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Buiilding a pc need help making it better and what not

ChrisLucero

Computer Specs

Operating System: Windows 10 Home (64-bit Edition)

Gaming Chassis: Corsair Obsidian 900D Super Tower Gaming Case w/ Dual PSU Support, 3x HDD Hot Swap Bays, Front USB 3.0 & Side-Panel Window

Extra Case Fans: Maximum Airflow with 120mm Corsair AIR Series AF120 Performance Edition 120MM High Airflow Case Fans (Maximum Corsair AIR Series AF120 Performance Edition 120MM High Airflow Case Fan)

CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-6700K 4.00GHZ 8MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1151 (Skylake)

CPU / Processor Cooling Fan: Corsair Hydro Series H110i GT 280mm Liquid CPU Cooling System w/ Copper Cold - Extreme Performance (Single Tt Riing 14 Series Case/Radiator Fan (WHITE))

Motherboard: ASUS Z170-PRO GAMING ATX w/ USB 3.1, 3 PCIe x16, 3 PCIe x1, 1 SATA Express, 4 SATA3, 1 Ultra M.2

RAM / System Memory: 16GB (8GBx2) DDR4/2800MHz Dual Channel Memory (ADATA XPG Z1)

Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 (Maxwell) (Single Card)

Power Supply: 850 Watts - Corsair RMi Series RM850i 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Fully Modular Ultra Quiet Power Supply

Hard Drive: 1TB Western Digital Caviar Blue SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 7200 RPM HDD (Single Drive)

Secondary Hard Drive: 240GB Intel 730 Series Overclocked SATA-III 6.0Gb/s SSD - 550 MB/s Read & 270MB/s Write (Single Drive)

Fan Controller/Temperature Display: NZXT Sentry LX Aluminum Performance Fan Controller & Temperature Display

 

 

Would like suggestions on how to make it better /Also ask ?s if i left anything out that would like to known.

What it will be used for:Gaming-World Of Warcraft, Planet side 2/ Internet Browsing-Music, Youtube, Hulu

Budget: $2,450 also willing to go to $3,500

Experience Level: First pc ever built

Plan over clocking:No for now but may want to down the line say a year or so

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If I were you, I'd drop that PSU to a 650W EVGA G2 (if you're not SLI'ing) and invest into a GTX 980Ti.

'Fanboyism is stupid' - someone on this forum.

Be nice to each other boys and girls. And don't cheap out on a power supply.

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CPU: Intel Core i7 4790K - 4.5 GHz | Motherboard: ASUS MAXIMUS VII HERO | RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 | SSD: Samsung 850 EVO - 500GB | GPU: MSI GTX 980 Ti Gaming 6GB | PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 650 G2 | Case: NZXT Phantom 530 | Cooling: CRYORIG R1 Ultimate | Monitor: ASUS ROG Swift PG279Q | Peripherals: Corsair Vengeance K70 and Razer DeathAdder

 

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3 minutes ago, HKZeroFive said:

If I were you, I'd drop that PSU to a 650W EVGA G2 (if you're not SLI'ing) and invest into a GTX 980Ti.

What is sliing ? and the power supply is to much?

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Just now, ChrisLucero said:

What is sliing ? and the power supply is to much?

SLI is using multiple GPUs at the same time.

 

850W is way too much, that's something for 2 980Tis.

'Fanboyism is stupid' - someone on this forum.

Be nice to each other boys and girls. And don't cheap out on a power supply.

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CPU: Intel Core i7 4790K - 4.5 GHz | Motherboard: ASUS MAXIMUS VII HERO | RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 | SSD: Samsung 850 EVO - 500GB | GPU: MSI GTX 980 Ti Gaming 6GB | PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 650 G2 | Case: NZXT Phantom 530 | Cooling: CRYORIG R1 Ultimate | Monitor: ASUS ROG Swift PG279Q | Peripherals: Corsair Vengeance K70 and Razer DeathAdder

 

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1 minute ago, HKZeroFive said:

SLI is using multiple GPUs at the same time.

 

850W is way too much, that's something for 2 980Tis.

Ah Alright

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