window (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($82.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($84.89 @ OutletPC) 
Optical Drive: LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer  ($46.88 @ OutletPC) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($88.58 @ OutletPC) 
Sound Card: Creative Labs Sound Blaster Zx 24-bit 192 KHz Sound Card  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter  ($29.99 @ Newegg Marketplace) 
Monitor: Asus ROG SWIFT PG348Q 34.0" 3440x1440 100Hz Monitor  ($1099.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $3194.80
 

CPUI - 6700K because at the moment best bang for a bug when it comes to highest core speeds at the upper price end

Cooler - Because it's as awsome as it is ugly

Mobo - Z170 Pro Gaming because I got it myself and it's stupidly good

Memory - 32GB which you will never need for gaming. Make it 16 once you get your head around how RAM works :-)

Storage - Changed to a cheaper but also stupidly fast SSD while keeping the Storage Drives

GPU - Single 1080 will do the job just fine for now and the years to come and doesn't require to sacrifice your first born

Case - R5 black because it's a stylish beauty that eats other cases for breakfast

PSU - 650W Supernova gold will do the job even when running SLI 1080s

Monitor - Well you said Home Theater and Gaming. So I assume you also watch movies and porn on your monitor, since 4K is stupid and doesn't yield much benefit, ultrawides do. Half the pixels to power compared to 4K and still much better and WAY MORE screenestate. The model I picked is overpriced gamer stupidness with G-Sync, if you don't want / need G-Sync they come at around 400$ less.

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8 minutes ago, ItsTheDuckAgain said:

And this is half and still stupidly over the top.

I think that $2350 build hits the value sweet spot a hell of a lot better. It also doesn't use slow (5400 RPM) mass-storage and has more solid-state storage (480GB vs 250GB). The benefits of a 6700k are negligible unless you need the extra multi-threaded performance for productivity tasks like video editing, rendering, 3D Modelling, or virtualization.

 

The benefit of a 1080 Ti is actually tangible and extremely viable in terms of future-proofing and consistency. The 1080 is already falling short of 4k 60FPS maxed out in several titles.

 

Your build begins to present better value, but it's still full of unnecessary expense and poor optimization. The decision of the monitor is up to OP. Personally, I prefer a 16:9 aspect ratio for content consumption. It depends on whether or not he wants to do a lot of that on his monitor or relegate all content consumption to his home theater setup. I wouldn't want to get up from my desk and move over to the couch just to watch a 4k YouTube video.

 

Lastly, the additional speed of the 960 EVO M.2 SSD destroys the Mushkin ECO3 in theory, but doesn't provide significant real-world benefits to users. It's extremely minute, and is nothing compared to having twice the capacity instead.

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2 minutes ago, ItsTheDuckAgain said:

a dedicated soundcard is a good idea when it comes to home theater audio.

 

but just to adress the elephant in the room: While this will be an excellent system for gaming and home theater purposes the cost is just outragesly nuts. At half the cost you can get a system that got around 80-90% the power of that one, especially those titans are just stupidly overkill. Hope you thought about that?!!?

 

While keeping the rest of the build, just swapping those titans for 2x 1070 SLI or a single 1080 will yield more than decent enough performance for today and the years to come, if they get too slow they still can be sold and exchanged for the next generation or the one after that. and you will still be better off...

 

just wondering here. 

The price is not a problem but if you are saying that 2x 1070 or a single 1080 can push for 4k with 60+FPS (90+ if possible) or even ultra settings on 1920x1080 then ill change it but im thinking about just SLI 2x1080 because of @danwager11 post.

3 minutes ago, martward said:

For $325 you should be able to get 64GB of RAM, why pay so much for 32? I don't think you need 64, but I certainly don't think you have to pay $325 for 32GBs.

From my understanding it is the fastest RAM cards atm so 32 should be sufficient and the speed should be very reliable.

2 minutes ago, danwager11 said:

The monitor you choose is only capable of 60 hz or fps. Also, it is not the time to SLI GPUs, in a large amount of benchmarks an additional Pascal gpu has done nothing to improve frames, in some cases it has even prevented you from playing the game or making your frames worse, best case you get a minimal frame increase. Disregarding whether SLI is worth it or a foolish mistake even for people with money to toss around, you only have a monitor that can output 60 hz which one Titan X should achieve.

Okay i understand. 60Hz is a good monitor though? Just Titan XPs are overkill for such a monitor right?

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2 minutes ago, GosuBear said:

The price is not a problem but if you are saying that 2x 1070 or a single 1080 can push for 4k with 60+FPS (90+ if possible) or even ultra settings on 1920x1080 then ill change it but im thinking about just SLI 2x1080 because of @danwager11 post.

From my understanding it is the fastest RAM cards atm so 32 should be sufficient and the speed should be very reliable.

Okay i understand. 60Hz is a good monitor though? Just Titan XPs are overkill for such a monitor right?

You misunderstood me a bit. Titan XP will definitely help push 60hz on the monitor and if you are going 4k you can really only get 60hz. Also the 10 series (like 1080) are also Pascal cards. I think if you want to run 60hz 4k that monitor and a single Titan XP will do you just fine. If you are looking for a monster gaming rig though I'd downgrade the resolution to 1440p and get a 144hz monitor, a single Titan XP will work fine with that as well. In my sig is the monitor I use which is 1440p and 144hz if you are looking for a suggestion.

CPU: I5-6600k | MOBO: MSI Z170-A XPOWER Gaming Titanium Edition | Cooling: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO |RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB DDR4 2800 | GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition | Case: MasterCase Pro 5 | Storage: SAMSUNG 850 EVO 500GB, WD Blue 1 TB 7200rpm | PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G2 | Display: Acer Predator XB271HU 1440p 144hz | Keyboard:Logitech G910 Orion Spark | Mouse: Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum | Headset: Logitech Artemis G933 | PcPP: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/sfgGjc

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18 minutes ago, Aereldor said:

I think that $2350 build hits the value sweet spot a hell of a lot better.

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Your build begins to present better value, but it's still full of unnecessary expense and poor optimization

Of course it does. Just wanted to point out that 6600$ is a total waste of money.

 

My build doesn't need to drive 4K only 3440x1440 so I guess dual 1070s or a single 1080 will do more than fine since my single 1070 hits over 60 FPS in Witcher 3 at ultra at that resolution.

 

The CPU is fine and a single core performer,  of course the 6600K, especially for gaming, is more than enough these days. But that wasn't the point to be made here. Just wanted show OP what he can get for half the money.

 

"Your build begins to present better value, but it's still full of unnecessary expense and poor optimization" <-- you are totally right about unnecessary expense, not about poor optimization though :-) If you wanted to spen ~3K$ for a setup that one would be pretty good :-)

 

 

 

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12 minutes ago, ItsTheDuckAgain said:

Of course it does. Just wanted to point out that 6600$ is a total waste of money.

 

My build doesn't need to drive 4K only 3440x1440 so I guess dual 1070s or a single 1080 will do more than fine since my single 1070 hits over 60 FPS in Witcher 3 at ultra at that resolution.

 

The CPU is fine and a single core performer,  of course the 6600K, especially for gaming, is more than enough these days. But that wasn't the point to be made here. Just wanted show OP what he can get for half the money.

 

"Your build begins to present better value, but it's still full of unnecessary expense and poor optimization" <-- you are totally right about unnecessary expense, not about poor optimization though :-) If you wanted to spen ~3K$ for a setup that one would be pretty good :-)

 

 

 

What would the unnecessary expenses be? So i can optimize this half the price beast to be a little less. And also, since i might be waiting for kaby lake and z270. Should i replace the 6700k and z170?

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10 minutes ago, GosuBear said:

What would the unnecessary expenses be? So i can optimize this half the price beast to be a little less. And also, since i might be waiting for kaby lake and z270. Should i replace the 6700k and z170?

the whole rig is an unnecessary expense dude :-) but if you want to spend 3300$ on a system, that one would be pretty good, depends on your personal preferences (SDD big enough ? / storage HDDs really so slow ? / 32GB RAM seriously? / .....)

but most of all the titans are just stupid. period.

 

the build that Aereldor showed is pretty good when it comes to a bang for a bug  for around 2300$. if you want a bit less bang for a bug take my 3200$ build. if you want some bang for a huge amount of bug take your initial one :-)

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43 minutes ago, GosuBear said:

What would the unnecessary expenses be? So i can optimize this half the price beast to be a little less. And also, since i might be waiting for kaby lake and z270. Should i replace the 6700k and z170?

I don't think  @ItsTheDuckAgain was trying to show you that half the price gets you good value. I think he/she was trying to highlight that $6600 is so much unnecessary expense that even a build half the price contains ample unnecessary expense. Value gets better, but it still isn't 'good'. Here's what I think is good value- a build that costs a third of your budget. It even has a better GPU than the $3300 build.

 

1 hour ago, Aereldor said:

And this is 1/3rd. The benefits of higher-end hardware for gaming start to taper off around here. A GTX 1080 is enough to run most games at 4k 60FPS maxed out, and a 1080 Ti will be better still. The benefits of a 6700k over a 6600k for gaming in general are negligible, as is over 16 Gigabytes of RAM.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($229.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Deepcool GAMMAXX 400 74.3 CFM CPU Cooler  ($19.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Asus Z170-P ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($102.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Avexir Core Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Mushkin ECO3 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($109.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($88.69 @ OutletPC) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Sound Card: Asus Xonar DG 24-bit 96 KHz Sound Card  ($28.88 @ OutletPC) 
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter  ($29.99 @ Newegg Marketplace) 
Monitor: Asus PG27AQ 27.0" 3840x2160 60Hz Monitor  ($812.99 @ Jet) 
Other: Windows 10 OEM Key (Kinguin) ($25.00)
Other: GTX 1080 Ti (pricing is speculative) ($750.00)
Total: $2388.36
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-03 04:27 EST-0500

 

 

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1 hour ago, GosuBear said:

The price is not a problem but if you are saying that 2x 1070 or a single 1080 can push for 4k with 60+FPS (90+ if possible) or even ultra settings on 1920x1080 then ill change it but im thinking about just SLI 2x1080 because of @danwager11 post.

From my understanding it is the fastest RAM cards atm so 32 should be sufficient and the speed should be very reliable.

Okay i understand. 60Hz is a good monitor though? Just Titan XPs are overkill for such a monitor right?

"From my understanding it is the fastest RAM cards atm so 32 should be sufficient and the speed should be very reliable." - What? RAM speed literally has no tangible benefits in terms of fps in games unless running an APU. 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($328.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($81.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($145.03 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($169.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Intel 600p Series 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($164.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital Blue 3TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($87.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital Blue 3TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($87.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1080 8GB STRIX Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($678.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1080 8GB STRIX Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($678.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: be quiet! DARK BASE 900 | BLACK ATX Full Tower Case  ($169.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic PRIME 750W 80+ Titanium Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($167.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Optical Drive: LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer  ($46.88 @ OutletPC) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($88.58 @ OutletPC) 
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter  ($29.99 @ Newegg Marketplace) 
Monitor: Asus PG27AQ 27.0" 3840x2160 60Hz Monitor  ($812.99 @ Jet) 
Total: $3741.06
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-03 06:12 EST-0500

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25 minutes ago, Aereldor said:

I don't think  @ItsTheDuckAgain was trying to show you that half the price gets you good value. I think he/she was trying to highlight that $6600 is so much unnecessary expense that even a build half the price contains ample unnecessary expense. Value gets better, but it still isn't 'good'. Here's what I think is good value- a build that costs a third of your budget. It even has a better GPU than the $3300 build.

 

 

 

So i kind of played around in pcpartpicker again and this is what i came up with. This is a mix from yours and a mix of my own food for thought. Came out surprisingly well i think. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Z33Yf8

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16 minutes ago, GosuBear said:

So i kind of played around in pcpartpicker again and this is what i came up with. This is a mix from yours and a mix of my own food for thought. Came out surprisingly well i think. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Z33Yf8

Indeed; it has turned out exceptionally. However, you might want to incorporate the following feedback-

  • Get a better, 280mm AIO. More surface area on the radiator translates to better heat dissipation and quieter operation due to larger fans that don't have to spin as fast. In this case, a 280mm AIO will have two 140mm fans, while a 240mm AIO will have two smaller 120mm fans.
     
  • With a GTX 1080 (and I'd recommend waiting for the 1080 Ti), you can do better than 2560x1080. While it's true that 144Hz is better for competitive FPS, getting something with a higher resolution will result in a sharper image (2560x1080 will be fuzzy when stretched over a 34" screen). Here's a 100Hz 3440x1440 monitor-
    https://pcpartpicker.com/product/vhkwrH/asus-monitor-rogswiftpg348q
     
  • It's difficult for me to understand why you'd invest so much in a soundcard, but if it's for the desktop volume button, that's reasonable.
     
  • The Zotac AMP! 1080 I included is a better variant than the G1 Gaming card in your build, and it's $20 cheaper too.
    https://pcpartpicker.com/product/KC648d/zotac-geforce-gtx-1080-8gb-amp-edition-video-card-zt-p10800c-10p
     
  • If possible, run an ethernet cable to your computer rather than rely on a Wi-Fi card. You'll have a more stable connection and slightly less latency when it comes to online games. However, the difference decreases if you have a really nice Wi-Fi solution, and can be almost completely nullified, and since this doubles up as a home theater PC, I can see why you might want to have it on the network.
     
  • Only spend that much on Windows if you plan to get a retail key (unlimited installations). Since you have an OEM key in your parts list, get it from Kinguin for a quarter the price.
    https://www.kinguin.net/category/22175/windows-10-home-oem-key/
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