how to improve within same price range

[milkme]

o.s- windows 8.1 

cpu- intel i7 6700k

heat sink- Hydro Series H100i GTX High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler

memory- Ripjaws 4 Series 32GB PC4-24000 Quad Channel DDR4 (8x 4gb)

hard drive- 850 Pro Series Solid State Drive, SATA III, 512GB

gpu- MSI gtx 970

motherboard- to be decided

power supply- SuperNOVA GQ series 650W gold modular power supply

case- graphite series 760t full tower case, white w/ window

[Clear17Mud]

Go with a i5 with air cooling and a r9 fury, or also get less memory and a 980ti

You also never told us what its for.

[Bhav]

I5 and 16 Gb is plenty, put the savings towards a stronger GPU.

[UnlimitedTMD]

if you`re only gaming, 8 GB will even be enough for now

change i7 for i5 and get a better GPU

[2001jaden]

A h100 i really isn't necessary unless you are doing serious overclocking on the machine

[Castdeath97]

I5

16GB of RAM

980Ti

That's if you are going to use it for gaming.

[Riddler356]

 

o.s- windows 8.1 

cpu- intel i7 6700k

heat sink- Hydro Series H100i GTX High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler

memory- Ripjaws 4 Series 32GB PC4-24000 Quad Channel DDR4 (8x 4gb)

hard drive- 850 Pro Series Solid State Drive, SATA III, 512GB

gpu- MSI gtx 970

motherboard- to be decided

power supply- SuperNOVA GQ series 650W gold modular power supply

case- graphite series 760t full tower case, white w/ window

 

for gaming i5-6400, hyper 212 evo, 2x8gb ram, and if possible bump up to 980 should be enough, if you are rendering/video work than there is not much i can help with on that front.

[Riddler356]

I5

16GB of RAM

980Ti

That's if you are going to use it for gaming.

i don't quite thing the ti variant is necessary for gaming, unless OP is going 4k, but even then I don't think it is necessary atm simply for gaming.

[Castdeath97]

for gaming i5-6400, hyper 212 evo, 2x8gb ram, and if possible bump up to 980 should be enough, if you are rendering/video work than there is not much i can help with on that front.

There's is no reason to get a locked processor with a cooler unless you want to pull a BCLK overclock. And if you do the i5 6500 has better value.

[r1Ns3]

i don't quite thing the ti variant is necessary for gaming, unless OP is going 4k, but even then I don't think it is necessary atm simply for gaming.

Yes exactly, I am on 1080p and I can game every single game ever higher than 60fps with just a GTX 980. No reason to get a 980 ti and sacrifice the ram, and cpu.

[Castdeath97]

i don't quite thing the ti variant is necessary for gaming, unless OP is going 4k, but even then I don't think it is necessary atm simply for gaming.

For 1440p 60fps ultra yes

http://youtu.be/uxzpcmvnPJU

If he is going for 1080p he is better off with a 980 yes.

[Castdeath97]

Yes exactly, I am on 1080p and I can game every single game ever higher than 60fps with just a GTX 980. No reason to get a 980 ti and sacrifice the ram, and cpu.

The RAM literally does no difference to your gaming experience unless you have less than 8GB in current games. The CPU will give you better frame rates in CPU bound situations but not as much as a GPU would

https://youtu.be/qIT9uLDjZcg

[r1Ns3]

The RAM literally does no difference to your gaming experience unless you have less than 8GB in current games. The CPU will give you better frame rates in CPU bound situations but not as much as a GPU would

https://youtu.be/qIT9uLDjZcg

Well this thread is quite useless because the op isn't very active, of course the ram would give no improvement if you aren't using it. just like hard drive space.

why would you care about more frames when you can already run every single game at higher than 60 anyway?

 

and maybe the guy isn't doing gaming only, he could be editing and rendering stuff.

[Castdeath97]

Well this thread is quite useless because the op isn't very active, of course the ram would give no improvement if you aren't using it. just like hard drive space.

why would you care about more frames when you can already run every single game at higher than 60 anyway?

and maybe the guy isn't doing gaming only, he could be editing and rendering stuff.

For future performance/using above 60hz monitors/turning on more eye candy and such

And yeah depends on the OP and as per usual he isn't active.

[Bhav]

Pfffft I do SLI volt modded GTX 970s at 1080p 60 hz!

Oh wait, that's just my second old monitor, I like 1440p at 144 hz

[milkme]

Im doing gaming and going to school for software editing  

with a little video editing on the side for a friends youtube channel noting major tho yet

[milkme]

For future performance/using above 60hz monitors/turning on more eye candy and such

And yeah depends on the OP and as per usual he isn't active.

 

Im doing gaming and going to school for software editing  

 

with a little video editing on the side for a friends youtube channel noting major tho yet

[2001jaden]

if only light video editing, then you should go for 16gb ram, if noise isn't biggest concern , get the hyper 212 evo( its quite but not silent) and possibly upgrade gpu to 980 or r9 fury( fury has just had price lowered by AMD). i would recommend you keep the i7 though

[milkme]

if only light video editing, then you should go for 16gb ram, if noise isn't biggest concern , get the hyper 212 evo( its quite but not silent) and possibly upgrade gpu to 980 or r9 fury( fury has just had price lowered by AMD). i would recommend you keep the i7 though

 

keep the i7 6700k?

price isn't that big of a concern either with monitor i plan to spend 3k

[Bhav]

For video editing an I7 is better. But it depends on how much editing you will be doing.

I do enjoy being able to record at full detail and then compress whilst gaming with no slowdown on my I7 980. An I5 would probably get overburdened with that.

[2001jaden]

Also with the i7 , you would get hyper threading( 8 threads)

[Bhav]

The hyperthreading is what improves video editing, but it does very little for games.

[Castdeath97]

keep the i7 6700k?

price isn't that big of a concern either with monitor i plan to spend 3k

Considering your workload get the i5 6600K. But, if you don't plan on upgrading after a long while get an i7 if you feel like you will get into tasks that require more than 4 cores and threads.

[Riddler356]

There's is no reason to get a locked processor with a cooler unless you want to pull a BCLK overclock. And if you do the i5 6500 has better value.

i forgot there was a 6500, so yeah that one definitely if going i5.

For 1440p 60fps ultra yes

http://youtu.be/uxzpcmvnPJU

If he is going for 1080p he is better off with a 980 yes.

ok, haven't seen much outside of 4k and 1080p so yeah, ok ty for the info.