College build / Game dev / Gamming+streaming

[Bladeseer]

Hello guys , this autumn I'm going to college in England ( I'm from Romania) at Bournemouth university at Software design for animations games and effects and my current PC is running kinda slow ( i5 2500k , 960, 8gb RAM , 2x 128gb ssd's and 1 TB HDD ) . I was thinking of going all-out with a x99 platform but I don't really know what to buy ! Will a 5930k and a 980ti with 32 gigs of RAM be overkill? Should I calm down and go with a 4790k or a 6700k  ? On my rig while working in blender and unreal it stutters alot . I want to build a PC that can help me in my studies , work and gaming . For a monitor I'll go with 2 monitors one 27 144hz the otherone will be a IPS 27" that can pivot . Periferals will be a tenkeyless mechanical keyboard and my trusty mionix naos . Thanks in advance and I hope to hear from you guys pretty soon . Have a nice one 

[Starelementpoke]

1 minute ago, Bladeseer said:

Hello guys , this autumn I'm going to college in England ( I'm from Romania) at Bournemouth university at Software design for animations games and effects and my current PC is running kinda slow ( i5 2500k , 960, 8gb RAM , 2x 128gb ssd's and 1 TB HDD ) . I was thinking of going all-out with a x99 platform but I don't really know what to buy ! Will a 5930k and a 980ti with 32 gigs of RAM be overkill? Should I calm down and go with a 4790k or a 6700k  ? On my rig while working in blender and unreal it stutters alot . I want to build a PC that can help me in my studies , work and gaming . For a monitor I'll go with 2 monitors one 27 144hz the otherone will be a IPS 27" that can pivot . Periferals will be a tenkeyless mechanical keyboard and my trusty mionix naos . Thanks in advance and I hope to hear from you guys pretty soon . Have a nice one 

OKay, take a step back. What´s your budget for the tower itself? Should it include wifi? Any prefered color scheme?

[Vercii]

2 minutes ago, Bladeseer said:

Hello guys , this autumn I'm going to college in England ( I'm from Romania) at Bournemouth university at Software design for animations games and effects and my current PC is running kinda slow ( i5 2500k , 960, 8gb RAM , 2x 128gb ssd's and 1 TB HDD ) . I was thinking of going all-out with a x99 platform but I don't really know what to buy ! Will a 5930k and a 980ti with 32 gigs of RAM be overkill? Should I calm down and go with a 4790k or a 6700k  ? On my rig while working in blender and unreal it stutters alot . I want to build a PC that can help me in my studies , work and gaming . For a monitor I'll go with 2 monitors one 27 144hz the otherone will be a IPS 27" that can pivot . Periferals will be a tenkeyless mechanical keyboard and my trusty mionix naos . Thanks in advance and I hope to hear from you guys pretty soon . Have a nice one 

 

What's your budget? And I'm guessing your location to be the UK. 

[givingtnt]

14 minutes ago, Bladeseer said:

Hello guys , this autumn I'm going to college in England ( I'm from Romania) at Bournemouth university at Software design for animations games and effects and my current PC is running kinda slow ( i5 2500k , 960, 8gb RAM , 2x 128gb ssd's and 1 TB HDD ) . I was thinking of going all-out with a x99 platform but I don't really know what to buy ! Will a 5930k and a 980ti with 32 gigs of RAM be overkill? Should I calm down and go with a 4790k or a 6700k  ? On my rig while working in blender and unreal it stutters alot . I want to build a PC that can help me in my studies , work and gaming . For a monitor I'll go with 2 monitors one 27 144hz the otherone will be a IPS 27" that can pivot . Periferals will be a tenkeyless mechanical keyboard and my trusty mionix naos . Thanks in advance and I hope to hear from you guys pretty soon . Have a nice one 

as a guy who uses photoshop, illustrator and unity a lot. lol no. that is fine.

I constantly hit my 16gb max. the 5930k is a bit overkill tho. I mean, unless you need to render things 24/7 its not really usefull.
My 4790k is plenty for all the work I do in unity. though 3d models do tend to take a hit on the cpu.

also, have you considered a 34" ultrawide instead of the 2x 27" ?  im not decided on that yet (I have 1 27" but I though about getting an ultrawide for working.)

you can surely get 16gb of ram now (2x8gb sticks) and upgrade later tho.

[mikat]

21 minutes ago, Bladeseer said:

Hello guys , this autumn I'm going to college in England ( I'm from Romania) at Bournemouth university at Software design for animations games and effects and my current PC is running kinda slow ( i5 2500k , 960, 8gb RAM , 2x 128gb ssd's and 1 TB HDD ) . I was thinking of going all-out with a x99 platform but I don't really know what to buy ! Will a 5930k and a 980ti with 32 gigs of RAM be overkill? Should I calm down and go with a 4790k or a 6700k  ? On my rig while working in blender and unreal it stutters alot . I want to build a PC that can help me in my studies , work and gaming . For a monitor I'll go with 2 monitors one 27 144hz the otherone will be a IPS 27" that can pivot . Periferals will be a tenkeyless mechanical keyboard and my trusty mionix naos . Thanks in advance and I hope to hear from you guys pretty soon . Have a nice one 

since broadwell-E should be coming out soon, i'd wait for that

 

[Bladeseer]

20 minutes ago, Starelementpoke said:

OKay, take a step back. What´s your budget for the tower itself? Should it include wifi? Any prefered color scheme?

My budget would be around 2500£ with the monitors , no need for wifi and I would prefer a fractal design r5 no windows , all black and silent.  

[Bladeseer]

20 minutes ago, Vercii said:

What's your budget? And I'm guessing your location to be the UK. 

The budget is around 2500£ and yes UK

[Starelementpoke]

3 minutes ago, Bladeseer said:

The budget is around 2500£ and yes UK

Any idea how much storage you´d need?

[Bladeseer]

7 minutes ago, givingtnt said:

as a guy who uses photoshop, illustrator and unity a lot. lol no. that is fine.

I constantly hit my 16gb max. the 5930k is a bit overkill tho. I mean, unless you need to render things 24/7 its not really usefull.
My 4790k is plenty for all the work I do in unity. though 3d models do tend to take a hit on the cpu.

also, have you considered a 34" ultrawide instead of the 2x 27" ?  im not decided on that yet (I have 1 27" but I though about getting an ultrawide for working.)

you can surely get 16gb of ram now (2x8gb sticks) and upgrade later tho.

So the cpu is a little overkill , I see . About the monitors I really don't know about one ultrawide . I usually watch something while gaming or even working for example I use 3 monitors now , 2 stacked on top of each other and the 3rd one on the left side for vids and miscellaneous. I will be working with a lot of 3d modeling and animations and I know that they eat RAM for breakfast :D.

[Bladeseer]

6 minutes ago, mikat said:

since broadwell-E should be coming out soon, i'd wait for that

 

Is broadwell-e that 10 core i7 I've been hearing lately? I've been under a rock for the past few months cause I've been working my ass off for this new PC .12 hour shits yuppy.

[mikat]

Just now, Bladeseer said:

Is broadwell-e that 10 core i7 I've been hearing lately? I've been under a rock for the past few months cause I've been working my ass off for this new PC .12 hour shits yuppy.

yes, but it could be 999$ but it could also be 1499$, we don't know yet

[Bladeseer]

2 minutes ago, Starelementpoke said:

Any idea how much storage you´d need?

Well since I'll be building e separate nas for me and my buddy Id say at least 2 ssds for programs and games and a 2 terrabyte HDD for recent projects and steam games .

[Starelementpoke]

Just now, Bladeseer said:

Well since I'll be building e separate nas for me and my buddy Id say at least 2 ssds for programs and games and a 2 terrabyte HDD for recent projects and steam games .

Size of those SSDs?

[Bladeseer]

2 minutes ago, mikat said:

yes, but it could be 999$ but it could also be 1499$, we don't know yet

Holly Molly that's expensive :)) 

[Bladeseer]

Just now, Starelementpoke said:

Size of those SSDs?

Id say 250gbs both , I have two extra ones from my current build (128 flavour)

[Starelementpoke]

10 minutes ago, Bladeseer said:

My budget would be around 2500£ with the monitors , no need for wifi and I would prefer a fractal design r5 no windows , all black and silent.  

It won´t be silent, but it´ll be pretty damn quiet:

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/F6gJCJ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/F6gJCJ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  (£329.99 @ Novatech) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  (£61.54 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI X99A SLI PLUS ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  (£169.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£114.41 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£68.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£68.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Toshiba  2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£46.68 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card  (£529.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£77.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£79.99 @ Novatech) 
Total: £1548.55
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-19 23:21 BST+0100

You can decide on the monitors, extra fans if you so chose, or to just switch the cooling to water. Your call.

[mikat]

3 minutes ago, Bladeseer said:

Holly Molly that's expensive :)) 

extreme editions are usually 999$, but you can also get lower priced Broadwell-E processors

[Bladeseer]

1 minute ago, Starelementpoke said:

It won´t be silent, but it´ll be pretty damn quiet:

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/F6gJCJ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/F6gJCJ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  (£329.99 @ Novatech) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  (£61.54 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI X99A SLI PLUS ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  (£169.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£114.41 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£68.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£68.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Toshiba  2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£46.68 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card  (£529.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£77.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£79.99 @ Novatech) 
Total: £1548.55
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-19 23:21 BST+0100

You can decide on the monitors, extra fans if you so chose, or to just switch the cooling to water. Your call.

Thanks for the info man , really helps . Is that power supply big enough thou?

[Starelementpoke]

Just now, Bladeseer said:

Thanks for the info man , really helps . Is that power supply big enough thou?

Yes, unless you plan to do some crazy ocing or you plan to sli.

[Bladeseer]

3 minutes ago, mikat said:

extreme editions are usually 999$, but you can also get lower priced Broadwell-E processors

Yeah true that I'll have to wait till July so I can see what nvidia and Intel releases . I'm just making a idea of what performance to look for .

[Bladeseer]

2 minutes ago, Starelementpoke said:

Yes, unless you plan to do some crazy ocing or you plan to sli.

Aha I see . I don't think I'll oc but maybe in the future I'll go with a sli. Till then 650 is gr8. Thanks again .