New Build Planning

[x Relentless Xx]

Need Opinions on a new build i want to do

 

Current Rig Specs:

• i7 3770K @4.5Ghz
• ASUS P8Z77-V
• 16GB PNY XClr8 @ 1600MHz
• Seasonic X1050
• EVGA GTX 690
• 1TB Velociraptor as Dump Drive
• 128GB Crucial M4 as OS Drive
• 500GB Samsung 840 EVO as Gaming Drive
• Cooler Master HAF-X Blue Edition
• Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO

New Rig Specs 1 of 2:

 

• i7 4790K or i7 5770K (depending on broadwell release). Maybe even a Skylake 6770K depending on when i build it
• ASUS Sabertooth Z97 Mark 1
• 16GB G.Skill or Corsair @ 2133MHz
• Seasonix X1050
• GTX 970/980
• 1TB SSD
• Corsair Carbide Air 540
• Corsair H100i Modified (new fans)

New Rig Specs 2 of 2:

 

• i7 5820K or i7 5930K
• ASUS X99 Deluxe
• 8GB G.Skill or Corsair @2400MHz
• Seasonic X1050
• GTX 970/980
• 1TB SSD
• Corsair Carbide Air 540
• Corsair H100i Modified (new fans)

I do some video rendering and play alot of Arma 3 (CPU Intensive game) so just looking for a second opinion. Also not very impressed with the 690 causing me microstutters and other SLI issues so im planning on selling that and buying either a 970 or 980 (I miss having a single GPU   ). And yes, i do plan on overclocking

[Arphenyte]

Rig #1.

[x Relentless Xx]

Rig #1.

Any reason behind it?

[Swndlr]

your main rig is still hella powerful... why even upgrade?

at most, throw in a new gpu NVM, thought it said 680... its a 90.

[x Relentless Xx]

your main rig is still hella powerful... why even upgrade?

at most, throw in a new gpu NVM, thought it said 680... its a 90.

yea its a 690, even though like i said, i miss having a single GPU

[Guest]

i7 3770K to a i7 4790K isn't worth it. You will see little performance gain for the money. I have the i5 3570K and it is still a great cpu.

 

Why not just update the graphics card/s in your current pc ?

 

Then wait and see what Skylake brings. 

[Gofspar]

Need Opinions on a new build i want to do

 

Current Rig Specs:

• i7 3770K @4.5Ghz
• ASUS P8Z77-V
• 16GB PNY XClr8 @ 1600MHz
• Seasonic X1050
• EVGA GTX 690
• 1TB Velociraptor as Dump Drive
• 128GB Crucial M4 as OS Drive
• 500GB Samsung 840 EVO as Gaming Drive
• Cooler Master HAF-X Blue Edition
• Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO

New Rig Specs 1 of 2:

 

• i7 4790K or i7 5770K (depending on broadwell release). Maybe even a Skylake 6770K depending on when i build it
• ASUS Sabertooth Z97 Mark 1
• 16GB G.Skill or Corsair @ 2133MHz
• Seasonix X1050
• GTX 970/980
• 1TB SSD
• Corsair Carbide Air 540
• Corsair H100i Modified (new fans)

New Rig Specs 2 of 2:

 

• i7 5820K or i7 5930K
• ASUS X99 Deluxe
• 8GB G.Skill or Corsair @2400MHz
• Seasonic X1050
• GTX 970/980
• 1TB SSD
• Corsair Carbide Air 540
• Corsair H100i Modified (new fans)

I do some video rendering and play alot of Arma 3 (CPU Intensive game) so just looking for a second opinion. Also not very impressed with the 690 causing me microstutters and other SLI issues so im planning on selling that and buying either a 970 or 980 (I miss having a single GPU   ). And yes, i do plan on overclocking

Keep your Ivy Bridge brotha, we have one of the best OCing chips around.

[RichardsD]

If you're rich.. geeze I guess, but don't get the first rig.  I see absolutely no point in that.

 

Honestly, if you do a lot of rendering, etc, then I see no harm in getting the 58XX machine, that would honestly be a decent performance improvement.  Still, that is incredibly expensive.

[Zach's Tech Tips]

rig 2 if your into video editing and stuff

[danixdlolz]

I think it's not worth it, you won't much of a difference

[Arphenyte]

Any reason behind it?

Currently X99 is not worth it (unless you are doing heavy content creation), if you are thinking about upgrading I believe Z97/Z87 is the sweet spot.