First time building a PC

[Razgreaz]

Sorry if the tags are a mess/wrong.I'm getting ready to build my first gaming PC and have done as much research as i could. I am still a bit hesitant about the CPU, afraid of damaging it or doing something wrong with the thermal past, i have added and replaced case fans, HDDs, and a graphics card before so im not too worried about those parts though. Never touched a motherboard, CPU, or PSU. I did take this parts list a couple places and it did check out but I'm adding it here just to triple check and so on.I will also be getting a UPS as i do live in an area with quite a few power outages and what one person said was the dirtiest power around, and anti-static mat and wrist band if necessary. So with that jumble of words out of the way, any help would be great.

 

Would like to keep it at or below USD$3000 and everything i have on this list minus the os and UPS comes from Amazon at about $2609 with 2 day shipping. I guess I'm mainly lookig for any parts that are incompatible or overkill (as HKZeroFive pointed out that the PSU is a bit overkill) I am trying to make this PC last as long as possible as it could be 5+ years before i upgrade again.

    
Thermaltake Chaser Series Chaser MK-I (VN300M1W2N) Black SECC ATX Full Tower Computer Case
Model #:VN300M1W2N
Item #:N82E16811133191
    
MSI MSI Gaming Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION LGA 1151 Intel Z170 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 ATX Intel Motherboard
Model #:Z170A XPOWER GAMING
Item #:N82E16813130870

MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti GAMING 6G    
Model #:GTX 980TI GAMING 6G
Item #:N82E16814127889

EVGA 120-G2-1000-XR 80 PLUS GOLD 1000 W 10 yr Warranty Fully Modular NVIDIA SLI Ready and Crossfire Support continuous Power Supply    
Model #:120-G2-1000-XR
Item #:N82E16817438010

Intel Core i5-6600K 6M Skylake Quad-Core 3.5 GHz LGA 1151 91W BX80662I56600K Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 530    
Model #:BX80662I56600K
Item #:N82E16819117561
 
SAMSUNG 850 EVO 2.5" 500GB SATA III 3-D Vertical Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-75E500B/AM
Model #:MZ-75E500B/AM
Item #:N82E16820147373

G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3000 (PC4 24000) Intel Z170 Platform / Intel X99 Platform Desktop Memory Model F4-3000C15D-8GVR    
Model #:F4-3000C15D-8GVR
Item #:N82E16820231897

WD Black 4TB Performance Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 7200 RPM SATA 6 Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD4003FZEX    
Model #:WD4003FZEX
Item #:N82E16822236622


Logitech G910 Orion Spark RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard    
Model #:920-006385
Item #:N82E16823126397

ViewSonic XG2701 Black 27" 1ms Widescreen LED Backlight LCD Monitor    
Model #:XG2701
Item #:N82E16824116784

Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit or windows 10

Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - CPU Cooler with 120 mm PWM Fan    
Model #:RR-212E-20PK-R2
Item #:N82E16835103099

Thermaltake CL-F024-PL20BU-A 200mm Luna 20 Series BLUE LED High Airflow Case Fan    X 2
Model #:CL-F024-PL20BU-A
Item #:N82E16835106248
 

[HKZeroFive]

Got a budget?

 

Right off the bat, I can tell you that PSU is overkill. 850W would sufficient for SLI'd 980Tis. Also, are you planning to really use all that storage space? That 500GB SSD pretty much has you sorted for your primary games and OS.

[cortexcortex]

What's your budget?

[brighteyes890]

What's the reasoning for going with windows 7 for a new build?

[Razgreaz]

about $3000ish, as for the storage I have maxed out 3TB rather quickly

[cortexcortex]

Just now, Razgreaz said:

about $3000ish, as for the storage I have maxed out 3TB rather quickly

3000 US dollars?

[HKZeroFive]

Just now, Razgreaz said:

about $3000ish, as for the storage I have maxed out 3TB rather quickly

Including peripherals and monitors? Or just the build itself?

 

Because $3000 can a make pretty worthy 4K rig.

[Razgreaz]

Just now, brighteyes890 said:

What's the reasoning for going with windows 7 for a new build?

Im worried about Windows 10 stability and drivers, i cant seem to find any recent info beyond "windows is spying on us" type of posts

 

[Razgreaz]

2 minutes ago, HKZeroFive said:

Including peripherals and monitors? Or just the build itself?

 

Because $3000 can a make pretty worthy 4K rig.

USD and that is including just the keyboard, monitor, and UPS, i have a mouse that still works, monitor is going out and the keyboard i have is kinda bad

Edited February 27, 2016 by Razgreaz
adding info

[Jacktastic-Mofo]

2 minutes ago, Razgreaz said:

Im worried about Windows 10 stability and drivers, i cant seem to find any recent info beyond "windows is spying on us" type of posts

 

Windows 10 has been amazing and the whole spying on us thing debacle is really a two sided thing. The data their collecting isn't any different than the data collected by google when you're browsing the web.

[cortexcortex]

Maybe something like this for $3,000?

 

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  ($135.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X99-SLI ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($138.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($65.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($87.00 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($196.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card  ($649.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($63.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic Platinum 860W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($173.99 @ NCIX US) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  ($20.00) 
Monitor: Dell S2716DG 144Hz 27.0" Monitor  ($573.90 @ Amazon) 
Keyboard: Corsair STRAFE RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($159.99 @ Best Buy) 
Mouse: Logitech G502 Wired Optical Mouse  ($67.39 @ Amazon) 
UPS: CyberPower CP1350AVRLCD UPS  ($132.95 @ Amazon) 
Total: $2842.14
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-26 21:57 EST-0500

[Razgreaz]

Just now, Jacktastic-Mofo said:

Windows 10 has been amazing and the whole spying on us thing debacle is really a two sided thing. The data their collecting isn't any different than the data collected by google when you're browsing the web.

yeah, all i can seem to find is from the middle of last year or before, so i figured i would ask the question myself on driver stability and all that

[brighteyes890]

9 minutes ago, Razgreaz said:

Im worried about Windows 10 stability and drivers, i cant seem to find any recent info beyond "windows is spying on us" type of posts

 

Windows 10 is pretty much the way forward. No reason to deliberately hamper yourself with a new build. In terms of the data privacy, it's data that was previously in the hands of software developers - now it is controlled by microsoft. I feel this to be the better option, even if it does seem a little hawkish.

[Razgreaz]

2 minutes ago, cortexcortex said:

Maybe something like this for $3,000?

 

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  ($135.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X99-SLI ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($138.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($65.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($87.00 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($196.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card  ($649.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($63.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic Platinum 860W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($173.99 @ NCIX US) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  ($20.00) 
Monitor: Dell S2716DG 144Hz 27.0" Monitor  ($573.90 @ Amazon) 
Keyboard: Corsair STRAFE RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($159.99 @ Best Buy) 
Mouse: Logitech G502 Wired Optical Mouse  ($67.39 @ Amazon) 
UPS: CyberPower CP1350AVRLCD UPS  ($132.95 @ Amazon) 
Total: $2842.14
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-26 21:57 EST-0500

everything i have on the list minus the os and UPS comes from Amazon at about $2609 with 2 day shipping (i will add this to the first post)

[Flowey]

May I ask why your getting a 3000$ PC? I thought mine weighting at around 1900$ CAN was a lot of money...

13 minutes ago, Razgreaz said:

about $3000ish, as for the storage I have maxed out 3TB rather quickly

 

[Aereldor]

This includes a monitor, operating system, and keyboard. Also, I went with Windows 8.1 it's cheaper and an upgrade to Windows 10 is free right now.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($378.98 @ OutletPC) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H50 57.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Asus Z170-E ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($139.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($65.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Samsung 950 PRO 256GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($181.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($154.95 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB ACX 2.0+ Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($629.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB ACX 2.0+ Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($629.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro M ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic EVO Edition 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($86.99 @ NCIX US) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit)  ($86.89 @ OutletPC) 
Monitor: LG 27MC67-B 60Hz 27.0" Monitor  ($499.99 @ B&H) 
Keyboard: Cooler Master Storm QuickFire Rapid Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($69.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $3015.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-26 22:05 EST-0500

[Razgreaz]

1 minute ago, Flowey said:

May I ask why your getting a 3000$ PC? I thought mine weighting at around 1900$ CAN was a lot of money...

 

the pc im on now is a pretty bad prebuilt that cant run but maybe a few of the games i want to play on low settings and i think one of the newest is Skyrim. i dont know when ill get the cash again for a good build so im kinda splurging 

[Razgreaz]

iI have edited the op and so far i have learned that the PSU is overkill (someone told me i would need a 1000W psu for a 980Ti) and that Windows 10 is much better then it was with drivers. It will be a week or more before i can order the parts so anymore info is still useful, thank you for all the info so far.