New PC For Gaming

[ReallyDeep]

Hi everyone,

 

Just put this together. I set the PC budget at $2000 after all discounts/cash back/rebates. Any feedback on what I could have purchased for better value/performance would be appreciated:

 

Case: Corsair Obsidian 750D High Flow

Motherboard: ASUS ROG MAXIMUS VIII HERO

CPU: Core i7 - 6700K Skylake

Storage: Intel 750 400GB PCI-e SSD

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 240 GB SSD

RAM: G.Skill TridentZ Series DDR4 3200 16GB RAM

Video Card: Asus GTX 980 TI OC Strix

Power Supply: Corsair AX760

Water Cooler: Corsair H110i GTX

Extra: Asus 24X DVD Drive

 

Upgrade from:

i7 950 3.07 Ghz

Asus X58 Sabertooth

HD Radeon 5870 x 2 in Crossfire

12GB DDR2 1600 Corsair Dominator RAM

1TB WD Black x 2 in RAID 0

[Bazilias]

 

Hi everyone,

 

Just put this together. I set the PC budget at $2000 after all discounts/cash back/rebates. Any feedback on what I could have purchased for better value/performance would be appreciated:

 

Case: Corsair Obsidian 750D High Flow

Motherboard: ASUS ROG MAXIMUS VIII HERO

CPU: Core i7 - 6700K Skylake

Storage: Intel 750 400GB PCI-e SSD

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 240 GB SSD

RAM: G.Skill TridentZ Series DDR4 3200 16GB RAM

Video Card: Asus GTX 980 TI OC Strix

Power Supply: Corsair AX760

Water Cooler: Corsair H110i GTX

Extra: Asus 24X DVD Drive

 

Upgrade from:

i7 950 3.07 Ghz

Asus X58 Sabertooth

HD Radeon 5870 x 2 in Crossfire

12GB DDR2 1600 Corsair Dominator RAM

1TB WD Black x 2 in RAID 0

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($372.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($119.99 @ B&H) 

Motherboard: MSI X99A SLI PLUS ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($199.99 @ Amazon) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($119.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Samsung 950 PRO 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($325.99 @ NCIX US) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($67.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card  ($649.99 @ Amazon) 

Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 

Total: $2016.91

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-02 06:50 EST-0500

[ibuildpcswsocks]

 

Hi everyone,

 

Just put this together. I set the PC budget at $2000 after all discounts/cash back/rebates. Any feedback on what I could have purchased for better value/performance would be appreciated:

 

Case: Corsair Obsidian 750D High Flow

Motherboard: ASUS ROG MAXIMUS VIII HERO

CPU: Core i7 - 6700K Skylake

Storage: Intel 750 400GB PCI-e SSD

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 240 GB SSD

RAM: G.Skill TridentZ Series DDR4 3200 16GB RAM

Video Card: Asus GTX 980 TI OC Strix

Power Supply: Corsair AX760

Water Cooler: Corsair H110i GTX

Extra: Asus 24X DVD Drive

 

Upgrade from:

i7 950 3.07 Ghz

Asus X58 Sabertooth

HD Radeon 5870 x 2 in Crossfire

12GB DDR2 1600 Corsair Dominator RAM

1TB WD Black x 2 in RAID 0

 

Really good man! I would only change the HDD to a 1 or 2TB but 1 will be good enough. Make sure to always check combo deals because you will never know. Now the CPU  I would change to a i5 because i7 isn't needed unless you are using after effects or heavy video editing. 

[ReallyDeep]

Really good man! I would only change the HDD to a 1 or 2TB but 1 will be good enough. Make sure to always check combo deals because you will never know. Now the CPU I would change to a i5 because i7 isn't needed unless you are using after effects or heavy video editing.

Thanks. Good point about the i5 vs i7. I figured the SSD for storage would have been easier to upgrade later on rather than going with the lower processor. I've overclocked before with the i7 950, I presume it's the same for sky lake in terms of ease?

[ibuildpcswsocks]

Thanks. Good point about the i5 vs i7. I figured the SSD for storage would have been easier to upgrade later on rather than going with the lower processor. I've overclocked before with the i7 950, I presume it's the same for sky lake in terms of ease?

Yeah man if you're tight on budget, I would go with the SSD. But if you spend on a i5, you will have a better chance of getting a 1TB HDD. Good luck on the upgrade man!

[Demm]

 

 

Case: Corsair Obsidian 750D High Flow

Motherboard: ASUS ROG MAXIMUS VIII HERO

CPU: Core i7 - 6700K Skylake

Storage: Intel 750 400GB PCI-e SSD

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 240 GB SSD

RAM: G.Skill TridentZ Series DDR4 3200 16GB RAM

Video Card: Asus GTX 980 TI OC Strix

Power Supply: Corsair AX760

Water Cooler: Corsair H110i GTX

Extra: Asus 24X DVD Drive

 

 

That's a very good build if you ask me. No need for the 5820k - I don't like that it has low clock speed. Mainly the difference between both is in converting and multi-core programs. Gaming-wise I think the 6700k will be better because Skylake gets use of higher RAM speeds. BTW I would remove the 3200 RAM and get 2666. When you overclock, you wont reach that good CPU speed when using that high ram speed.

 

[ReallyDeep]

That's a very good build if you ask me. No need for the 5820k - I don't like that it has low clock speed. Mainly the difference between both is in converting and multi-core programs. Gaming-wise I think the 6700k will be better because Skylake gets use of higher RAM speeds. BTW I would remove the 3200 RAM and get 2666. When you overclock, you wont reach that good CPU speed when using that high ram speed.

That was the speed of the RAM as advertised. I haven't touched the OC on the memory yet, so with that particular ram is it saying it will achieve 3200 speed with an OC or stock out of the box? Thanks for all the help

[Demm]

That was the speed of the RAM as advertised. I haven't touched the OC on the memory yet, so with that particular ram is it saying it will achieve 3200 speed with an OC or stock out of the box? Thanks for all the help

It's 3200 MHz out of the box. All ram manufacturers sell different speeds out of the box. That RAM can reach 4000Mhz though, but I don't really see the point, since CPU clock is better.