Gaming/Productivity PC

[DrJ7788]

Hi, I have zero experience in building a PC and am looking for some advice.

I'm starting university next year and will be studying electrical engineering and computer science so would love for my computer to be able to handle next gen games, engineering programs as well as programming tasks.

I plan on using an ultrawide 21:9 1440p monitor, something like the dell ultrawide 34" U3415W, love the idea of a 3 monitor setup without having bezels or cables to deal with.

I'm willing to spend around $4000 - $5000 AUD on the PC but not sure if that's overkill.

This is what I've come up with so far:

Case: NZXT H440 black and blue

CPU: i7 5930k 6-core

Motherboard: Intel X99 usb 3.0

Power supply: Corsair 1000W

Hard drive: 3TB 7200RPM

SSD: 256gb Samsung pro edition

Graphics card: GTX 980 Ti 6gb

CPU cooler: Corsair Hydro H100i GTX Liquid Cooler

Thanks in advance!

[Aytex]

Im gussing you're going to use the Vram on the gpu as Ram?

 

jk, you need ram

 

If your not rendering/editing and shit like that a 4690k or a 6600k is fine for gaming needs

[Stardar1]

hi, welcome to the forum, you may find http://au.pcpartpicker.com/ to be very helpful

[Stardar1]

PCPartPicker part list: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/vFXbJx

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

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($558.00 @ Centre Com) 

CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($193.00 @ IJK) 

Motherboard: Asus X99-DELUXE ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($569.00 @ CPL Online) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($320.00 @ IJK) 

Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($349.00 @ CPL Online) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($69.00 @ Centre Com) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($1099.00 @ CPL Online) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($1099.00 @ CPL Online) 

Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($109.00 @ CPL Online) 

Power Supply: Antec 1300W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($399.00 @ PCCaseGear) 

Total: $4764.00

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-25 06:02 AEDT+1100

[DrJ7788]

Thanks for the amazingly fast replies, yeah ram would be important haha, I'll probably go with 32gb Gskill RipJaws DDR4

[Stardar1]

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/vFXbJx

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

 

 

did you want the monitor in the list? or do you already have it?

[DrJ7788]

Wow, looks good but I'll probably stick with one gpu and upgrade in the future if needed, no I still need to buy the monitor

[Stardar1]

Wow, looks good but I'll probably stick with one gpu and upgrade in the future if needed, no I still need to buy the monitor

ok, and you wanted one ultrawide or multiple normal?

[Stardar1]

PCPartPicker part list: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/t44dkL

Price breakdown by merchant: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/t44dkL/by_merchant/

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($558.00 @ Centre Com) 

CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($193.00 @ IJK) 

Motherboard: Asus X99-DELUXE ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($569.00 @ CPL Online) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($320.00 @ IJK) 

Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($349.00 @ CPL Online) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($69.00 @ Centre Com) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($69.00 @ Centre Com) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($69.00 @ Centre Com) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card  ($1099.00 @ CPL Online) 

Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($109.00 @ CPL Online) 

Power Supply: Antec 1300W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($399.00 @ PCCaseGear) 

Monitor: Asus VX24AH 60Hz 24.0" Monitor  ($399.00 @ CPL Online) 

Monitor: Asus VX24AH 60Hz 24.0" Monitor  ($399.00 @ CPL Online) 

Monitor: Asus VX24AH 60Hz 24.0" Monitor  ($399.00 @ CPL Online) 

Total: $5000.00

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-25 06:10 AEDT+1100

 

3 1440p monitors, and 5000 on the dot. (i am as surprised as you)

[DrJ7788]

One ultrawide would be ideal, it's expensive but productivity wise, looks amazing

[DrJ7788]

PCPartPicker part list: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/t44dkL

Price breakdown by merchant: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/t44dkL/by_merchant/

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($558.00 @ Centre Com) 

CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($193.00 @ IJK) 

Motherboard: Asus X99-DELUXE ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($569.00 @ CPL Online) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($320.00 @ IJK) 

Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($349.00 @ CPL Online) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($69.00 @ Centre Com) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($69.00 @ Centre Com) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($69.00 @ Centre Com) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card  ($1099.00 @ CPL Online) 

Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($109.00 @ CPL Online) 

Power Supply: Antec 1300W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($399.00 @ PCCaseGear) 

Monitor: Asus VX24AH 60Hz 24.0" Monitor  ($399.00 @ CPL Online) 

Monitor: Asus VX24AH 60Hz 24.0" Monitor  ($399.00 @ CPL Online) 

Monitor: Asus VX24AH 60Hz 24.0" Monitor  ($399.00 @ CPL Online) 

Total: $5000.00

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-25 06:10 AEDT+1100

 

3 1440p monitors, and 5000 on the dot. (i am as surprised as you)

Don't know how you're doing this so fast but you definitely need a medal

[Stardar1]

One ultrawide would be ideal, it's expensive but productivity wise, looks amazing

ok

 

http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/t44dkL

^3 1440p monitors

 

http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/RPK3xr

^dual 4k monitors

 

http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/z3Hz3C

^1 ultrawide

[Stardar1]

Don't know how you're doing this so fast but you definitely need a medal

you could say i have experience

[DrJ7788]

You seem to like the corsair 300R case, any reason in particular or would NZXT be fine? I'm looking for a good looking, quiet case

[Stardar1]

You seem to like the corsair 300R case, any reason in particular or would NZXT be fine? I'm looking for a good looking, quiet case

i picked that case because it fit the budget, any case you like the look of would do fine, is there a specific one you like?

[DrJ7788]

I like the noise dampening in the corsair obsidian 550d but really like the look of the NZXT H440 plus it also has noise dampening material

[Stardar1]

H440 is slightly overbudget, so i dropped one of the HDDs (still has 2)

http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/X84dkL

with the ultrawide screen

[DrJ7788]

Thank you so much for your help, I'll post if I run into any issues

[Stardar1]

Thank you so much for your help, I'll post if I run into any issues

ok, no problem

[DrJ7788]

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