New Build Planning

[rossetti91]

It's been awhile since I've had a decent PC so I thought I'd jump right back in.

 

$5000-6000 as far as budget goes, over in Australia so shit can be expensive here to begin with.

 

So far this is what I have looked at in terms of a build.

 

 

CPU - i7 5820k

Cooler - Thermaltake Water 3.0 Ultimate - with 3 Noctua NF-F12 Industrial 2000RPM PWN Fans

Motherboard - MSI X99S Gaming 9

Memory - 32GB G.Skill DDR4

Storage - 4x 256GB Crucial MX100 SSDs

GPU - GIgabyte GTX980 G1 Gaming

Power Supply - Corsair AX760i

Case - Corsair Graphite 760T

 

Keyboard - Corsair K95

Mouse - Corsair M65

Headset - Sennheisser G4ME ZERO

 

Monitor - AOC U3477PQU 34inch Ultrawide

 

This would roughly be $5500 for where I am.

 

The other option I have looked at is going with a 4790k instead.

With the 4790k I can get 2x GTX980s and a 4K monitor for the same pricing.

 

Any thoughts are welcome.

Thank You

[Oshino Shinobu]

What are you using this for? 

[rossetti91]

Mainly gaming, but also video editing and some photography work.

[Oshino Shinobu]

Mainly gaming, but also video editing and some photography work.

Go with the 4790K, MSI Gaming 5 motherboard, 16GB DDR3 (1600/1866MHz is fine) 

 

The performance gain from X99 isn't enough to justify the price in your case. It's only really worth it if you're going to be doing a lot of heavy editing and such that needs the extra cores. Whether you just keep the money you save or spend it on another GPU or something is up to you. 

[rossetti91]

So something like this would be the finished build. With possibly a second gpu to help run the monitor.

https://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=wish_lists&wlcId=360369&action=wish_lists

Or a single card with this monitor is the other option.

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=558_1641&products_id=29273

Edited October 7, 2014 by rossetti91

[HashtagMilk]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($279.99 @ Micro Center)

CPU Cooler: Thermaltake Water 3.0 Ultimate 99.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($139.99 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($144.99 @ NCIX US)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($149.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($109.99 @ Micro Center)

Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($109.99 @ Micro Center)

Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($109.99 @ Micro Center)

Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($109.99 @ Micro Center)

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($364.99 @ NCIX US)

Case: Corsair 760T White ATX Full Tower Case ($170.82 @ TigerDirect)

Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($134.99 @ NCIX US)

Case Fan: Noctua NF-F12 industrialPPC-2000 PWM 71.7 CFM 120mm Fan ($34.99 @ Amazon)

Case Fan: Noctua NF-F12 industrialPPC-2000 PWM 71.7 CFM 120mm Fan ($34.99 @ Amazon)

Case Fan: Noctua NF-F12 industrialPPC-2000 PWM 71.7 CFM 120mm Fan ($34.99 @ Amazon)

Keyboard: Corsair K95 RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard ($189.99 @ Amazon)

Mouse: Corsair Vengeance M65 Wired Laser Mouse ($53.91 @ Amazon)

Headphones: Sennheiser G4ME ZERO Black Headset ($279.95 @ Amazon)

Total: $2454.54

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-07 10:03 EDT-0400

This is what I would get.

[rossetti91]

That would be alright. Though the parts you mentioned would cost me around $3300. As stated in my first post I'm in Australia. So things like Newegg, NCIX, Amazon, etc. are not viable options for me.

 

It sucks not being able to get them for cheaper prices, as even the cheapest reference 970 here costs $420.