Skylake gaming rig

[Serafin]

Hi,

 

I would like to ask you guys for your advice on building new PC. Unfortunately it is time to send my sandy bridge to retirement, so I would like to build skylake future proof PC. I know that future proof means probably 2 year before next new chipset. Mainly I use my PC for gaming some times for editing. My budget is around 4 k USD. Generally don't want to do an overkill and if I can save money then better.

 

For sure I want I76700K + water cooling all in one (maybe Kraken X61). Other parts: 8 GB ram, SLI, SSD + HDD maybe NVME +HDD and mobo ROG Maximus 8 Formula (?). PSU probably 850 W considering all parts. Case: Noctis 450 or Phanteks Evolv ATX, but open for suggestions.

 

 

Thanks in advance

[Flowey]

You don't need 4000$ USD for a future proof skylake build, I did mine for 1950 CAN including monitor. Got myself a nice skylake build fo sure

[HKZeroFive]

Generally, aside from the looks and a few extra features, the Maximus series aren't worth it for their price (this is coming from personal experience).

 

This is a rough idea of what to get. You can go even cheaper by getting less storage and cheaper variants of the GTX 980Ti.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($369.99 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($139.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M5 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($132.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($149.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($119.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB XTREME GAMING Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($649.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB XTREME GAMING Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($649.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Phanteks Enthoo EVOLV ATX Mid Tower Case  ($179.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($109.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $2554.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-26 20:38 EDT-0400

[Bajantechnician]

5 minutes ago, Serafin said:

Hi,

 

 

 

I would like to ask you guys for your advice on building new PC. Unfortunately it is time to send my sandy bridge to retirement, so I would like to build skylake future proof PC. I know that future proof means probably 2 year before next new chipset. Mainly I use my PC for gaming some times for editing. My budget is around 4 k USD. Generally don't want to do an overkill and if I can save money then better.

 

 

 

For sure I want I76700K + water cooling all in one (maybe Kraken X61). Other parts: 8 GB ram, SLI, SSD + HDD maybe NVME +HDD and mobo ROG Maximus 8 Formula (?). PSU probably 850 W considering all parts. Case: Noctis 450 or Phanteks Evolv ATX, but open for suggestions.

 

 

 

 

Thanks in advance

just so you know

pc stuff is more powerful than you expect.

take whatever power you believe it has now, and multily it by 1.6

thats the actual power

[Guest]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($369.99 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($139.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Asus Z170-PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($179.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: G.Skill TridentZ Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($93.88 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Samsung 950 PRO 256GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($177.99 @ B&H) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($84.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($649.99 @ B&H) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($649.99 @ B&H) 
Case: NZXT Noctis 450 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($119.99 @ Directron) 
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $2553.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-26 20:37 EDT-0400

I threw something together fairly fast, reference cards over non reference SLI deals with heat, its fairly future proof should be able to do 4k 60fps.

No need for a fancy ROG board. A regular Asus one will do fine.

I would wait to see what Pascal has to offer before buying those 980Ti's tho

[Flowey]

4 minutes ago, Ronnie76 said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($369.99 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($139.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Asus Z170-PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($179.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: G.Skill TridentZ Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($93.88 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Samsung 950 PRO 256GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($177.99 @ B&H) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($84.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($649.99 @ B&H) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($649.99 @ B&H) 
Case: NZXT Noctis 450 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($119.99 @ Directron) 
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $2553.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-26 20:37 EDT-0400

I threw something together fairly fast, reference cards over non reference SLI deals with heat, its fairly future proof should be able to do 4k 60fps.

No need for a fancy ROG board. A regular Asus one will do fine.

I would wait to see what Pascal has to offer before buying those 980Ti's tho

or polaris

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, Flowey said:

or polaris

He said SLI so I went with his NVIDIA wishes. last time I checked AMD doesn't have SLI  

[Flowey]

oh yeah that's for sure, didn't payed attention here, I'm really hoping for a more competitive generation of GPU this time around, so I promote AMD whenever I can. You could say I'm a whore, and I would completly agree with you.:)

[Bajantechnician]

16 minutes ago, Ronnie76 said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($369.99 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($139.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Asus Z170-PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($179.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: G.Skill TridentZ Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($93.88 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Samsung 950 PRO 256GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($177.99 @ B&H) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($84.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($649.99 @ B&H) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($649.99 @ B&H) 
Case: NZXT Noctis 450 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($119.99 @ Directron) 
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $2553.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-26 20:37 EDT-0400

I threw something together fairly fast, reference cards over non reference SLI deals with heat, its fairly future proof should be able to do 4k 60fps.

No need for a fancy ROG board. A regular Asus one will do fine.d

I would wait to see what Pascal has to offer before buying those 980Ti's tho

constructive critisism

doesnt need a $170 mobo

does not need 2 980tis.

ssd does not need to be so expensive. crusical is much cheaper, and on par

ram does not need to be $90

personally dont believe in seagate, so ur fine there,

wattage is a bit low for as is, as you want some leeway

[Serafin]

Hi,

 

 

 

Thanks for all your responds. Generally I like this proposition. I heard that AMD will be introducing new generation of GPU. So maybe it would be good idea to buy one reference 980Ti and wait for Polaris? If it will be good I can do change it to 2 Polaris and if not just buy another reference 980Ti.

 

 

 

So considering AMD usually needs more wattage and some of comments maybe PSU should be around 1000?

 

 

 

Concerning HDD I had some bad expirience with Seagate and WD so what are your thoughts on HGST? They cost more but lately I saw consumer test and they said that HGST HDD are more durable. 

 

 

 

Cheers