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So I've posted on here before with a preliminary workstation build, but I've gone back and heavily revised it. If you want all the details on why I feel the need to build this thing you can go check out my original post here, but basically I want something that can handle serious multithreaded workloads in Premiere and After Effects as well as game-streaming at 1440p or higher. I also plan to do some light 3D modeling in Blender, I've been playing around with the latest build and I'm really enjoying it, but render times on my old failbook are as insane as you'd expect.

 

The main thing I'd like some feedback on is whether I've got sufficient overhead on my power supply to comfortably play around with overclocks on the CPU and GPU. I'd also be very interested in hearing some monitor and peripheral suggestions.

 

All this is getting thrown in a Fractal Design R5 because I didn't know the NZXT H630 was a thing until I saw Austin Evans' Neutron build, so I've already purchased the case. I'm more than a little butthurt over that.

 


 
CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($299.99 @ Micro Center) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($67.99 @ Mwave) 
Motherboard: Asus X99-A/USB 3.1 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($254.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($142.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card  ($319.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $1275.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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i have both a 850 pro 256gb and a 850 evo 250gb and the only difference ive ever seen is the warranty save your money and get a EVO

My Personal PC 'Apex' https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/LiamBetts123/saved/3rTNnQ

Intel Core i9 9900k, ASUS Z390-A, RTX 2080TI, Meshify C, HX 850i, 32GB Gskill Trident Z RGB @ 3200MHZ, 500GB NVME, 500GB SSD & 2 x 4TB Baracudas 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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When it comes to computing and GPU's are better.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor ($299.99 @ Micro Center)

CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($67.99 @ Mwave)

Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI Plus ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($199.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($50.95 @ Amazon)

Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($50.95 @ Amazon)

Storage: Kingston Predator 240GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($232.94 @ Amazon)

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290X 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($302.98 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($64.99 @ NCIX US)

Total: $1270.78

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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+1 @LiamApex

 

The psu has more than enough capacity for the build, cpu & gpu overclocking, and aging.

 

If it can fit in the budget, a more powerful gpu would improve editing/rendering performance.

80+ ratings certify electrical efficiency. Not quality.

 

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+1 @LiamApex

 

The psu has more than enough capacity for the build, cpu & gpu overclocking, and aging.

 

If it can fit in the budget, a more powerful gpu would improve editing/rendering performance.

 

Yeah the 970 is only in there as a placeholder really. Am I just being an idiot and there's an easy workaround so I can do without a GPU until I can afford a 980 ti?

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Get an x99S SLI Plus (it's like $160 and it does not impact the PC at all) and do not get the NEX, Get an XFX or Seasonic PSU.

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Yeah the 970 is only in there as a placeholder really. Am I just being an idiot and there's an easy workaround so I can do without a GPU until I can afford a 980 ti?

The 5820k has no integrated graphics.

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When it comes to computing and GPU's are better.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor ($299.99 @ Micro Center)

CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($67.99 @ Mwave)

Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI Plus ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($199.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($50.95 @ Amazon)

Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($50.95 @ Amazon)

Storage: Kingston Predator 240GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($232.94 @ Amazon)

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290X 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($302.98 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($64.99 @ NCIX US)

Total: $1270.78

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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Yeah I like the look of that MSI board, solid Japanese capacitors always a plus. Would the lack of heatsinks on the RAM be problematic for overclocking? I don't really have any experience to go on.

 

I think if I were to drop $250 on an SSD I'd just spring for a bigger Sata drive instead of going the M.2 route. Even for that Kingston drive the read speed is really impressive, but the write speed is basically what you get with any higher end Sata SSD. I guess the read speed bump would probably benefit me a lot when scrubbing through timelines though.

 

I don't plan on making the jump to team red unless I'm getting a Sapphire card with 8gigs of ram, I have an nvidia shield and I'd like to stream to it for couch gaming.

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Yeah I like the look of that MSI board, solid Japanese capacitors always a plus. Would the lack of heatsinks on the RAM be problematic for overclocking? I don't really have any experience to go on.

 

I think if I were to drop $250 on an SSD I'd just spring for a bigger Sata drive instead of going the M.2 route. Even for that Kingston drive the read speed is really impressive, but the write speed is basically what you get with any higher end Sata SSD. I guess the read speed bump would probably benefit me a lot when scrubbing through timelines though.

 

I don't plan on making the jump to team red unless I'm getting a Sapphire card with 8gigs of ram, I have an nvidia shield and I'd like to stream to it for couch gaming.

 

DDR4 is much more power efficient and no you will be fine without heatsinks as ram temperature is not affected by cpu overclocking.

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Get an x99S SLI Plus (it's like $160 and it does not impact the PC at all) and do not get the NEX, Get an XFX or Seasonic PSU.

 

Is there a reason why you'd suggest those brands over the EVGA? I mean the NEX is definitely cheap enough for me to be a little suspicious, but 65 bucks is hard to pass up for a gold certified, 650W, fully modular PSU.

 

And those capacitors are Japanese which means they'll cap better right?

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Is there a reason why you'd suggest those brands over the EVGA? I mean the NEX is definitely cheap enough for me to be a little suspicious, but 65 bucks is hard to pass up for a gold certified, 650W, fully modular PSU.

 

And those capacitors are Japanese which means they'll cap better right?

I had one and it was so loud - even in my R4 

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DDR4 is much more power efficient and no you will be fine without heatsinks as ram temperature is not affected by cpu overclocking.

 

That's interesting, I've heard the performance gains for overclocking RAM are pretty minimal, but I still wanted to give it a shot just for fun. 

 

Do you know if MSI's bios is decent for overclocking and controlling fanspeed? That was sort of the rationale behind picking an Asus board in the first place. I know it's kind of crap on my brother's Gigabyte board.

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Yeah the 970 is only in there as a placeholder really. Am I just being an idiot and there's an easy workaround so I can do without a GPU until I can afford a 980 ti?

 

Not really. If you want to game you will need a bit of gpu power. GTX 970 seems like a reasonable choice.

80+ ratings certify electrical efficiency. Not quality.

 

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Is there a reason why you'd suggest those brands over the EVGA? I mean the NEX is definitely cheap enough for me to be a little suspicious, but 65 bucks is hard to pass up for a gold certified, 650W, fully modular PSU.

 

And those capacitors are Japanese which means they'll cap better right?

The EVGA 650GS is made by seasonic and costs the same as the supernova.

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Alright, so this is the revised version, cost shaved off wherever possible.

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($299.99 @ Micro Center) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($67.99 @ Mwave) 
Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI Plus ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($199.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($50.95 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($50.95 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($142.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 6450 1GB Video Card  ($26.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $904.74
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Oh and thank you guys for giving me so much good feedback so quickly, I really appreciate it.
 
So what say you on the revisions?
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Alright, so this is the revised version, cost shaved off wherever possible.

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($299.99 @ Micro Center) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($67.99 @ Mwave) 
Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI Plus ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($199.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($50.95 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($50.95 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($142.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 6450 1GB Video Card  ($26.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $904.74
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-08 21:35 EDT-0400
 
 
Oh and thank you guys for giving me so much good feedback so quickly, I really appreciate it.
 
So what say you on the revisions?

 

 

With two 1x8GB memory kits the system will at best, run dual channel. But even that is not certain. Nor is there any guaranty that the memory will run at its advertised speed. Buy a 4x4GB memory kit to assure quad channel operation at the kit's advertised speed and timings.

 

Why an 850 Pro ssd? The real world performance difference between the 850 EVO and 850 Pro is marginal. For ~$20 more you can get Samsung MZ-75E500B/AM. Or get Samsung MZ-75E250B/AM and put the savings into a quad channel memory kit.

 

What do you expect to do with such a low end gpu?

80+ ratings certify electrical efficiency. Not quality.

 

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With two 1x8GB memory kits the system will at best, run dual channel. But even that is not certain. Nor is there any guaranty that the memory will run at its advertised speed. Buy a 4x4GB memory kit to assure quad channel operation at the kit's advertised speed and timings.

 

Why an 850 Pro ssd? The real world performance difference between the 850 EVO and 850 Pro is marginal. For ~$20 more you can get Samsung MZ-75E500B/AM. Or get Samsung MZ-75E250B/AM and put the savings into a quad channel memory kit.

 

What do you expect to do with such a low end gpu?

 

GPU is just a placeholder, I really want to get a Strix 980 ti or something eventually, but for now this will let me plug into a monitor so I can get some work done and save up to actually purchase something worthy.

 

I actually meant to swap out the 850 pro for an evo after I read your first comment, just forgot when I went back to revise the list. 

 

Swapping the drive out brings me down to $860 for my baseline, I might actually get to start building soon, okay now I'm excited.

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Alright, except for the graphics card I think this is a machine I can stand behind building.

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($299.99 @ Micro Center) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($67.99 @ Mwave) 
Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI Plus ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($199.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Crucial 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($109.49 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 6450 1GB Video Card  ($26.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $867.43
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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So I totally forgot my ex-roommate who just up and left without taking his stuff has a crappy old computer with a Radeon 5770 in it, I can just use that until I've saved up enough for a 980 ti.

 

My long term goal for this thing is to do a custom water cooling loop with a 360mm radiator in the top, dual 980tis with water-blocks, but that's obviously way in the future. 

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I think the 390 is better because of the VRAM if you do video related stuff! ^_^

Lake-V-X6-10600 (Gaming PC)

R23 score MC: 9190pts | R23 score SC: 1302pts

R20 score MC: 3529cb | R20 score SC: 506cb

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Case: Cooler Master HAF XB Evo Black / Case Fan(s) Front: Noctua NF-A14 ULN 140mm Premium Fans / Case Fan(s) Rear: Corsair Air Series AF120 Quiet Edition (red) / Case Fan(s) Side: Noctua NF-A6x25 FLX 60mm Premium Fan / Controller: Sony Dualshock 4 Wireless (DS4Windows) / Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo / CPU: Intel Core i5-10600, 6-cores, 12-threads, 4.4/4.8GHz, 13,5MB cache (Intel 14nm++ FinFET) / Display: ASUS 24" LED VN247H (67Hz OC) 1920x1080p / GPU: Gigabyte Radeon RX Vega 56 Gaming OC @1501MHz (Samsung 14nm FinFET) / Keyboard: Logitech Desktop K120 (Nordic) / Motherboard: ASUS PRIME B460 PLUS, Socket-LGA1200 / Mouse: Razer Abyssus 2014 / PCI-E: ASRock USB 3.1/A+C (PCI Express x4) / PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA G2, 850W / RAM A1, A2, B1 & B2: DDR4-2666MHz CL13-15-15-15-35-1T "Samsung 8Gbit C-Die" (4x8GB) / Operating System: Windows 10 Home / Sound: Zombee Z300 / Storage 1 & 2: Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD / Storage 3: Seagate® Barracuda 2TB HDD / Storage 4: Seagate® Desktop 2TB SSHD / Storage 5: Crucial P1 1000GB M.2 SSD/ Storage 6: Western Digital WD7500BPKX 2.5" HDD / Wi-fi: TP-Link TL-WN851N 11n Wireless Adapter (Qualcomm Atheros)

Zen-II-X6-3600+ (Gaming PC)

R23 score MC: 9893pts | R23 score SC: 1248pts @4.2GHz

R23 score MC: 10151pts | R23 score SC: 1287pts @4.3GHz

R20 score MC: 3688cb | R20 score SC: 489cb

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Case: Medion Micro-ATX Case / Case Fan Front: SUNON MagLev PF70251VX-Q000-S99 70mm / Case Fan Rear: Fanner Tech(Shen Zhen)Co.,LTD. 80mm (Purple) / Controller: Sony Dualshock 4 Wireless (DS4Windows) / Cooler: AMD Near-silent 125w Thermal Solution / CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600, 6-cores, 12-threads, 4.2/4.2GHz, 35MB cache (T.S.M.C. 7nm FinFET) / Display: HP 24" L2445w (64Hz OC) 1920x1200 / GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 OC "Afterburner" @1450MHz (T.S.M.C. 28nm) / GPU: ASUS Radeon RX 6600 XT DUAL OC RDNA2 32CUs @2607MHz (T.S.M.C. 7nm FinFET) / Keyboard: HP KB-0316 PS/2 (Nordic) / Motherboard: ASRock B450M Pro4, Socket-AM4 / Mouse: Razer Abyssus 2014 / PCI-E: ASRock USB 3.1/A+C (PCI Express x4) / PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA G2, 550W / RAM A2 & B2: DDR4-3600MHz CL16-18-8-19-37-1T "SK Hynix 8Gbit CJR" (2x16GB) / Operating System: Windows 10 Home / Sound 1: Zombee Z500 / Sound 2: Logitech Stereo Speakers S-150 / Storage 1 & 2: Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD / Storage 3: Western Digital My Passport 2.5" 2TB HDD / Storage 4: Western Digital Elements Desktop 2TB HDD / Storage 5: Kingston A2000 1TB M.2 NVME SSD / Wi-fi & Bluetooth: ASUS PCE-AC55BT Wireless Adapter (Intel)

Vishera-X8-9370 | R20 score MC: 1476cb

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Case: Cooler Master HAF XB Evo Black / Case Fan(s) Front: Noctua NF-A14 ULN 140mm Premium Fans / Case Fan(s) Rear: Corsair Air Series AF120 Quiet Edition (red) / Case Fan(s) Side: Noctua NF-A6x25 FLX 60mm Premium Fan / Case Fan VRM: SUNON MagLev KDE1209PTV3 92mm / Controller: Sony Dualshock 4 Wireless (DS4Windows) / Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo / CPU: AMD FX-8370 (Base: @4.4GHz | Turbo: @4.7GHz) Black Edition Eight-Core (Global Foundries 32nm) / Display: ASUS 24" LED VN247H (67Hz OC) 1920x1080p / GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 OC "Afterburner" @1450MHz (T.S.M.C. 28nm) / GPU: Gigabyte Radeon RX Vega 56 Gaming OC @1501MHz (Samsung 14nm FinFET) / Keyboard: Logitech Desktop K120 (Nordic) / Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING, Socket-AM3+ / Mouse: Razer Abyssus 2014 / PCI-E: ASRock USB 3.1/A+C (PCI Express x4) / PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA G2, 850W PSU / RAM 1, 2, 3 & 4: Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1866MHz CL8-10-10-28-37-2T (4x4GB) 16.38GB / Operating System 1: Windows 10 Home / Sound: Zombee Z300 / Storage 1: Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD (x2) / Storage 2: Seagate® Barracuda 2TB HDD / Storage 3: Seagate® Desktop 2TB SSHD / Wi-fi: TP-Link TL-WN951N 11n Wireless Adapter

Godavari-X4-880K | R20 score MC: 810cb

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Case: Medion Micro-ATX Case / Case Fan Front: SUNON MagLev PF70251VX-Q000-S99 70mm / Case Fan Rear: Fanner Tech(Shen Zhen)Co.,LTD. 80mm (Purple) / Controller: Sony Dualshock 4 Wireless (DS4Windows) / Cooler: AMD Near-silent 95w Thermal Solution / Cooler: AMD Near-silent 125w Thermal Solution / CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K Black Edition Elite Quad-Core (T.S.M.C. 28nm) / CPU: AMD Athlon X4 880K Black Edition Elite Quad-Core (T.S.M.C. 28nm) / Display: HP 19" Flat Panel L1940 (75Hz) 1280x1024 / GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SuperSC 2GB (T.S.M.C. 28nm) / GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 OC "Afterburner" @1450MHz (T.S.M.C. 28nm) / Keyboard: HP KB-0316 PS/2 (Nordic) / Motherboard: MSI A78M-E45 V2, Socket-FM2+ / Mouse: Razer Abyssus 2014 / PCI-E: ASRock USB 3.1/A+C (PCI Express x4) / PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA G2, 550W PSU / RAM 1, 2, 3 & 4: SK hynix DDR3-1866MHz CL9-10-11-27-40 (4x4GB) 16.38GB / Operating System 1: Ubuntu Gnome 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) / Operating System 2: Windows 10 Home / Sound 1: Zombee Z500 / Sound 2: Logitech Stereo Speakers S-150 / Storage 1: Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD (x2) / Storage 2: Western Digital My Passport 2.5" 2TB HDD / Storage 3: Western Digital Elements Desktop 2TB HDD / Wi-fi: TP-Link TL-WN851N 11n Wireless Adapter

Acer Aspire 7738G custom (changed CPU, GPU & Storage)
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CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo P8600, 2-cores, 2-threads, 2.4GHz, 3MB cache (Intel 45nm) / GPU: ATi Radeon HD 4570 515MB DDR2 (T.S.M.C. 55nm) / RAM: DDR2-1066MHz CL7-7-7-20-1T (2x2GB) / Operating System: Windows 10 Home / Storage: Crucial BX500 480GB 3D NAND SATA 2.5" SSD

Complete portable device SoC history:

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Apple A4 - Apple iPod touch (4th generation)
Apple A5 - Apple iPod touch (5th generation)
Apple A9 - Apple iPhone 6s Plus
HiSilicon Kirin 810 (T.S.M.C. 7nm) - Huawei P40 Lite / Huawei nova 7i
Mediatek MT2601 (T.S.M.C 28nm) - TicWatch E
Mediatek MT6580 (T.S.M.C 28nm) - TECNO Spark 2 (1GB RAM)
Mediatek MT6592M (T.S.M.C 28nm) - my|phone my32 (orange)
Mediatek MT6592M (T.S.M.C 28nm) - my|phone my32 (yellow)
Mediatek MT6735 (T.S.M.C 28nm) - HMD Nokia 3 Dual SIM
Mediatek MT6737 (T.S.M.C 28nm) - Cherry Mobile Flare S6
Mediatek MT6739 (T.S.M.C 28nm) - my|phone myX8 (blue)
Mediatek MT6739 (T.S.M.C 28nm) - my|phone myX8 (gold)
Mediatek MT6750 (T.S.M.C 28nm) - honor 6C Pro / honor V9 Play
Mediatek MT6765 (T.S.M.C 12nm) - TECNO Pouvoir 3 Plus
Mediatek MT6797D (T.S.M.C 20nm) - my|phone Brown Tab 1
Qualcomm MSM8926 (T.S.M.C. 28nm) - Microsoft Lumia 640 LTE
Qualcomm MSM8974AA (T.S.M.C. 28nm) - Blackberry Passport
Qualcomm SDM710 (Samsung 10nm) - Oppo Realme 3 Pro

 

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This is the stupid thing I would build if money were basically no object. Although at this point it almost seems dumb not to throw on Xeons and Titan Xs.

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($299.99 @ Micro Center) 
Motherboard: Asus X99-E WS SSI CEB LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($476.02 @ Mwave) 
Storage: Intel 750 Series 1.2TB PCI-E Solid State Drive  ($1049.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Hitachi Deskstar NAS 5TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($229.99 @ Micro Center) 
Storage: Hitachi Deskstar NAS 5TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($229.99 @ Micro Center) 
Storage: Hitachi Deskstar NAS 5TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($229.99 @ Micro Center) 
Storage: Hitachi Deskstar NAS 5TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($229.99 @ Micro Center) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($688.99 @ B&H) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($688.99 @ B&H) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro OEM (64-bit)  ($131.65 @ OutletPC) 
Monitor: Asus PA279Q 27.0" Monitor  ($754.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Monitor: Asus ROG SWIFT PG278Q 144Hz 27.0" Monitor  ($738.17 @ Amazon) 
Keyboard: Corsair K70 RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($154.99 @ Amazon) 
Headphones: Sennheiser RS 195 Headphones  ($399.95 @ Newegg) 
Other: NZXT H630 ($149.99)
Other: Razor GTX 980 / 980 Ti Waterblock 
Other: XSPC dual bay reservoirs ($194.99)
Other: Razor GTX 980 / 980 Ti Waterblock 
Total: $7137.64
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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