Questions and Concerns on a new Build

[Hatred]

I am looking to build a new PC.

 

I originally started looking at building a new Skylake i5 6600K build. After doing some looking around, it sounds like there are many early adopter woes.

 

Are these stories really a common thing, and if so should I just build a i5 4690k? Last minute thought, I could possibly do an X99 build as well.

 

Thanks for any responses.

[CJ Chua]

X99 FTW

[starwarsguy99]

I guess, it depends what your needs are, to justify the X99

[brob]

I am looking to build a new PC.

 

I originally started looking at building a new Skylake i5 6600K build. After doing some looking around, it sounds like there are many early adopter woes.

 

Are these stories really a common thing, and if so should I just build a i5 4690k? Last minute thought, I could possibly do an X99 build as well.

 

Thanks for any responses.

 

What "early adopter woes" are you talking about? Can you post some links? I have only seen reports of build issues common to most platforms.

[KillerOfPie]

What do you plan on using the rig for?

What is your budget?

Footprint?(does it need to fit in a small area or does it not matter)

Do you care about ssds?

Do you already have a rig?(if so what's in it, maybe upgrading is cheaper)

[Hatred]

What "early adopter woes" are you talking about? Can you post some links? I have only seen reports of build issues common to most platforms.

I didn't save any of the links, but some of the issues I have read about are.

Not recognizing USB's

Not recognizing Windows 10 after installation

Not recognizing SSD's

Issues with DDR4

 

 

 

 

What do you plan on using the rig for?

What is your budget?

Footprint?(does it need to fit in a small area or does it not matter)

Do you care about ssds?

Do you already have a rig?(if so what's in it, maybe upgrading is cheaper)

 

I'll be using it mostly for gaming, and then using it for podcasting as well.

My Budget is around $1,000 +/-

Footprint doesn't matter, but I would like to get into a case with smaller dimensions than my current monstrosity. (Going from Full to Mid Tower)

I current have 1 SSD, and looking at getting another.

My current rig is:

 

i5 3570k

Asrock Z77 Extreme 4

16gb Corsair Vengence DDR3 RAM (speed I don't remember offhand)

Intel 120gb SSD

1Tb WD Blue HHD

1Tb WD Blue external HHD

Evga 970 GTX FTW

Corsair Evo 212

No optical drives

 

Most everything from that build is being given to someone in need of a PC. I'll only be keeping the video card and drives from that system.

[brob]

I didn't save any of the links, but some of the issues I have read about are.

Not recognizing USB's

Not recognizing Windows 10 after installation

Not recognizing SSD's

Issues with DDR4

 

...

 

Without links it is tough to comment on the listed issues. I will say however, that similar issues are reported with Haswell builds. Well, other than memory. Haswell memory issues tend to involvce DDR3.

 

Problems intrinsic to a new platform generally show up as a large number of similar reports. One or two, here and there are more likely to be issues related to a particular build - incorrect installation, missing/bad drivers, a faulty part, bad psu, poor part handling, etc.

[KillerOfPie]

*Snip

Do you plan on overclocking it, or have no interest in the matter?

[Hatred]

Do you plan on overclocking it, or have no interest in the matter?

 

I overclock a bit, I don't get crazy trying to push the limits. I honestly haven't seen any need what so ever to overclock to the point of smoking your system. (I guess other than to say you did.)

[KillerOfPie]

So, with what you plan on using it for x99 is more likely then not, overkill. Both the 6600k and 4690k will serve you well and you can get them both with ddr3 and the 6600k with ddr4. As far as I see unless having ddr4 is necessary it'll probably be a little cheaper to go with the 4690k, without having much of a performance hit.

[Hatred]

So, with what you plan on using it for x99 is more likely then not, overkill. Both the 6600k and 4690k will serve you well and you can get them both with ddr3 and the 6600k with ddr4. As far as I see unless having ddr4 is necessary it'll probably be a little cheaper to go with the 4690k, without having much of a performance hit.

 

Ya I wasn't and haven't been really that interested in building an i7. For my needs it is just a useless cost increase.

 

Do you have any build item opinions for a system? or could you reccomend a build for both a 4690k and a 6600k?

[KillerOfPie]

I can get you one in a few hours, I'll be gone for a bit...

[KillerOfPie]

Had enough time finish the 4690k, it made sure it had as mush ram as you did in your old one, but you could double it if you wanted and I zeroed out all the parts(or a close one to it) that you said you were keeping, ill do the 6600k later

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($226.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($22.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Asus Z97-E/USB3.1 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($119.99 @ NCIX US) 
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 Low Profile Red 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($81.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Intel 535 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($0.00) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($0.00) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB FTW ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($0.00) 
Case: Corsair Air 540 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($128.25 @ Directron) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $635.10
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-26 20:09 EDT-0400

[Hatred]

cool sounds good

[KillerOfPie]

Had more time then I thought I would...onlything changed on this is the cpu and mobo...Ill go make one with ddr4 real quick so you can see the difference there...
 
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
 
CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($273.98 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($22.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Asus Z170M-E D3 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($119.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 Low Profile Red 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($81.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Intel 535 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($0.00) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($0.00) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB FTW ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($0.00) 
Case: Corsair Air 540 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($128.25 @ Directron) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $682.09
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-26 20:23 EDT-0400

[KillerOfPie]

this one has ddr4, if you have any questions ask and ill answer as soon as i can =) gotta run.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($273.98 @ Newegg) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($22.89 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: Asus Z170M-PLUS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($118.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Intel 535 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($0.00) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($0.00) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB FTW ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($0.00) 

Case: Corsair Air 540 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($128.25 @ Directron) 

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $699.09

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-26 20:31 EDT-0400

[Hatred]

Did you mean to use a Micro ATX board in both of those 6600k builds?

[KillerOfPie]

Ya and because I thought i did on the 4690k, I'll change it if you want

[Hatred]

Is there any specific reason you chose a mATX mobo?

[KillerOfPie]

No not entirely, an atx board will still fit in that case, however if you did want to use a smaller case you may need it to be an matx board.

[Hatred]

hmm how did you link your PCpartpicker into nice line items like that? I can't seem to get that w/o doing it indivually.

[KillerOfPie]

There's a little button next to the 0ermalink that has a bb on it, click that and copy what it selects.

[KillerOfPie]

hmm how did you link your PCpartpicker into nice line items like that? I can't seem to get that w/o doing it indivually.

Here

 

[Hatred]

yup I seen that, for some reason the site is error 503 for me since last night.

[Hatred]

Here is what I came up with for the 6600k

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($219.99 @ Micro Center)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Nepton 240M 76.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($109.99 @ Micro Center)
Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($149.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($101.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB FTW+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card  (Purchased For $0.00)
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 w/Window (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($98.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $815.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-27 09:19 EDT-0400

 

I have a micro center about 5 minutes away, that has a better deal on some parts.

 

Is that Corsair case the one you use? I have never even given that one consideration, but it looks descent.