Ultimate PC for gaming that is actually worth it

[Matias_Chambers]

Post your suggestion for the ultimate gaming PC that is actually worth the money for 4K gaming. This is what I came up with: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/9ZMPbv I am not going to build a PC like this any time soon, I was just trying to have some fun

Edited April 17, 2016 by Matias_Chambers

[Castdeath97]

Water cooling isn't much better than air cooling if not even worse at times, so getting a air cooled CPU might be more worth it.

[RollinLower]

Just now, Castdeath97 said:

Water cooling isn't much better than air cooling if not even worse at times, so getting a air cooled CPU might be more worth it.

the only real benefit of watercooling over air cooling is that if you use a rad as exhaust the heat is vented straight out of your case.

[Castdeath97]

Decided to remake it for fun, I went for less storage and a decent air cooler that I like. 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($348.98 @ NCIX US) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H5 Ultimate 76.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($46.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Asus Z170-E ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($104.59 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($57.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Kingston Predator 240GB PCI-E Solid State Drive  ($159.99 @ B&H) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($291.87 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB FTW ACX 2.0+ Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($619.99 @ NCIX US) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB FTW ACX 2.0+ Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($619.99 @ NCIX US) 
Case: Fractal Design Define S w/Window ATX Mid Tower Case  ($69.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 850W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($109.99 @ NCIX US) 
Total: $2430.37
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-17 08:34 EDT-0400

[Centurius]

7 minutes ago, RollinLower said:

the only real benefit of watercooling over air cooling is that if you use a rad as exhaust the heat is vented straight out of your case.

The extensive custom loops will also let you have more surface area for the heat to be dissipated from compared to even the tallest air coolers.

[Bananasplit_00]

9 minutes ago, Centurius said:

The extensive custom loops will also let you have more surface area for the heat to be dissipated from compared to even the tallest air coolers.

but they cost a load usiually, and are a lot of work to make  looks awesome tho

[Aditya0002]

Just now, Matias_Chambers said:

Post your suggestion for the ultimate gaming PC that is actually worth the money for 4K gaming. This is what I came up with: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/9ZMPbv I am not going to build a PC like this any time soon, I was just trying to have some fun

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/BmXXXL

 

if you want to see why i have gone with those cards check these benchmaks at 4k and they are having much value than gtx 980ti 2 way sli -
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2947547/components-graphics/amd-radeon-fury-crossfire-review-2-fast-2-furious.html

[Centurius]

21 minutes ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

but they cost a load usiually, and are a lot of work to make  looks awesome tho

Oh yeah definitely, but when you get in the PC enthusiast level gear you're paying way too much for the performance gains anyway so might as well go that bit extra to have something awesome

[Bananasplit_00]

Just now, Centurius said:

Oh yeah definitely, but when you get in the PC enthusiast level gear you're paying way too much for the performance gains anyway so might as well go that bit extra to have something awesome

yah  i really want to do some watercooling some day, when i have money

 

[Matias_Chambers]

42 minutes ago, Castdeath97 said:

Decided to remake it for fun, I went for less storage and a decent air cooler that I like. 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($348.98 @ NCIX US) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H5 Ultimate 76.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($46.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Asus Z170-E ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($104.59 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($57.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Kingston Predator 240GB PCI-E Solid State Drive  ($159.99 @ B&H) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($291.87 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB FTW ACX 2.0+ Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($619.99 @ NCIX US) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB FTW ACX 2.0+ Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($619.99 @ NCIX US) 
Case: Fractal Design Define S w/Window ATX Mid Tower Case  ($69.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 850W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($109.99 @ NCIX US) 
Total: $2430.37
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-17 08:34 EDT-0400

That cooler isn't really good enough for serious overclocking. 

[handymanshandle]

Well I mean Zero Phase Change is a thing too but more expensive than even an open loop water cooling set up.

 

Anyways this is what I might be building this summer (this or swapping out the 390X for a 380X and dropping the P2416D for a U2414H. The 1TB HDD is also sort of a maybe thing because I don't think I'll need that much storage.)
 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($209.99 @ Micro Center) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H5 Ultimate 76.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($46.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Asus Z170-PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($194.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($149.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 390X 8GB Tri-X OC Video Card  ($389.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: NZXT H440 (White/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($105.59 @ NZXT) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  ($85.99 @ NCIX US) 
Monitor: Dell P2416D 60Hz 23.8" Monitor  ($286.87 @ Amazon) 
Keyboard: Corsair STRAFE RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($136.99 @ NCIX US) 
Mouse: Logitech MX Master Bluetooth Wireless Laser Mouse  ($76.58 @ Amazon) 
Other: Thonet & Vander LAUT 2.1ch speakers ($99.00)
Other: NZXT Hue+ ($60.00)
Total: $2040.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-17 09:15 EDT-0400

[SeanAngelo]

1 hour ago, Matias_Chambers said:

Post your suggestion for the ultimate gaming PC that is actually worth the money for 4K gaming. This is what I came up with: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/9ZMPbv I am not going to build a PC like this any time soon, I was just trying to have some fun

scrap 4k and get 1440p.

[Matias_Chambers]

1 minute ago, SeanAngelo said:

scrap 4k and get 1440p.

This post was just for fun, but I agree with what you said. You really need alot of GPU horsepower to run games a 4K with 60 fps. 1440p is the sweetspot right now imo. 

[spellmanuk]

swapped the cooler ssd and the case also upped the ram and threw in a few ultra wide monitors 

 

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

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($348.98 @ NCIX US) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($28.98 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Asus Z170-E ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($104.59 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($189.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($189.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Sandisk X400 1TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($268.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB FTW ACX 2.0+ Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($619.99 @ NCIX US) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB FTW ACX 2.0+ Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($619.99 @ NCIX US) 
Case: Cooler Master MasterCase Pro 5 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($125.46 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 850W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($109.99 @ NCIX US) 
Monitor: LG 29UM65-P 60Hz 29.0" Monitor  ($439.89 @ Amazon) 
Monitor: LG 29UM65-P 60Hz 29.0" Monitor  ($439.89 @ Amazon) 
Total: $3486.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-17 09:29 EDT-0400

[handymanshandle]

4 minutes ago, Matias_Chambers said:

That cooler isn't really good enough for serious overclocking. 

I'd disagree to quite a few owners of the H5 Ultimate they said they were able to get nice OCs off of it and it was pretty cool at idle and load. Though I'm talking about the 6600K not the 5820K which runs a fair bit hotter than the 6600K.

I had made a topic questioning whether to get an H5 or H7.

Ultimately I'll be going with an H5 Ultimate in my build. (no pun intended no hate pls.)

 

[spellmanuk]

14 minutes ago, wcreek said:

Well I mean Zero Phase Change is a thing too but more expensive than even an open loop water cooling set up.

 

Anyways this is what I might be building this summer (this or swapping out the 390X for a 380X and dropping the P2416D for a U2414H. The 1TB HDD is also sort of a maybe thing because I don't think I'll need that much storage.)
 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($209.99 @ Micro Center) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H5 Ultimate 76.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($46.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Asus Z170-PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($194.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($149.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 390X 8GB Tri-X OC Video Card  ($389.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: NZXT H440 (White/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($105.59 @ NZXT) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  ($85.99 @ NCIX US) 
Monitor: Dell P2416D 60Hz 23.8" Monitor  ($286.87 @ Amazon) 
Keyboard: Corsair STRAFE RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($136.99 @ NCIX US) 
Mouse: Logitech MX Master Bluetooth Wireless Laser Mouse  ($76.58 @ Amazon) 
Other: Thonet & Vander LAUT 2.1ch speakers ($99.00)
Other: NZXT Hue+ ($60.00)
Total: $2040.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-17 09:15 EDT-0400

i hve 3tb on my pc and currently only have 1.41tb left coz i have about 78 of my 100+ steam games installed so never bet you wont need that much 

[handymanshandle]

8 minutes ago, peej said:

i hve 3tb on my pc and currently only have 1.41tb left coz i have about 78 of my 100+ steam games installed so never bet you wont need that much 

Well I mean like I don't plan on having that many games (if I bought my whole wishlist and included the couple of games I already own (two free, one I bought) I'd have 36 games not enough to really fill 500GB. It's maybe 250GB.)

[Castdeath97]

22 minutes ago, Matias_Chambers said:

That cooler isn't really good enough for serious overclocking. 

It is, I heard all good things from reviewers, heck it gets pretty close to a lot of water cooler at a much cheaper price:

 

http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/6966/cryorig-h5-universal-cpu-cooler-review/index6.html

 

http://www.hardwareslave.com/reviews/hardware/cooling/cryorig-h5-ultimate-cpu-cooler-review/4/

 

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/CRYORIG/H5_Universal/8.html

 

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2015/09/16/cryorig_h5_ultimate_cpu_air_cooler_review/3#.VxOSc5MrLL8

 

 

[spellmanuk]

Just now, wcreek said:

Well I mean like I don't plan on having that many games (if I bought my whole wishlist and included the couple of games I already own (two free, one I bought) I'd have 35 games not enough to really fill 500GB. It's maybe 250GB.)

depends what they are like if you had gta fallout 4 skyrim wintcher 3 justcause thats enough to fill 500GB easy since there all 60-150GB each 

[handymanshandle]

1 minute ago, peej said:

depends what they are like if you had gta fallout 4 skyrim wintcher 3 justcause thats enough to fill 500GB easy since there all 60-150GB each 

I mean that is true, but I don't have that many large games.

I had actually gone through my wishlist and calculated how much space I'd pretty much need. It was nowhere near 500GB.

Though storage (hard drive) is pretty cheap and easy to add in.

[spellmanuk]

1 minute ago, wcreek said:

I mean that is true, but I don't have that many large games.

I had actually gone through my wishlist and calculated how much space I'd pretty much need. It was nowhere near 500GB.

Though storage (hard drive) is pretty cheap and easy to add in.

it always ratch have way to much than not enough i mean 3tb is only like £80 

[handymanshandle]

3 minutes ago, peej said:

it always ratch have way to much than not enough i mean 3tb is only like £80 

£80 is US$113  

 

[spellmanuk]

Just now, wcreek said:

£80 is US$113  

 

rip us peasant

[Matias_Chambers]

45 minutes ago, peej said:

swapped the cooler ssd and the case also upped the ram and threw in a few ultra wide monitors 

 

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

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($348.98 @ NCIX US) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($28.98 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Asus Z170-E ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($104.59 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($189.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($189.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Sandisk X400 1TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($268.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB FTW ACX 2.0+ Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($619.99 @ NCIX US) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB FTW ACX 2.0+ Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($619.99 @ NCIX US) 
Case: Cooler Master MasterCase Pro 5 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($125.46 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 850W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($109.99 @ NCIX US) 
Monitor: LG 29UM65-P 60Hz 29.0" Monitor  ($439.89 @ Amazon) 
Monitor: LG 29UM65-P 60Hz 29.0" Monitor  ($439.89 @ Amazon) 
Total: $3486.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-17 09:29 EDT-0400

You don't need 64 GB RAM for gaming. That cooler can't really handle overclocking. 

[spellmanuk]

2 minutes ago, Matias_Chambers said:

You don't need 64 GB RAM for gaming. That cooler can't really handle overclocking. 

yeah i know i just wanted to go balls to the wall  as for overclocking it caan handle some just not extreme amounts but you could probabbly get a good 0.3-0.5GHz out of it