Is it worth it?

[chongybaloney]

These are the parts listed.

• i7-4790

• ASUS Z97 Maximus VII Hero

• ASUS STRIX GTX 970 4GB

• 16GB Kit CORSAIR VENGEANCE PRO 2133mhz 8GBx2

• Corsair RM750 80+Gold

• SAMSUNG 120GB EVO SSD

• CORSAIR AIR 540 Case

 

Watercooling Parts --------------------------------

•EK-Supremacy Clean CSQ (Acetal)

•EK-FC970 GTX STRIX- Nickel

•EK-FC970 GTX STRIX Backplate

•Alphacool NexXxoS ST30 240mm(2 free yate Loon fans)

•Single Bay Reservoir 5.25"

•PHOBYA DC12-260 PWM 12Volt Pump

•10 x PHOBYA Compression fittings 3/8", 5/8"

•2 meters of tubing [Red UV/Black/Blue UV]

•Silver Kill coil for distiller water

 

This would cost about 2167.48.USD. Am I better off getting an air-cooled system and upgrading something else? Input will be appreciated.

[vlkn´]

These are the parts listed.

• i7-4790

• ASUS Z97 Maximus VII Hero

• ASUS STRIX GTX 970 4GB

• 16GB Kit CORSAIR VENGEANCE PRO 2133mhz 8GBx2

• Corsair RM750 80+Gold

• SAMSUNG 120GB EVO SSD

• CORSAIR AIR 540 Case

 

Watercooling Parts --------------------------------

•EK-Supremacy Clean CSQ (Acetal)

•EK-FC970 GTX STRIX- Nickel

•EK-FC970 GTX STRIX Backplate

•Alphacool NexXxoS ST30 240mm(2 free yate Loon fans)

•Single Bay Reservoir 5.25"

•PHOBYA DC12-260 PWM 12Volt Pump

•10 x PHOBYA Compression fittings 3/8", 5/8"

•2 meters of tubing [Red UV/Black/Blue UV]

•Silver Kill coil for distiller water

 

This would cost about 2167.48.USD. Am I better off getting an air-cooled system and upgrading something else? Input will be appreciated.

This makes no sense, getting a watercooler for the maxwell chipset. (my opinion)

You know that you can´t overclock your cpu and you have selected a mainboard used for overclocking.

You´ll need 8gb-12gb max if you are only gaming.

No hdd for installing the large amount of games?

 

Not worth it.

[chongybaloney]

This makes no sense, getting a watercooler for the maxwell chipset. (my opinion)

You know that you can´t overclock your cpu and you have selected a mainboard used for overclocking.

You´ll need 8gb-12gb max if you are only gaming.

No hdd for installing the large amount of games?

 

Not worth it.

Thanks! This is a build that is sold on some website and I just copied the specifications over. Pretty sure they have another HDD though.

 

Apart from changing the processor to an overclockable one, what else could be swopped around to make it more worth it?

[Benji_w]

This makes no sense, getting a watercooler for the maxwell chipset. (my opinion)

You know that you can´t overclock your cpu and you have selected a mainboard used for overclocking.

You´ll need 8gb-12gb max if you are only gaming.

No hdd for installing the large amount of games?

 

Not worth it.

 

Swap it to a K model? More ram is always a good thing IMO because it sucks having like 8 gigs and then trying to do several things at once everything slows down. Gaming PCs these days normally end up doing video rendering for youtube etc not to mention the readily available Adobe programs etc so I always recommend 16gb min these days to gamers. Watercooling the CPU when overclocking yields the best results I've seen even on these chips. IF YOU CAN COOL IT YOU CAN CLOCK IT! 

[kpreg]

Honestly, I don't think it's worth it. It's more of a looks and "because I can" type of thing. You'd be better off with a closed loop cooler for your CPU, and your 970 will be fine on air. And if you plan to overclock, you need the K version of the 4790k. 

 

Good luck!