Powerful but Efficient Gaming rig?

[Furyy]

Yo guys!

 

I live in a Area where Electricity bills cost high and I am trying my best not to make my new gaming rig's power go over 700 Watts

 

 

So this is what I got.

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/yy4tcf

 

What do you guys Think about it?

 

btw I am also trying to save money so please give suggestions on parts 

 

Thanks!

[Vercii]

Added an SSD and you're all set. I think you should actually go with the G2 series PSU

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Dntxyc
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Dntxyc/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($349.99 @ Micro Center) 
Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M7 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($182.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($64.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($86.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 Nano 4GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($464.98 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 Nano 4GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($464.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Fractal Design Define S w/Window ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Other: EK water Block 1 ($122.99)
Other: EK water Block 2 ($122.99)
Other: EK water cooling Loop ($372.99)
Total: $2433.75
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-12 17:48 EST-0500

[don_svetlio]

Nano is the most efficient card on the market so you don't have much options besides it.

[don_svetlio]

@Vercii definitely the G2. Worlds better than the NEX which are just a rebrand of the FSP Aurum

[Moonzy]

FX9590 + 2x 295x2

best heater for the winter seasons, saves your electric bill for a heater

[Mortis Angelus]

I'm afraid I will sound like a broken record now, but "power efficiency" and "AMD" does not go hand-in-hand. That said, I guess 2 R9s will still be able to stay under 700 W.
 

Here's 2x 980 Ti in SLI pulling less than 600 W at 100 % load.

 

 

 

But then again; performance/dollar is better with R9, than with the 980 Ti for sure.

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, Moonzy said:

FX9590 + 2x 295x2

best heater for the winter seasons, saves your electric bill for a heater

Actually no. A normal 700W heater would yield better results than that combo due to design differences

[Badger906]

an i7 and a 980ti will use well below 600w.

[Furyy]

I would like this build be to be AMD because I have a Nvidia Build already and I want the flexibility of Crossfire

 

So I can use the Fury x2 if I ever manage to buy it

[Mortis Angelus]

2 minutes ago, Mortis Angelus said:

I'm afraid I will sound like a broken record now, but "power efficiency" and "AMD" does not go hand-in-hand. That said, I guess 2 R9s will still be able to stay under 700 W.
 

Here's 2x 980 Ti in SLI pulling less than 600 W at 100 % load.

 

 

 

But then again; performance/dollar is better with R9, than with the 980 Ti for sure.

 

7 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

Nano is the most efficient card on the market so you don't have much options besides it.

 

Aaand I was wrong. Sorry! I had no idea the R9 Nano pulled this little power! You may now choose to ignore my previous post.

[don_svetlio]

10 minutes ago, Mortis Angelus said:

 

 

Aaand I was wrong. Sorry! I had no idea the R9 Nano pulled this little power! You may now choose to ignore my previous post.

R9 Nano uses less power than a 980 and performs better because it's an extremely highly binned Fury X chip with lowered clockspeeds.

 

13 minutes ago, Badger906 said:

an i7 and a 980ti will use well below 600w.

and perform much worse. He has 2 cards in there

[Overkilled]

You're better of with the GS (silence) or G2 (performance)

[rcarlos243]

You can afford a $2400 build, but can't afford expensive electricity?

 

You might as well just buy a custom gaming laptop that has a desktop GTX 980 an unlocked Skylake CPU and a G-Sync display.

https://www.originpc.com/configurator/l/l1.aspx?SYSTEMID=54

 

Or get a laptop with thunderbolt 3 and plug in whatever dedicated desktop graphics card you want.

 

 

[Furyy]

Also I live in the South Asia 

 

 

[Furyy]

also Laptops arent that powerful

[EarthboundHero]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/svtxyc

 

P2 will save you even more money. Also, SSD.

[Furyy]

but I plan on changing the water cooling kit so whats a good one?

[rcarlos243]

4 hours ago, Furyy said:

Also I live in the South Asia 

 

 

How much kWh rate do you pay?

1 hour ago, Furyy said:

also Laptops arent that powerful

You get what you compromise for, you cant have it both ways.

 

First of all if you are that worried about electricity build then SLI / Crossfire is a big no no as they historically raises the power consumption significantly.

1 hour ago, Furyy said:

but I plan on changing the water cooling kit so whats a good one?

Again you have the money to be able to afford water cooling and no money for electricity.

[Badger906]

22 hours ago, don_svetlio said:

R9 Nano uses less power than a 980 and performs better because it's an extremely highly binned Fury X chip with lowered clockspeeds.

 

and perform much worse. He has 2 cards in there

not a significant performance difference! at 4k no AA on heavan benchmark a 980ti averages 36.6 while cfx nano averages 45.5. lows of 18.4 and 19.1 with highs of 82.9 and 99.1. i really wouldnt call that 'much worse' performance.. and thats in a well optimised situation.. new releases are never well optimised.. and its very rare that a game is optimised in favour of AMD cards.. the latest hitman being the only one i can think of. not to mention the 4gb of vram limit of the nano will soon be the limiting factor of the cards especially at 1440p and 4k.. yeah yeah i know HMB is faster and all that.. but im yet to see any situation where the same performance is gained using less VRAM in game.