THE ULTIMATE BUILD (lol)

[TechN00b]

How does it look? I am debating between the corsair vengeance 16 GB DDR4 ram @3000(The one that I have on the list) or the Crucial Ballistix Elite 16GB Kit (8GBx2) DDR4 2666(it is currently on sale on amazon). I may also want to add another ssd and dual boot with Mac OS when its is compatible with skylake(of course taking the risk that the parts may not be compatible when it comes out). Oh.. and I want a machine thats pretty good at doing mostly everything (Ex. school work, maybe some editing, maybe some games, and just the normal browsing(sometimes with a lot of open tabs))

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/MHHYFT

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/MHHYFT/by_merchant/

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($364.99 @ B&H) 

CPU Cooler: Corsair H110i GT 113.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($119.99 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($214.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($124.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($131.98 @ OutletPC) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.95 @ SuperBiiz) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($319.99 @ Amazon) 

Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case  ($119.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: Corsair 760W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($149.99 @ Newegg) 

Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  ($16.45 @ OutletPC) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home Full - USB (32/64-bit)  ($115.49 @ Adorama) 

Total: $1726.80

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-30 16:54 EDT-0400

[TheRandomness]

iirc X99 is better than Skylake at the current price point. Also, a 390 would perform marginally better than a 970 for less cost.

[Senzelian]

You spend quite a lot of money into storage, motherboard, PSU and OS, while you wouldn't actually need to do that to achieve almost the same performance.
Instead you could invest in a better graphics card.

Especially the OS is werid, because you can get Win 7/8 keys for $25 on eBay, which you can then upgrade to Windows 10.

[TechN00b]

You spend quite a lot of money into storage, motherboard, PSU and OS, while you wouldn't actually need to do that to achieve almost the same performance.

Instead you could invest in a better graphics card.

Especially the OS is werid, because you can get Win 7/8 keys for $25 on eBay, which you can then upgrade to Windows 10.

I believe that versions such as that are stuck with the mobo and CPU. So for example if I was to replace those parts in the future, I would have to buy a new OS again.

[TechN00b]

iirc X99 is better than Skylake at the current price point. Also, a 390 would perform marginally better than a 970 for less cost.

Interesting, i'll check out the x99 but I am looking for things that are new gen (Just me lol). I will also check out the 390 but I believe I might have a problem with mac compatibility with that in the future when I try installing mac os.

[Senzelian]

I believe that versions such as that are stuck with the mobo and CPU. So for example if I was to replace those parts in the future, I would have to buy a new OS again.

I installed my Win8 key on two different PCs with two different accounts. Worked fine.

[TechN00b]

I installed my Win8 key on two different PCs with two different accounts. Worked fine.

Oh awesome, I'll have to look into it then. Could save a boat load with that! Thanks!

[TechN00b]

Anybody have anything to say about the ram? 

[Senzelian]

Oh awesome, I'll have to look into it then. Could save a boat load with that! Thanks!

You're welcome.

Just a quick note tho: I use an OEM version of Windows 8. I don't know if that matters, but just so you know.

Also try to find some more information on this. I'm not 100% sure if it works.

[TechN00b]

You're welcome.

Just a quick note tho: I use an OEM version of Windows 8. I don't know if that matters, but just so you know.

Also try to find some more information on this. I'm not 100% sure if it works.

Sure will, thanks!

[jimakos234]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($374.95 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($118.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus X99-A ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($234.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($87.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 390X 8GB Video Card  ($423.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case  ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($84.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  ($16.45 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home Full - USB (32/64-bit)  ($115.49 @ Adorama)
Total: $1735.66
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-30 18:01 EDT-0400