New Build - Thoughts?

[iBearXST]

Hello one and all!
 

I've built quite a number of systems over the years mainly for my own use, perhaps the most exotic of which was an ASUS Rampage X58 build with a 980X, Tri-SLI GTX580's. All GPUs, CPU and Motherboard were water-cooled. This is going back about 5 years.
To cut a long story short, I purchased an iMac 27" back in 2013 which I have been using for the last couple of years. I'm typing this on it right now, however it's days are numbered. I want to go back to PC and build something again. Mainly for high-end gaming. Oculus in due course, etc.

 

1. Budget & Location

Not a massive concern, £3K? - United Kingdom

2. Aim

High end gaming. Either 4K or 21:9 screen. Oculus Rift when it's out. Usual web browsing, listing to music etc also.

3. Monitors

Just a single monitor. Haven't decided between the ASUS ROG SWIFT PG348Q (21:9), or the ROG SWIFT PG27AQ (4K) yet.

4. Peripherals

Only concerned with the system chassis and its internals at the moment

5. Why are you upgrading?

My intention was to sell the iMac whilst it still has warranty all along. The Xbox One may be going also - so need a gaming rig.

 

I've spent a few days selecting possible components, changing the odd thing here and there. Aside from the monitor which I'm undecided on (open to suggestions), this is my current list:

 

Corsair Obsidian 750D Airflow Edition

Seasonic P1000W

ASUS Maximus VIII Hero Alpha

Intel Core i7 6700K

Corsair H115i AIO Hydro

Corsair Vengeance LPX 64Gb CMK64GX4M4B3200C16

ASUS GTX 980Ti STRIX DC3 OC NVIDIA Graphics Card 6GB (Single Card)

Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe SSD/Solid State Drive 800GB

Western Digital WD4003FZEX

WH14NS40

 

If I went with the above build, I would replace the stock fans on the H115i with 4x Noctua NF-A14 in push/pull and mount this in the top of the chassis.
I would use a further 2 NF-A14's as front intakes in the 750D, another NF-A14 as rear intake. I may also mount 2x NF-F12's in the bottom as intakes also, meaning that the only exhaust would be the H115i on the top with the 4 NF-A14 fans. Not sure whether this is a good configuration?

 

I'm also un-decided between the H115i with the above fans, or do I go for the NH-D15 for CPU cooling, then use the following chassis fans:
Top of chassis - No fans??
Front Intake: NF-A14 x2
Rear Exhaust: NF-A14
Bottom of chassis - No fans??

 

I would welcome any suggestions to components above as well as thoughts on the H115i vs NH-D15. Reviews seem to suggest that the Noctua outperforms the H110 with stock fans. Can't really find much on the H115i, and I would be replacing those with the NF-A14's in push/pull anyway.
Also guess I may require 2 of the 980Ti's if I go down the 4K route, either that or wait on Pascal?

 

Thank you in advance!

[DXMember]

either go with Fury X crossfire or wait for the next gen release to happen mid-year

also I believe Samsung's 950Pro is cheaper than Intels and provides better performance

[GeekaWhat]

Wow, what a build  This $h*t is expensive. I imagine you aren't editing hence no X99?

[xQubeZx]

Why 64Gb RAM? Is it for some videoediting or such? Since no games will need more than 16Gb not even the Oculus needs that amount of RAM. So 64 sounds a bit overkill on the RAM, and since its DDR4 it might just be a waste of money if it wont be used fully. (Just my opinion)

[DXMember]

1 minute ago, xQubeZx said:

Why 64Gb RAM? Is it for some videoediting or such? Since no games will need more than 16Gb not even the Oculus needs that amount of RAM. So 64 sounds a bit overkill on the RAM, and since its DDR4 it might just be a waste of money if it wont be used fully. (Just my opinion)

"nobody will ever need more than 640KB of RAM"

[Mohenjo]

7 minutes ago, DXMember said:

"nobody will ever need more than 640KB of RAM"

by the time 64gb of ram will be standard or outdated the CPU amd type of ram will be outdated  

[DXMember]

1 minute ago, Mohenjo said:

by the time 64gb of ram will be standard or outdated the CPU amd type of ram will be outdated  

you haven't tried to develop for java or run java... have you?