Can anything be better?

[Silverfields]

Can anything within this build be better than it already is? My budget is 3k. I'll be Gaming/Recording/streaming/rendering/editing/browsing on this build, so yeah.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/C9QHHx

Not sure if you can see it or not, but the graphics card is the MSI 980Ti Lightning edition.

If you have any suggestions, feel free to tell me.

That's about it. Thanks in advance for all of the advice!

[Kirky2k15]

samsung 950 pro ssd

[Silverfields]

samsung 950 pro ssd

What capacity/how many?

[Kirky2k15]

What capacity/how many?

Personally, I've got a 256GB version of its predecessor the SM951 but if you want balls to the wall performance go for a 512gb version

[Killervolt]

You could get away with a cheaper motherboard and spend more on storage. I'd recommend a mechanical drive or two in addition to the SSD as they are always useful.

[iamdarkbowser]

Water-cooling would be nice.

[Silverfields]

Personally, I've got a 256GB version of its predecessor the SM951 but if you want balls to the wall performance go for a 512gb version

Those are m.2 SSDs right? Are they that much better over a normal SSD?

[Kirky2k15]

Those are m.2 SSDs right? Are they that much better over a normal SSD?

YES, a big fat YES!!!

[Silverfields]

You could get away with a cheaper motherboard and spend more on storage. I'd recommend a mechanical drive or two in addition to the SSD as they are always useful.

Yeah, I figured as much. I'll look into that : P

[Silverfields]

YES, a big fat YES!!!

Your response made me chuckle a fair bit.

I'll look into it. Thanks for the advice!

[Pankaic]

You don't need that many case fans, btw. Seeing how you chose a define r5, you'll really only need 3 fans, otherwise you'll have to take the top off and lose a lot of the silence.

Edit: also, LTT proved that there's hardly any benefit from having many more than 2 case fans in a mid tower case.

[Silverfields]

You don't need that many case fans, btw. Seeing how you chose a define r5, you'll really only need 3 fans, otherwise you'll have to take the top off and lose a lot of the silence.

.-. For some reason I thought the r5 had three 120mm slots in front. Woops

[Pankaic]

.-. For some reason I thought the r5 had three 120mm slots in front. Woops

Haha, the case case itself comes with two pretty reasonable fans, so you'll really only need one more 140mm fan.

[OddsCrazyStuff]

For the price of the 1TB Samsung 850 SSD, so can you get this instead:

Samsung 950 M.2 256GB, for OS and programs: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/samsung-internal-hard-drive-mzv5p256bw

WD Black 1TB, for games and such: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd1003fzex

WD Green 3TB, for mass storage: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd30ezrx

[Silverfields]

Haha, the case case itself comes with two pretty reasonable fans, so you'll really only need one more 140mm fan.

Yeah, whenever I have to open this computer, I want the case fans to match

Vain, I know.

 

For the price of the 1TB Samsung 850 SSD, so can you get this instead:

Samsung 950 M.2 256GB, for OS and programs: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/samsung-internal-hard-drive-mzv5p256bw

WD Black 1TB, for games and such: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd1003fzex

WD Green 3TB, for mass storage: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd30ezrx

I was just doing something quite similar

Is the WD Black fast enough? I want to make load screens for the MMORPG's I play take next to no time at all.

This is coming from someone on a Mac with a 500 gigabyte hard drive as its only storage

 

 

[OddsCrazyStuff]

I was just doing something quite similar

Is the WD Black fast enough? I want to make load screens for the MMORPG's I play take next to no time at all.

This is coming from someone on a Mac with a 500 gigabyte hard drive as its only storage

WD Black is fast enough, but if you need the speed so should there be room left on the m.2 for some stuff.

[Silverfields]

WD Black is fast enough, but if you need the speed so should there be room left on the m.2 for some stuff.

Thanks for the advice!

[Pankaic]

This is the stock fan: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00VYEI1KC/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1446681284&sr=8-1π=SX200_QL40&keywords=Fractal+gp14&dpPl=1&dpID=31BKAuIAi4L&ref=plSrch

[DocSwag]

Probably useless for you... But you could consider higher frequency ram(2800mhz for example). 20 bucks more and you could get 2x8gb Ripjaws V series 2800 MHz ram. Looks awesome!

[brob]

X99 supports quad channel memory operation so a quad channel memory kit is optimal.

 

M.2 4-lane PCIe 3.0 ssd offer up to 32Gb/sec as opposed to the 6 Gb/sec of a SATA III ssd.

 

The fans are not needed. Given the configuration the stock fans should offer enough cooling. If one really, really wanted more fans, another front fan would be all I would suggest. Adding any others would reduce sound dampening.

 

Personally I would look at a single monitor. But that's just me.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($379.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  ($59.90 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH X99 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($309.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Value 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($94.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 950 PRO 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($347.99 @ Adorama)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card  ($706.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($121.11 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  ($89.88 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Asus PG279Q ROG Swift 165Hz 27.0" Monitor  ($700.00)
Total: $2970.81
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