Phanteks Eclipse P400 980ti

[RobW]

Need help with deciding on what parts to go with for a build gaming build in a phanteks eclipse p400 case. i know i wanna go with one 980 ti of some kind. not sure if i should go reference or otherwise. want to build myself, don't know a lot about building computers so would like help in figuring out what what kinda motherboards i need to be looking at that are compatible with the case and what kinda power supply i need to be looking at, for a 980 ti and a i5 or i7 cpu. not looking to do 4k gaming probably just 1080 and im in the US. ANY HELP is greatly appreciated. 

[Aereldor]

Welcome to the forum! Remember to post your queries in the appropriate subforums, and if you want a response, quote people or tag them like this (@Aereldor) so that they get a notification.

A GTX 980 Ti is way overkill for 1080p gaming. The furthest I'd go is an R9 390.

Please tell us your budget and the intended uses for the PC- anything other than gaming? That way we can construct a suitably-balanced list of parts depending on your exact needs, as well as incorporating preferences for specific components and aesthetic choices like colour-schemes.

[Aytex]

7 minutes ago, RobW said:

Need help with deciding on what parts to go with for a build gaming build in a phanteks eclipse p400 case. i know i wanna go with one 980 ti of some kind. not sure if i should go reference or otherwise. want to build myself, don't know a lot about building computers so would like help in figuring out what what kinda motherboards i need to be looking at that are compatible with the case and what kinda power supply i need to be looking at, for a 980 ti and a i5 or i7 cpu. not looking to do 4k gaming probably just 1080 and im in the US. ANY HELP is greatly appreciated. 

i would go for a i7 and a 980 ti if you had the budget

[HKZeroFive]

You'd be looking at an i5 since there's really no benefit going with the i7's hyperthreading in gaming. Something like a i5 6600K and a Z170 motherboard with 16GB of RAM and a Cryorig H7 would do.

 

I recommend going for 1440p with a GTX 980Ti - if you ask me a 980Ti is kinda wasted on 1080p.

 

Lastly, aim for EVGA's G2/P2 series. Top quality PSUs at a fair price.

 

Do you need any peripherals, monitors or OS? What's your budget?

[RobW]

thank you for the response and i would like to go with 1440p, all i know is i don't need 4k and for the system i know i want to try to keep it under 2k US. have enough to spend more if need be but would like to keep it some what budget other then the main things such as graphics cards and things of that nature. Such as on parts that are needed and worth it in the long run since i would like to keep the same rig for as long as possible keeping not outdated. As far as monitors i know i want to go with a 144hz gaming or equivalent monitor and for OS i would like to go with the newest one but im open to what people that use windows say to get since im currently on a mac book pro and not fully up to date on what i should be going with in the windows department. (@Aereldor) (@Aytex) (@HKZeroFive)

[g4m3cr34tor]

If you are looking to go with 1440p 144Hz eventually, to saturate that frame rate (assuming you play the more demanding titles), you'll probably want to go dual 980tis or dual 390s. The 390s are much more cost-effective, but kick out a ton of heat, which I am a bit concerned about in that case. I tried to stay with the black/(green-gold) theme for the build due to the case having green LEDs. (note the GPUs are the Golden editions not the usual red ones from MSI)

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/cgp2K8
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/cgp2K8/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($233.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: RAIJINTEK TRITON GREEN 100.5 CFM Sleeve Bearing Liquid CPU Cooler  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($177.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($57.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($84.99 @ NCIX US) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($65.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($546.00 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($546.00 @ Newegg) 
Case: Phanteks ECLIPSE P400S ATX Mid Tower Case  ($84.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000G2 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($153.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $2041.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-20 00:21 EDT-0400

 

 

 

[RobW]

damn g4m3cr34tor your the best! That's some awesome help i really appreciate it and you hit the nail on the head with the aesthetics part of the build with the colors. And sorry im new to all this and i think i know the answer to the question but id i start out with one of those cards i can always add one later down the line after getting everything running with the one right? i really thank you man you made my day and i didn't even know about that pc part picker website thats gonna help me out so much in the future if i dont go with that exact build right there lol

 

[BOLOYOO]

Hello,

 

Did you bought it already? Can you please tell me how looks temps in this case? I want bought it, but im not sure if it would be good enough for overclocked 6600K and overclocked GTX 970 (you have even way more powerful GPU). Of course air cooling.

[g4m3cr34tor]

On 4/20/2016 at 2:38 PM, RobW said:

damn g4m3cr34tor your the best! That's some awesome help i really appreciate it and you hit the nail on the head with the aesthetics part of the build with the colors. And sorry im new to all this and i think i know the answer to the question but id i start out with one of those cards i can always add one later down the line after getting everything running with the one right? i really thank you man you made my day and i didn't even know about that pc part picker website thats gonna help me out so much in the future if i dont go with that exact build right there lol

 

sorry for the late reply. Yes, it should be fine to start with one card now and add another down the line. It just depends on the games you play and the settings you play at (especially on demanding titles) how close ou will get to saturating the frame rate. You could always get a G-Sync monitor to smooth it out even further.