Building an Intel PC (Need Help)

[Syralys]

Hello. I'm new to the LTT Forums and I've been watching the LTT videos for over a year now. I've always seen them mess with their Intel Test bench and I've been running with AMD processors since 2013. So I figured. Tax return is coming why not ADVENTURE into the world of Intel and build one? My friend who is an AMD fan boy always keeps telling me how great AMD is and such but never have I question how do AMD and Intel compare to each other except for price and heat/power consumption. He helped me build my first PC which is now the family PC, but I built the 2nd PC on my own with zero help. I'm a self taught builder and I like to experiment. In the middle of 2015 I started to experiment with AMD Crossfire, but then I realized most of the games (Final Fantasy XIV Heavensward, Fallout 4, Etc.) are not fully optimized to run with Crossfire Setup unless forced into it. Heat is not much of an issue due to increasing fan speeds I can control manually. Late 2015 I did wander into the world of Overclocking which I was always afraid of doing because of warranty voids and possible damage to the hardware if attempted so I haven't tried much of that. I've done a lot of research on both AMD and Intel with help from the LTT videos and learned a lot of amazing things while learning on the PC builds and such. Gaming is my number 1 priority in this new build so in my first list I will show my current rig I am running with. 2nd Priority is Video Editing/Recording/Streaming for my Youtube/Twitch Channel 2nd list will have links to show my possible Intel build. So please if any help can be offered I would really appreciate it. 

Current Rig:

AMD FX-8350 Black Edition Vishera 8-Core 4.0 GHz (4.1 OC Currently though turbo onset is 4.2) 

ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 

CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 

Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 x2 (Crossfire is enabled)

Rosewill RBR1000-MS - BRONZE Series - 1000-Watt Active PFC Power Supply 

256Gb Transcend SSD

1TB WD Black HDD

ENERMAX Fulmo ST ECA3270 Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case

Intel Build Wishlist:

ASUS ROG MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA LGA 1151 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132699

Intel Core i7-6700K 8M Skylake Quad-Core 4.0 GHz LGA 1151

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117559

Rosewill Quark-1000, Quark Series 1000W Full Modular Power Supply

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182353

G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 (Open for suggestions on Memory still haven't made up my mind Feeling 4 x 8GB)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231884

ASUS GeForce GTX 970 STRIX-GTX970

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121899

DEEPCOOL Gamer Storm CAPTAIN 240 CPU Liquid Cooler (Open for suggestions as well. Preferably wanting something with a little light show so still looking)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835856022

SAMSUNG 850 PRO 2.5" 256GB SATA III 3-D Vertical Internal SSD

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147360

DIYPC Skyline-08-W White Dual USB 3.0 ATX Full Tower Gaming (Open for suggestions Wanting a full tower case that has open vents for the liquid cooler up top with a nice side panel for full or semi look of the PC parts)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811353092

And there you have it. My list of stuff. The Case and liquid cooler I am still looking around but those are the brief things I have on my wishlist if other stuff fails. I will use the 1Tb WD HDD for my slave hard drive and the SSD for primary softwares.  I am also wanting to use aftermarket fans for the liquid cooler and the case itself. So I have control over high fan speeds if needed. As you can probably tell this new is really high up there in the price range right now within the $1600 range. I'm not going all out for overclocking on this PC, but I want to experiment more with it. So if there are something that can be suggested to me on saving on money or getting more BANG FOR THE BUCK I would really appreciate it. 

Thanks in Advance.

 

 

 

[Bajantechnician]

New rig GPU?

 

Or are you going to transfer the 7950s?

[Syralys]

Completely missed it Sorry about that. Added the Asus Geforce 970

[2001blader]

A 6600K and only 8GB of RAM might be better. Also in terms of raw performance the R9 390 is a better card, and slightly cheaper. Unless you care about nVidia only special technologies. And unless you are future proofing, you probably dont need a 1000W power supply, although you might just be preparing for sli down the road. And in terms of a case, i like DIY-PC cases because they have no branding on them, which is great since I built the pc, not them.

[Dan Q]

Might be worth just sticking with your 7950's until Nvidias pascal gpu's start coming out. 

[HKZeroFive]

If you ask me, for $1600 off Newegg, you could get this instead. Because a 6700K and GTX 970 seems awfully expensive for that kind of money. I've opted to go for a hexacore 5820K which will be miles better than the 6700K in streaming applications and will provide very similar performance in gaming (it's also a great overclocker).

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/mMvmYJ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/mMvmYJ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($384.99 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! PURE ROCK 51.4 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($34.90 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: MSI X99A Raider ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($203.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($96.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($82.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card  ($649.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: DIYPC Skyline-07-G ATX Full Tower Case  ($88.99) 
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($64.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1607.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-31 17:01 EST-0500

[Syralys]

In the future I will be looking into SLI and knowing how Intel and Nvidia don't use a lot of power I'm sure the EVGA 850W HKZeroFive suggested will do just nicely, but the 980 Ti Superclocked card might not be for me due to the previous incident of the EVGA 660 Superclocked I had, but I never did conclude whether it was a driver problem or a heat problem for display drivers going out at random even during idle mode. The card is in the family PC now and I've been monitoring it closely with no incident of it having issues on the family.

[HKZeroFive]

2 minutes ago, Syralys said:

In the future I will be looking into SLI and knowing how Intel and Nvidia don't use a lot of power I'm sure the EVGA 850W HKZeroFive suggested will do just nicely, but the 980 Ti Superclocked card might not be for me due to the previous incident of the EVGA 660 Superclocked I had, but I never did conclude whether it was a driver problem or a heat problem for display drivers going out at random even during idle mode. The card is in the family PC now and I've been monitoring it closely with no incident of it having issues on the family.

No worries. It's a great card and it's one of the cheapest 980Tis you can grab on Newegg at the moment according to PCPP. I'm sure any driver problems would have been solved by now. Plus, it's EVGA, the cooler is great.

I'd recommend for you to look into it at least.

[Syralys]

I'm comparing it to the Asus Matrix 980 it does have almost the same specs as the Ti SC edition you presented me. Though the only downside is memory size is 4GB rather than 6. But with the 980 Ti SC edition I won't have to SLI for a while (Or have that need to SLI). Making it better than what I have with the Crossfire setup currently.

The MSI Motherboard however seems to be my eye catcher here. Though I never really looked into any MSI products I am willing to leave the comfort zone I made with Asus. lol 

The CPU though not the Ghz i'm possibly looking for though that doesn't make the system 100%. On the other hand seems to be OC friendly for future use if I ever reach that point on my life of wanting to adventure further in.

And I haven't looked into Nvidia's Pascal GPUs yet, but I'm willing to research more into this and hope they release them soon so I can start looking at tests and such from other builders and benchmarks.

I'm still looking into liquid cooling so I can have at least the maximum air flow in the PC itself. Also better temps for when summer hits us here in Idaho.

 

[Syralys]

Alright so after doing some shopping and a lot of comparing. With video watching, benchmarks, etc. I have come up with two different builds. Now both builds will have almost the same exact hardware except for the memory, motherboard, and CPU. Instead of giving links I will put prices next to the items and will give a grand total of each setup at the bottom. I'm still open to suggestions and I have HKZeroFive for helping me with the research of one of the builds. (Note: These are all prices from Newegg.com)

SETUP 1:

• CASE: DIYPC Skyline-08-W White Full Tower Case ($88.99)
• VIDEO: ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix ($589.99)
• POWER: EVGA 850W Bronze Certified ($89.99)
• MEMORY:  Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2x8) ($74.99)
• MOTHERBOARD: Gigabyte GA-Z97X ($119.99)
• CPU: Intel Core i5-4690k ($229.99)
• CPU COOLER: Corsair Hydro Series H110i GT ($105.10)
• STORAGE: Samsung 850 Pro 256GB SSD ($122.29)
• OS: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit ($139.99)

 

• GRAND TOTAL: $1,564.31 (Includes S&H)

SETUP 2:

• CASE: DIYPC Skyline-08-W White Full Tower Case ($88.99)
• VIDEO: ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Matrix ($589.99)
• POWER: EVGA 850W Bronze Certified ($89.99)
• MEMORY: HyperX FURY 16GB (2 x 8GB) ($109.99)
• MOTHERBOARD: MSI X99A Raider LGA 2011-v3 ($219.99)
• CPU: Intel Core i7-5820k ($384.99)
• CPU COOLER: Corsair Hydro Series H110i GT ($105.10)
• STORAGE: Samsung 850 Pro 256GB SSD ($122.29)
• OS: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit ($139.99)

 

• Grand Total: $1857.13 (Includes S&H)

 

Now given that the fact that going with the i5 can be cheaper by $200 in the long run it will need to be upgraded possibly in the next couple years.

OR INSTEAD! I could push that extra $200 and be somewhat future proof for a while considering I go SLI in the upcoming year. From what I've researched the 850W that HKZeroFive provided me should be more than enough to power two cards. anymore I will have to upgrade the Power supply, but I'm not looking into 3 or 4 way SLI right now. Any suggestions or tweaks that can be suggested please don't hesitate to respond.