Game development build

[Bladeseer]

Hello guys and sorry in advance if I post this in the wrong forum . This September I'm going to college in England ( I'm from Romania ) and I'll be needing a new PC , one that can handle Unity3d , Unreal 4 , Blender , gaming ,recording and streaming for about 2100$ . I was wondering if going x99 is worth it or should I go with skylake ?16gb of Ram or 32 ? I already have a 960 4gb version should I buy another one or should I sell it and buy a 970/980ti ? Preferred OS is win7 . Thanks guys in advance

[Bazilias]

 Hello guys and sorry in advance if I post this in the wrong forum . This September I'm going to college in England ( I'm from Romania ) and I'll be needing a new PC , one that can handle Unity3d , Unreal 4 , Blender , gaming ,recording and streaming for about 2100$ . I was wondering if going x99 is worth it or should I go with skylake ?16gb of Ram or 32 ? I already have a 960 4gb version should I buy another one or should I sell it and buy a 970/980ti ? Preferred OS is win7 . Thanks guys in advance.                                                

I got a 850W so you can do an SLI configuration in the future. I would suggest you sell your GTX 960 and get the GTX 980ti.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($374.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($128.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: MSI X99A SLI PLUS ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($183.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($74.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($87.89 @ OutletPC) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($63.99 @ NCIX US) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card  ($638.99 @ NCIX US) 

Case: NZXT S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.98 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $1733.79

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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Cheap Windows: https://www.reddit.com/r/microsoftsoftwareswap/comments/41zwtt/h_windows_7_8_81_10_windows_server_office_visio/

[Guest HyppoCube]

 

I got a 850W so you can do an SLI configuration in the future. I would suggest you sell your GTX 960 and get the GTX 980ti.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($374.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($128.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: MSI X99A SLI PLUS ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($183.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($74.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($87.89 @ OutletPC) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($63.99 @ NCIX US) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card  ($638.99 @ NCIX US) 

Case: NZXT S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.98 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $1733.79

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-21 09:28 EST-0500

 

Cheap Windows: https://www.reddit.com/r/microsoftsoftwareswap/comments/41zwtt/h_windows_7_8_81_10_windows_server_office_visio/

 

it would be smart to go with faster ram or overclocking it.

 

other that that, looks good

[Bazilias]

it would be smart to go with faster ram or overclocking it.

 

other that that, looks good

You won't see any huge performance difference with higher RAM speed. But if you want it badly, you can always swap the RAM for faster ones.

[Starelementpoke]

 

I got a 850W so you can do an SLI configuration in the future. I would suggest you sell your GTX 960 and get the GTX 980ti.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($374.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($128.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: MSI X99A SLI PLUS ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($183.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($74.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($87.89 @ OutletPC) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($63.99 @ NCIX US) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card  ($638.99 @ NCIX US) 

Case: NZXT S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.98 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $1733.79

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-21 09:28 EST-0500

 

Cheap Windows: https://www.reddit.com/r/microsoftsoftwareswap/comments/41zwtt/h_windows_7_8_81_10_windows_server_office_visio/

 

Yeah, this. Go with this.

[Guest HyppoCube]

You won't see any huge performance difference with higher RAM speed. But if you want it badly, you can always swap the RAM for faster ones.

CAS latency is 15, is horrible idk how much diff it makes, but its slower than ddr3 1886 for sure

[daniellearmouth]

 

I got a 850W so you can do an SLI configuration in the future. I would suggest you sell your GTX 960 and get the GTX 980ti.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($374.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($128.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: MSI X99A SLI PLUS ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($183.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($74.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($87.89 @ OutletPC) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($63.99 @ NCIX US) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card  ($638.99 @ NCIX US) 

Case: NZXT S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.98 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $1733.79

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-21 09:28 EST-0500

 

Cheap Windows: https://www.reddit.com/r/microsoftsoftwareswap/comments/41zwtt/h_windows_7_8_81_10_windows_server_office_visio/

 

 

Pretty much this.

 

CAS latency is 15, is horrible idk how much diff it makes, but its slower than ddr3 1886 for sure

 

In the context of game development, how fast your RAM is makes essentially zero difference or impact on workload or performance.

 

Take it from me - I'm a game dev.

[Guest HyppoCube]

Pretty much this.

 

 

In the context of game development, how fast your RAM is makes essentially zero difference or impact on workload or performance.

 

Take it from me - I'm a game dev.

not even for compiling?

 

i know gta runs faster with it.

[daniellearmouth]

not even for compiling?

 

i know gta runs faster with it.

 

Compiling is such a small process. Actually making the game isn't impacted by your RAM nearly as much as one would think.

[Bladeseer]

Ok great thanks for the information . I had a similar build in mind

[Guest HyppoCube]

Compiling is such a small process. Actually making the game isn't impacted by your RAM nearly as much as one would think.

are in indie dev group ? saw your blog, you study dx and shaders now.

 

i always wondered why indie devs have such great game titles and ideas, but then triple A games with big budgets cant make one thing right that a casual gamer could point out is broken/bad design and refuse to listen to public.