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

[Hunter7263]

Are you going to need a wifi card? Just something a lot of people forget. Also consider 2 3tb HDD's instead that way all your data isnt on one drive in case of failure. That's just me though I wont go above what I cant also easily duplicate on an exterior drive. I have a backup drive for each one I have in my computer.

[brighteyes890]

Just now, Hunter7263 said:

Are you going to need a wifi card? Just something a lot of people forget. Also consider 2 3tb HDD's instead that way all your data isnt on one drive in case of failure. That's just me though I wont go above what I cant also easily duplicate on an exterior drive. I have a backup drive for each one I have in my computer.

Will be using just a cheapo dual band USB because I am getting wired internet to my computer relatively soon! The dual HD is a good idea, although I have a file server at home anyway - but still I will investigate it. Thanks for all your help though, the build looks good in the final list I put up?

[Hunter7263]

The power supply is solid and will power the system and everything is compatible. Honestly once you lock down a chipset and price point there isnt much variation anymore.

I would still pick the 950 pro but again thats preference. 

[brighteyes890]

Just now, Hunter7263 said:

The power supply is solid and will power the system and everything is compatible. Honestly once you lock down a chipset and price point there isnt much variation anymore.

I would still pick the 950 pro but again thats preference. 

It's just the heat spreading out over a larger area and I just think I prefer the layout but I totally understand where you are coming from. Again, thanks for the help.

[HKZeroFive]

7 minutes ago, Hunter7263 said:

The only thing I would argue is that the 6700k can very easily hit 4.7 or 4.8 ghz if we are overclocking anyway. IIRC the Haswell E chips were really dependent on the silicon lottery, far more anyway than skylake chips are. How easy is it to make up a 30-40% gap in power vs a stock 5820k per core?

You're right, it does matter on the silicon lottery. That said, OP has a good chance of OC'ing the 5820K to 4.5-4.7GHz, hell, Linus managed to get his to 4.8GHz. Also factor in the CPU cooler, the Kraken is one beast of a AIO. The 6700K will overclock better, due to it being a bit cooler but an 5820K will beat it in a SLI build (I wouldn't surprised if it beat it at 4.5GHz - remember the stock clock of the 5820K will bottleneck those 980Tis).

 

Tried to skim around on userbenchmark for some average clocks on the 5820K but can't find any. I see where you're coming from though.