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Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($96.75 @ OutletPC) 


Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 4GB STRIX Video Card  ($474.99 @ NCIX US) 



Case Fan: Corsair SP120 57.2 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($12.89 @ OutletPC) 

Case Fan: Corsair SP120 57.2 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($12.89 @ OutletPC) 

Case Fan: Corsair SP120 57.2 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($12.89 @ OutletPC) 

Other: EK-Supremacy EVO - Nickel ($78.00)

Other: EK-FC980 GTX Strix - Nickel ($129.00)

Other: EK-RES X3 150 ($55.00)

Other: EK-CoolStream SE 360 (Slim Triple) ($60.00)

Other: EK-ACF Fitting 10/16mm - White (3/8, 5/8) ($80.00)

Other: TUBE PrimoChill PrimoFlex™ Advanced LRT™ 15,9 / 9,5mm - Crystal Clear RETAIL 3m ($28.00)

Other: EK-Ekoolant Pastel BLUE (concentrate 250mL) ($22.00)

Other: EK-XTOP Revo D5 PWM - Plexi (incl. pump) ($120.00)

Other: EK-UNI Pump Bracket (120mm FAN) ($8.00)

Total: $2108.21

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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The ram. Go for Corsair or Kingston. more reliable, imo

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The ram. Go for Corsair or Kingston. more reliable, imo

G.SKILL is one of the top ram manufactures xD

 

 

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The ram. Go for Corsair or Kingston. more reliable, imo

G.Skill are perfectly fine. Also Ram is Ram. 

 

 

 

 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($96.75 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 4GB STRIX Video Card  ($474.99 @ NCIX US) 
Case Fan: Corsair SP120 57.2 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($12.89 @ OutletPC) 
Case Fan: Corsair SP120 57.2 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($12.89 @ OutletPC) 
Case Fan: Corsair SP120 57.2 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($12.89 @ OutletPC) 
Other: EK-Supremacy EVO - Nickel ($78.00)
Other: EK-FC980 GTX Strix - Nickel ($129.00)
Other: EK-RES X3 150 ($55.00)
Other: EK-CoolStream SE 360 (Slim Triple) ($60.00)
Other: EK-ACF Fitting 10/16mm - White (3/8, 5/8) ($80.00)
Other: TUBE PrimoChill PrimoFlex™ Advanced LRT™ 15,9 / 9,5mm - Crystal Clear RETAIL 3m ($28.00)
Other: EK-Ekoolant Pastel BLUE (concentrate 250mL) ($22.00)
Other: EK-XTOP Revo D5 PWM - Plexi (incl. pump) ($120.00)
Other: EK-UNI Pump Bracket (120mm FAN) ($8.00)
Total: $2108.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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What would you change?

 

What are you going to do with this system?

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | CPU Cooler: Stock AMD Cooler | Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING (WI-FI) | RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (4x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 CL16 | GPU: Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB Zotac Mini | Case: K280 Case | PSU: Cooler Master B600 Power supply | SSD: 1TB  | HDDs: 1x 250GB & 1x 1TB WD Blue | Monitor: 24" Acer S240HLBID | OS: Win 11 Pro.

 

Home Lab:  Lenovo ThinkCenter M82 Hyper-V Server 2022 | Dell OptiPlex 9020 Hyper-V Server 2022 | TP-LINK TL-SG108E | Cisco Catalyst C2960CG 8 Port Switch | HP MicroServer G8 SCCM Server | 2x Dell PowerEdge R630 Hyper-V Server 2022

 

 

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Go for some Cougar Vortex or Noctua Industrial fans. Corsair fans in my opinion are not the great.

Also, The Asus Strix cooler gets LOUD AS A FREAKING JET ENGINE under load. I suggest looking into EVGA ACX2.p, Gigabyte G1 or MSI TWIN forzr. Even though you are watercooling it, if you ever decide you wanna use the air cooler it is LOUD.

 

 

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OC like crazy game and edit videos :P

For $24 More. Go for X99

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($378.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock X99 Extreme4 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($184.98 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($96.75 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 4GB STRIX Video Card  ($474.99 @ NCIX US) 
Case Fan: Corsair SP120 57.2 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($12.89 @ OutletPC) 
Case Fan: Corsair SP120 57.2 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($12.89 @ OutletPC) 
Case Fan: Corsair SP120 57.2 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($12.89 @ OutletPC) 
Other: EK-Supremacy EVO - Nickel ($78.00)
Other: EK-FC980 GTX Strix - Nickel ($129.00)
Other: EK-RES X3 150 ($55.00)
Other: EK-CoolStream SE 360 (Slim Triple) ($60.00)
Other: EK-ACF Fitting 10/16mm - White (3/8, 5/8) ($80.00)
Other: TUBE PrimoChill PrimoFlex™ Advanced LRT™ 15,9 / 9,5mm - Crystal Clear RETAIL 3m ($28.00)
Other: EK-Ekoolant Pastel BLUE (concentrate 250mL) ($22.00)
Other: EK-XTOP Revo D5 PWM - Plexi (incl. pump) ($120.00)
Other: EK-UNI Pump Bracket (120mm FAN) ($8.00)
Total: $2133.24
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-25 09:55 EDT-0400

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For $24 More. Go for X99

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($378.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock X99 Extreme4 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($184.98 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($96.75 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 4GB STRIX Video Card  ($474.99 @ NCIX US) 
Case Fan: Corsair SP120 57.2 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($12.89 @ OutletPC) 
Case Fan: Corsair SP120 57.2 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($12.89 @ OutletPC) 
Case Fan: Corsair SP120 57.2 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($12.89 @ OutletPC) 
Other: EK-Supremacy EVO - Nickel ($78.00)
Other: EK-FC980 GTX Strix - Nickel ($129.00)
Other: EK-RES X3 150 ($55.00)
Other: EK-CoolStream SE 360 (Slim Triple) ($60.00)
Other: EK-ACF Fitting 10/16mm - White (3/8, 5/8) ($80.00)
Other: TUBE PrimoChill PrimoFlex™ Advanced LRT™ 15,9 / 9,5mm - Crystal Clear RETAIL 3m ($28.00)
Other: EK-Ekoolant Pastel BLUE (concentrate 250mL) ($22.00)
Other: EK-XTOP Revo D5 PWM - Plexi (incl. pump) ($120.00)
Other: EK-UNI Pump Bracket (120mm FAN) ($8.00)
Total: $2133.24
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Id have to change the blocks around for the water cooling and i wanna stick with the white/blue theme. Like the ASUS deluxe but $$$ :P

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Your build seems decent and the only suggest from me is to avoid EK Coolants like the plague.  They have a nasty tendency to separate and gunk up your loop.  Mayhems Pastel coolants are far better.

Go for some Cougar Vortex or Noctua Industrial fans. Corsair fans in my opinion are not the great.

Also, The Asus Strix cooler gets LOUD AS A FREAKING JET ENGINE under load. I suggest looking into EVGA ACX2.p, Gigabyte G1 or MSI TWIN forzr. Even though you are watercooling it, if you ever decide you wanna use the air cooler it is LOUD.

He's putting it on water so that's a completely non-issue.  Also, if you think the EVGA ACX2 fans are quieter, than you've never experienced one yourself because I've had two 970s and both were unbearably loud above 50% fan speed.

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Id have to change the blocks around for the water cooling and i wanna stick with the white/blue theme. Like the ASUS deluxe but $$$ :P

Then change the CPU to the i7 6700K

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | CPU Cooler: Stock AMD Cooler | Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING (WI-FI) | RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (4x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 CL16 | GPU: Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB Zotac Mini | Case: K280 Case | PSU: Cooler Master B600 Power supply | SSD: 1TB  | HDDs: 1x 250GB & 1x 1TB WD Blue | Monitor: 24" Acer S240HLBID | OS: Win 11 Pro.

 

Home Lab:  Lenovo ThinkCenter M82 Hyper-V Server 2022 | Dell OptiPlex 9020 Hyper-V Server 2022 | TP-LINK TL-SG108E | Cisco Catalyst C2960CG 8 Port Switch | HP MicroServer G8 SCCM Server | 2x Dell PowerEdge R630 Hyper-V Server 2022

 

 

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Your build seems decent and the only suggest from me is to avoid EK Coolants like the plague.  They have a nasty tendency to separate and gunk up your loop.  Mayhems Pastel coolants are far better.

He's putting it on water so that's a completely non-issue.  Also, if you think the EVGA ACX2 fans are quieter, than you've never experienced one yourself because I've had two 970s and both were unbearably loud above 50% fan speed.

The Strix... I could almost go agaisnt Asus for false advertising, 0DBA Gaming xD...

 

 

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i'm gonna touch RAM again: get a 2x8 kit.

 

as for the gpu: i'd suggest getting a reference card, or a card intended for watercooling if you're gonna put a block on it.

 

EDIT: should add that off the top of my head, EVGA is the best brand for watercooling RMA-wise.

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Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($96.75 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 4GB STRIX Video Card  ($474.99 @ NCIX US) 
Case Fan: Corsair SP120 57.2 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($12.89 @ OutletPC) 
Case Fan: Corsair SP120 57.2 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($12.89 @ OutletPC) 
Case Fan: Corsair SP120 57.2 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($12.89 @ OutletPC) 
Other: EK-Supremacy EVO - Nickel ($78.00)
Other: EK-FC980 GTX Strix - Nickel ($129.00)
Other: EK-RES X3 150 ($55.00)
Other: EK-CoolStream SE 360 (Slim Triple) ($60.00)
Other: EK-ACF Fitting 10/16mm - White (3/8, 5/8) ($80.00)
Other: TUBE PrimoChill PrimoFlex™ Advanced LRT™ 15,9 / 9,5mm - Crystal Clear RETAIL 3m ($28.00)
Other: EK-Ekoolant Pastel BLUE (concentrate 250mL) ($22.00)
Other: EK-XTOP Revo D5 PWM - Plexi (incl. pump) ($120.00)
Other: EK-UNI Pump Bracket (120mm FAN) ($8.00)
Total: $2108.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Save a few bucks on the motherboard, or go for the Asus Z170 Deluxe for $10 more. 

 

i'm gonna touch RAM again: get a 2x8 kit.

 

as for the gpu: i'd suggest getting a reference card, or a card intended for watercooling if you're gonna put a block on it.

 

EDIT: should add that off the top of my head, EVGA is the best brand for watercooling RMA-wise.

 

And what ^ he said. You can populate the other dimms later as part of an upgrade.

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