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Deathdefyer
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Hi all.

I am about to take the plunge and build a new rig.

My last build was 2008 and as side from a new upgrade here and there, hdd to ssd, my gt8800 fail after 6 years to a gt630 and a cooler Master 700w modular to a corsair 800 bronze due to failing at a pocket crunch. My baby has done me good but since going to Windows 10 I've noticed a few drawbacks and system failures

I bought the zalman hell fire case last year on recommendation by linus' review video.

It is time to take the plunge.

Component overhaul needed. I would really appreciate your help guys.

I plan on spending £500-£800

I would love to go for i7 cpu and minimum gtx760 to 980 nvidia.

I have always used nvidia cards and yes I am a fan boy although I am not a massive hardcore gamer but more movie/video encoder so performance is key.

I plan to look at DDR4 if a good deal can be had. I want to future proof my build as I have recently had a baby boy and I am due some compensation imminently so I may not get another chance to spend adequate money to make my system... (kids are so expensive!)

Any recomendation/review/advicentre is greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance

Asus Z170 Maximus VIII Hero - Skylake Core i7 6700K - Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Quad Channel

Asus GEFORCE GTX960 Strix 4GB - Zalman Z11 Plus Hellfire - Mushkin 120gb 6g SSD 1TB Samsung HDD - Corsair CX750 PSU -  SAMSUNG 40 SMART 3D TV - Arctic Cooling Arctic Freezer13 - Logitech Z5500 - Windows 10

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I've never over clocked any of my right but as I say.. open to advice and suggestions

Thanks for the prompt reply also

Asus Z170 Maximus VIII Hero - Skylake Core i7 6700K - Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Quad Channel

Asus GEFORCE GTX960 Strix 4GB - Zalman Z11 Plus Hellfire - Mushkin 120gb 6g SSD 1TB Samsung HDD - Corsair CX750 PSU -  SAMSUNG 40 SMART 3D TV - Arctic Cooling Arctic Freezer13 - Logitech Z5500 - Windows 10

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Wut ?

Asus Z170 Maximus VIII Hero - Skylake Core i7 6700K - Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Quad Channel

Asus GEFORCE GTX960 Strix 4GB - Zalman Z11 Plus Hellfire - Mushkin 120gb 6g SSD 1TB Samsung HDD - Corsair CX750 PSU -  SAMSUNG 40 SMART 3D TV - Arctic Cooling Arctic Freezer13 - Logitech Z5500 - Windows 10

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CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£196.12 @ More Computers) 

Motherboard: MSI H97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£62.36 @ Scan.co.uk) 



Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 390X 8GB Double Dissipation Video Card  (£299.99 @ Ebuyer) 

Case: Fractal Design Define S ATX Mid Tower Case  (£59.90 @ CCL Computers) 

Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£59.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £759.20

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-19 01:37 BST+0100

Rigs I've Built

The Striker i5 4590 @ 3.7 ||  MSI GTX 980 Armor X2 || Corsair RMX 750 || Team Elite Plus 8 GB || Define S || MSI Z97S SLI Krait

The Office PC i3 4160 @ 3.6 || Intel 4600 || EVGA 500B || G.Skill 8 GB || Cooler Master N200 || ASRock H97M Pro4

The Friend PC G3258 @ 4.3 || Sapphire R9 280X Tri-X || EVGA 600B || 8 GB Dell Ram || Cooler Master N200 || ASRock H97M- iTX/ac

The Mom Gaming PC A10-7890K @ 4.4 || iGPU + ASUS R7 250 ||  8 GB Klevv DDR3-2800 Mhz

 

 

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Would he want an SSD?? Maybe a hybrid?

Hybrids are a waste of money

                                                                                                                 Setup

CPU: i3 4160|Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE|RAM: Kingston HyperX Blue 8GB(2x4GB)|GPU: Sapphire Nitro R9 380 4GB|PSU: Seasonic M12II EVO 620W Modular|Storage: 1TB WD Blue|Case: NZXT S340 Black|PCIe devices: TP-Link WDN4800| Montior: ASUS VE247H| Others: PS3/PS4

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CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£196.12 @ More Computers) 
Motherboard: MSI H97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£62.36 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 390X 8GB Double Dissipation Video Card  (£299.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: Fractal Design Define S ATX Mid Tower Case  (£59.90 @ CCL Computers) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£59.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £759.20
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-19 01:37 BST+0100

 

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                                                                                                                 Setup

CPU: i3 4160|Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE|RAM: Kingston HyperX Blue 8GB(2x4GB)|GPU: Sapphire Nitro R9 380 4GB|PSU: Seasonic M12II EVO 620W Modular|Storage: 1TB WD Blue|Case: NZXT S340 Black|PCIe devices: TP-Link WDN4800| Montior: ASUS VE247H| Others: PS3/PS4

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I have an ssd running Windows 10 at the moment but it wasn't anything special. 120gb just running OS my dump drive is 1tb hdd running my mainly my steam library and music

Asus Z170 Maximus VIII Hero - Skylake Core i7 6700K - Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Quad Channel

Asus GEFORCE GTX960 Strix 4GB - Zalman Z11 Plus Hellfire - Mushkin 120gb 6g SSD 1TB Samsung HDD - Corsair CX750 PSU -  SAMSUNG 40 SMART 3D TV - Arctic Cooling Arctic Freezer13 - Logitech Z5500 - Windows 10

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OK thanks for all the replies. My case, psu are OK. It is mainly help on the following:

Cpu

Gpu

Mobo

Cooler

DDR

SSD (120GB+)

HDD (1TB+)

Asus Z170 Maximus VIII Hero - Skylake Core i7 6700K - Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Quad Channel

Asus GEFORCE GTX960 Strix 4GB - Zalman Z11 Plus Hellfire - Mushkin 120gb 6g SSD 1TB Samsung HDD - Corsair CX750 PSU -  SAMSUNG 40 SMART 3D TV - Arctic Cooling Arctic Freezer13 - Logitech Z5500 - Windows 10

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How about this? I was thinking that you might wanna salvage the SSD and HDD from the old computer. 

But i went with a Black/Red based components for the case you have mention.

If you don't like the layout of this i could go more just straight up for editing components?

 

 
CPU            | [intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646i74790k) | $327.99 @ NCIX US 
CPU Cooler | [Corsair H75 54.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-cpu-cooler-cw9060015ww) | $74.99 @ Amazon 
Motherboard| [MSI Z97-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-z97g45gaming) | $117.98 @ Newegg 
Memory        | [Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-memory-cmy16gx3m2a1866c9r) | $84.99 @ Newegg 
Video Card    | [Asus GeForce GTX 980 4GB STRIX Video Card](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-video-card-strixgtx980dc2oc4gd5) | $479.99 @ SuperBiiz 
Power Supply | [EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-220g20650y1) | $96.50 @ Newegg 
 | Total (before mail-in rebates) | $1222.44
 | Mail-in rebates | -$40.00
 | **Total** | **$1182.44** | Generated by [PCPartPicker](http://pcpartpicker.com) 2015-09-18 21:38 EDT-0400 |
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