New Gaming PC

[feschli]

Hey Folks

 

I'm planning on building a new PC, but I've got some question concerning compatibilities and so on.

First of all, everything about this build should be opted towards silence and my budget is about 2500 euros.

 

I've thought about the following config:

http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/6YGKt6

 

1. Video Card

I purposely went for NVidia because the GTX 980 turns off it's fans in idle (theres currently no AMD-Card with this feature?) . Question: Do I need the 980 or would the 970 be sufficient for gaming in 2K for the next 3 to 4 years?

 

2. System Disk

Which one would you recommend? The Intel 750 NVME-PCIe or the Samsung 951 AHCI M.2 (NVME is not yet available here  )?

The Crucial should be for my games and the WD Red for movies and music.

 

3. Mainboard

ASUS Z170-A vs Asrock Z170 Extreme4? Are they both compatible with the M.2-drive?

 

4. RAM

Is it worth it going for de DDR4-3000 instead of DDR4-2400-Sticks?

 

5. PSU

Is 500W enough? I'll probably never upgrade to SLI/CFX.

 

6. Fans

I want to replace the stock case fans with 3 Noctua NF-A14 (2 in the front and one in the back)

 

7. Are there any no-gos in my list?

 

 

Thanks for your advice! 

 

Greetings from Switzerland :lol:

feschli

[Yeater]

i will chat with you in german

[Alurit]

the 650w EVGA g1 80+ gold is the same price, but the be quite 500w 80+ gold should be enough, I don't see this system using more than 400w, but I personally go with a better gpu with a budget like this

[Streetguru]

Hey Folks

There's plenty of AMD options with a 0db mode, MSI has that as a marketing gimmick

 

and depending on what you want in the future going with an AMD card is going to save you some cash on a free-sync display compared to a G-sync display.

Plus nvidia's DX12 support has come into question lately, at least in recent benchmarks for fable legends a 390x has beaten out a 980, probably before any overclocking came into question.

Otherwise, do you really need an NVME SSD? because like, unless you really need it, it's probably not worth getting.

And RAM speed doesn't matter for much of anything, so just grab the cheapest kits

You'll probably want to bump up to a 750W PSU so it's less stressed under load

Noctua fans generally aren't really worth it, depends on the pricing in your country

[Yeater]

the 650w EVGA g1 80+ gold is the same price, but the be quite 500w 80+ gold should be enough, I don't see this system using more than 400w, but I personally go with a better gpu with a budget like this

he is from switzerland like me bequiet stuff is way cheaper here and evga stuff is pretty expensive most of the time 

[Yeater]

There's plenty of AMD options with a 0db mode, MSI has that as a marketing gimmick

 

and depending on what you want in the future going with an AMD card is going to save you some cash on a free-sync display compared to a G-sync display.

Plus nvidia's DX12 support has come into question lately, at least in recent benchmarks for fable legends a 390x has beaten out a 980, probably before any overclocking came into question.

Otherwise, do you really need an NVME SSD? because like, unless you really need it, it's probably not worth getting.

And RAM speed doesn't matter for much of anything, so just grab the cheapest kits

You'll probably want to bump up to a 750W PSU so it's less stressed under load

Noctua fans generally aren't really worth it, depends on the pricing in your country

noctua fans arent to bad priced in switzerland because they come from austria and swiss peps got money

[feschli]

@Streetguru

So in terms of noise, the 980 and the 390x are about the same at idle. How does it look like when under load? Which one is better in oc'ing? I guess there would be some room for saving some bucks...

 

Well, to be honest, I don't NEED the NVME as least of us probably do. it's more about having it and I'm keen on learning new stuff like installing such a drive (and then hating myself because there are unexpected bugs or so :rolleyes:) 

The additional 1tb-ssd I added because atm, my wd black is kind of the loudest part of my system at idle.

 

@Alurit

So you basically say that I should go for the cheapest amongst beQuiet, EVGA and maybe Corsair as long as it's gold certified?

[Streetguru]

@Streetguru

Mount your hard drive with rubber bands

Otherwise

Noise is around 40db for both cards

 

It just depends on weather or not you want to bet on DX12, and if you plan to get a free-sync display down the road you'd save some money there as well. DX12 looks promising for AMD, as well as vulkan down the line since it uses parts of mantle as well

plus the 390x is just cheaper overall

A fury card is always an option as well, it should gain a fair amount more performance as the drivers mature, right now Fury cards aren't getting too much from DX12 compared to a 390x, but at least in that video the 980 only keeps up with the fury card if it's running at 1500mhz

[feschli]

Edit: One last question, how would the Silent Wings 2 perform compared to the NF-A14 in terms of silence?

[Yeater]

Edit: One last question, how would the Silent Wings 2 perform compared to the NF-A14 in terms of silence?

both will be very silent but the noctua ones probably will perform better

in terms of specs the silentwings are more silent

[The_Laginator]

If you want silence you could go for a Corsair RM PSU. I have one myself and it is never the loudest thing in my system.

[Yeater]

Mount your hard drive with rubber bands

Otherwise

Noise is around 40db for both cards

 

It just depends on weather or not you want to bet on DX12, and if you plan to get a free-sync display down the road you'd save some money there as well. DX12 looks promising for AMD, as well as vulkan down the line since it uses parts of mantle as well

plus the 390x is just cheaper overall

A fury card is always an option as well, it should gain a fair amount more performance as the drivers mature, right now Fury cards aren't getting too much from DX12 compared to a 390x, but at least in that video the 980 only keeps up with the fury card if it's running at 1500mhz

the price to performance is still better on the 980 because you can get it for 500 and the fury costs about 60 more

[feschli]

Around here, the 980 tends to be more expensive than the Fury and the Fury beats the 980 in most benchmarks at 4k, so I'll probably go for this one. The Sapphire Tri-X sounds quite awesome and is a real beast

[jimakos234]

x99-980 ti would be better, but you would sacrifice the nvme.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  (€376.00 @ Mindfactory)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler  (€91.95 @ Mindfactory)
Motherboard: Asus X99-A ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  (€229.81 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (€127.52 @ Mindfactory)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€345.70 @ Mindfactory)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€221.53 @ Mindfactory)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card  (€687.93 @ Mindfactory)
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (€111.40 @ Mindfactory)
Power Supply: Super Flower Leadex Gold 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (€124.90 @ Caseking)
Optical Drive: Pioneer BDC-207DBK Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer  (€51.93 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 PWM 82.5 CFM 140mm  Fan  (€21.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €2390.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-04 16:36 CEST+0200

[feschli]

Thank you all for your help. I know everything I needed to know.

 

This thread may be closed (oder however this things are handles on LTT, let it sink into the depths of the forum and eventually forget it maybe? :lol:)

[Rian]

Almost all the major brands for gpu have the "fanless at idle" thing going on, even my 960 have it. 

 

Only problem here is the GPU, 2k for the next 2 - 3 years? I would recommend the 390x, it's cheaper and have 4gb more of vram.

 

Games are going to use more vram in the future, 4gb at 2k might not be enough for high fps game play. 

 

Since you have a white build, this would suit you http://galaxstore.net/GALAX-NVIDIA-Geforce-GTX-980-TI-HOF-6GB-FREE-GAMER-L-240GB-SSD-BUNDLE_p_41.html 

 

Skip the NVME for now.