Skylake i7 -- GTX 980ti -- PCI-E SSD: New Build

[brighteyes890]

Skylake i7 -- GTX 980ti -- PCI-E SSD: New Build

 

Parts:

 

• CPU: Intel Core i7-6700k
• CPU COOLER: Corsair H110
• MOTHERBOARD: MSI Z170 SLI Plus
• MEMORY: Corsair Dominator Platinum 4x8GB DDR4-2166 MHz
• STORAGE: Intel 750 Series 400GB PCI-E Solid State Drive
• STORAGE: Western Digital Blue 5TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Drive
• VIDEO CARD: EVGA GeForce GTX 980ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0
• CASE: Phanteks Enthoo Pro
• PSU: Corsair AX760

 

Designed to be a general all around power house build, with future proofing in mind. The aim was for ultra fast read speed for gaming and be able to do a range of CPU intensive tasks. The option is there in the future to add another 980ti in a two-way SLI configuration. Feedback appreciated!

 

[cortexcortex]

What's the budget? I'd go for a 5820k if you have futureproof & CPU intensive tasks in mind. I'd also change a few stuff.

[brighteyes890]

$3,000 US. I will stick with the 6700k, but thanks for the feedback. What else would you change?

[SirWendall]

15 hours ago, brighteyes890 said:

$3,000 US. I will stick with the 6700k, but thanks for the feedback. What else would you change?

Just really depends on what tasks or programs you'll be using

[Hunter7263]

Any reason for the intel ssd? Something like the Samsung 950 pro works just as well but the 512gb is only 300 bucks.

[Mr.Meerkat]

3 minutes ago, brighteyes890 said:

STORAGE: Western Digital Blue 5TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Drive

Hmm...blue 5tb hard drives...oh wait they are greens re-branded therefore they are unreliable  

[brighteyes890]

Just now, Hunter7263 said:

Any reason for the intel ssd? Something like the Samsung 950 pro works just as well but the 512gb is only 300 bucks.

The read / write speed is astronomically faster!

[brighteyes890]

Just now, Mr.Meerkat said:

Hmm...blue 5tb hard drives...oh wait they are greens re-branded therefore they are unreliable  

Happy to change that - what bulk storage would you suggest?

[Hunter7263]

Just now, brighteyes890 said:

The read / write speed is astronomically faster!

Whats the read write speed? The 950 is clocking 2700mb/s reads and 1500mb/s writes. I could have sworn the benchmarks where around the same for the intel 750

[brighteyes890]

Just now, Hunter7263 said:

Whats the read write speed? The 950 is clocking 2700mb/s reads and 1500mb/s writes. I could have sworn the benchmarks where around the same for the intel 750

Oh no shit really? Let me have a suss! Thanks

[brighteyes890]

1 minute ago, Hunter7263 said:

Whats the read write speed? The 950 is clocking 2700mb/s reads and 1500mb/s writes. I could have sworn the benchmarks where around the same for the intel 750

It's the same, but an M.2 port. Pain in the ass to mount on an ATX board surely?

[Hunter7263]

Also consider upgrading to the Gaming M series from MSI. The killer LAN makes a huge difference as it has a dedicated processor doing the lan work instead of using the cpu to do it. I ended up picking a gaming M5 because of this and because its slightly better for overclocking and has slots for 2 of those fancy 950 pros.

[Hunter7263]

1 minute ago, brighteyes890 said:

It's the same, but an M.2 port. Pain in the ass to mount on an ATX board surely?

The board you have comes with a slot it takes one screw and done.

[brighteyes890]

1 minute ago, Hunter7263 said:

Also consider upgrading to the Gaming M series from MSI. The killer LAN makes a huge difference as it has a dedicated processor doing the lan work instead of using the cpu to do it. I ended up picking a gaming M5 because of this and because its slightly better for overclocking and has slots for 2 of those fancy 950 pros.

Oh yeh that's not a bad idea actually!

[brighteyes890]

1 minute ago, Hunter7263 said:

The board you have comes with a slot it takes one screw and done.

I've never mounted anything to m.2, but does it just stick out perpendicular to the case?

[Mr.Meerkat]

3 minutes ago, brighteyes890 said:

Happy to change that - what bulk storage would you suggest?

I've had experience with greens and 2 of them failed in less than a year, maybe they are better now...my go to hard drives are blues (7200rpms, i.e. whatever upto 1tb blues) or blacks as I don't really need a hard drive having a capacity more than 1-2TB. I don't actually know what bulk storage drives I would suggest  

[brighteyes890]

Just now, Mr.Meerkat said:

I've had experience with greens and 2 of them failed in less than a year, maybe they are better now...my go to hard drives are blues (7200rpms, i.e. whatever upto 1tb blues) or blacks as I don't really need a hard drive having a capacity more than 1-2TB. I don't actually know what bulk storage drives I would suggest  

Two in a year? what the heck are you doing to your poor drives

[cortexcortex]

I'd personally go for this.. outperforms your choices by a lot. ($3,000 budget)

 

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  ($129.99 @ B&H) 
Motherboard: MSI X99A SLI KRAIT EDITION ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($249.99 @ B&H) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($167.90 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 950 PRO 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($297.49 @ Micro Center) 
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($119.88 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($649.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($649.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Corsair 450D ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ Micro Center) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic Platinum 1000W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($199.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $2930.20
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-20 07:36 EST-0500

 

CPU has 2 more cores, and overclocked will get a big performance increase over the 6700k. Will also help for future DirectX 12 games which will be allowing the usage of more cores.

Changed AIO cooler.

Changed memory to suit personal preference.

Changed the HDD & SSD: Samsung 950 Pro's have extremely similar read/write speeds for a better price. Changed HDD for more reliability.

Added a second 980 Ti since it fit the budget.

Changed case.

Changed PSU too. The PSU is something you shouldn't go cheap on (the PSU you chose is good, but for 2 980 Ti's I don't really think so).

 

[SeanAngelo]

9 minutes ago, brighteyes890 said:

$3,000 US. I will stick with the 6700k, but thanks for the feedback. What else would you change?

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  ($129.99 @ B&H) 
Motherboard: MSI X99A Raider ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($202.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($214.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($148.88 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($119.88 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB FTW ACX 2.0+ Video Card  ($639.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($115.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $2047.67
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-20 07:40 EST-0500

 

why stic with a 6700k when you can have a 5820k for $10 more.

[brighteyes890]

2 minutes ago, cortexcortex said:

I'd personally go for this.. outperforms your choices by a lot. ($3,000 budget)

 

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  ($129.99 @ B&H) 
Motherboard: MSI X99A SLI KRAIT EDITION ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($249.99 @ B&H) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($167.90 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 950 PRO 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($297.49 @ Micro Center) 
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($119.88 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($649.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($649.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Corsair 450D ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ Micro Center) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic Platinum 1000W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($199.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $2930.20
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-20 07:36 EST-0500

 

CPU has 2 more cores, and overclocked will get a big performance increase over the 6700k. Will also help for future DirectX 12 games which will be allowing the usage of more cores.

Changed AIO cooler.

Changed memory to suit personal preference.

Changed the HDD & SSD: Samsung 950 Pro's have extremely similar read/write speeds for a better price. Changed HDD for more reliability.

Added a second 980 Ti since it fit the budget.

Changed case.

Changed PSU too. The PSU is something you shouldn't go cheap on (the PSU you chose is good, but for 2 980 Ti's I don't really think so).

 

Let me revise and say 2.5k, need a monitor and stuff. As I said, will be sticking with the 6700k. An AX760 is more than enough for any SLI stuff. Will probably stick with the Intel 750 to be truthful although I can see why the 950 is suggested. Case is staying since I like it. The cooler is staying because the performance is essentially the same.

[cortexcortex]

1 minute ago, SeanAngelo said:

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  ($129.99 @ B&H) 
Motherboard: MSI X99A Raider ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($202.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($214.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($148.88 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($119.88 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB FTW ACX 2.0+ Video Card  ($639.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($115.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $2047.67
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-20 07:40 EST-0500

 

why stic with a 6700k when you can have a 5820k for $10 more.

I agree, however I'd go for 4x8GB instead of 2x16 for Quad-Channel memory too (cheaper and higher speeds, I don't believe you'll ever go over 8x8GB)

[cortexcortex]

2 minutes ago, brighteyes890 said:

Let me revise and say 2.5k, need a monitor and stuff. As I said, will be sticking with the 6700k. An AX760 is more than enough for any SLI stuff. Will probably stick with the Intel 750 to be truthful although I can see why the 950 is suggested. Case is staying since I like it. The cooler is staying because the performance is essentially the same.

Why do you want to stick to the 6700k? The 5820k is better, about the same price (+/- a few dollars), and gives you more to upgrade to than the 6700k.

[brighteyes890]

4 minutes ago, SeanAngelo said:

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  ($129.99 @ B&H) 
Motherboard: MSI X99A Raider ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($202.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($214.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($148.88 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($119.88 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB FTW ACX 2.0+ Video Card  ($639.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($115.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $2047.67
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-20 07:40 EST-0500

 

why stic with a 6700k when you can have a 5820k for $10 more.

The whole point of the build is to have crazy fast solid state storage, so the SSD is a no go. Sticking with the 6700k because reasons! I am also going with the 2666MHz RAM in a quad, because it's.. better? I am amenable to the WD Black though..!

[brighteyes890]

Just now, cortexcortex said:

Why do you want to stick to the 6700k? The 5820k is better, about the same price (+/- a few dollars), and gives you more to upgrade to than the 6700k.

Because I was being lazy and didn't want to research it right now. But alright, I will go and do some digging now.

[cortexcortex]

1 minute ago, brighteyes890 said:

The whole point of the build is to have crazy fast solid state storage, so the SSD is a no go. Sticking with the 6700k because reasons! I am also going with the 2666MHz RAM in a quad, because it's.. better? I am amenable to the WD Black though..!

I believe Z170 doesn't support Quad Channel memory, so you won't notice a difference with that.