Water cool now or later?

[gamestoned]

Hi all,

 

I'm going to build a new gaming pc & right now I'm using an Alienware X51 with GTX 660 1.5 GB custom bios overclocked to 1215Mhz & Mem +525Mhz with 1.0volt

 

Spec

 

Intel Core i7-5820K Processor (15M Cache, up to 3.60 GHz)

Corsair H110i GT Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler

EVGA X99 Classified

G.Skill Ripjaws 4 16GB (4X4GB) 3000MHz Ultimate DDR4

EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Superclocked 6GB x 2 Units (SLI)

Kingston HyperX Savage 240GB x 2 Units (Raid 0)

WD Black 4TB SATA 6 Gb/s, 7200 RPM, 64MB Cache

Corsair Obsidian Series 750D Full Tower ATX Case

EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 P2 Power Supply

Corsair Vengeance K70 RGB Mechanical - Cherry MX Red

Asus ROG Gladius Wired Optical Mouse

Asus ROG SWIFT PG278Q 144hz 27" Monitor

 

What I want to know is that whether any one with experience with 980/980 Ti (Hydro cooled/Watercooled) suggest the following

 

1) Build the machine with AIO cooled CPU & Air cooled GPU & upgrade to EK water cooling for CPU & 2xGPU

2) This is my first custom gaming rig that I'm building so should I invest in water cooling right away or WAIT!!!.

 

Appreciate the comments on the build as well.

 

Look forward hearing from the experts

 

Paul

[1Scotty1]

For JUST gaming the X99 platform is a waste of cash... go Z97 and save a couple hundred bucks...

[kosmic]

For JUST gaming the X99 platform is a waste of cash... go Z97 and save a couple hundred bucks...

+1 and if JUST for gaming, you dont even need to go z97, you could drop to h97 or something depends if you wanna OC or not, but since you OC your gpu i assume you will

In terms of WC if you have the cash do it all at once, 1 build, no wasting time on a second time build

Also just a side thought, if this is you FIRST WC then the last thing you wanna do is to put it in a expensive x99 build

 

Just my 2c worth

[gamestoned]

Thanks guys for the update.

 

The price difference from the place I'm buying between Z97 (EVGA Z97+4790k) vs (EVGA X99+5820k) is $60. Thats one of the reasons why I thought anyway the wave is headed for X99 so be it.

[BeakTrots]

Any confirmation that skylake is going to be on x99? I'm pretty sure it is, so I would get the x99 mobo and then wait a month for the dust to settle a little and get an i7-6___k

EDIT: Disregard what I said

[TheCaptain53]

Any confirmation that skylake is going to be on x99? I'm pretty sure it is, so I would get the x99 mobo and then wait a month for the dust to settle a little and get an i7-6___k

It looks like Skylake will be sitting on a new chipset. http://wccftech.com/intel-skylake-socket-lga-1151-z170-chipset/

Can't speak for the Skylake-E range (for when it comes), but I'm sure it'll be a good while before that is out.

[gamestoned]

But skylake would be equally expensive when it releases to X99. So would it be a point to adopt something paying a premium without any experience or stick to Z97 with the above spec & then upgrade the CPU if there is a big difference may be 1yr after skylake is released - by then the price would be affordable & utlize the same hardware.