First PC Build.

[Togran]

Hello dear Tech Enthusiasts , 

 

- I'm building my first PC and I need some help. My budge is roughly around 3000$ USD, only the tower/rig , no peripherals no razzle dazzle , I want THE POWER.

  ASPECT IS NOT IMPORTANT!!! I don't care how it looks , its meant to be a power user gaming PC.

 

- It's main uses it will be Gaming , Video editing and encoding , Streaming and also probably I am going to run some VM's with older OS's on it.

 

- What I have until now is:

      

Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor

$343.99

Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard

$150.99

Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3200 Memory

$169.99

Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive

$148.89

Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

$117.99

 

 

- I'm thinking I'l need the space for video editing , else I would have considered 2 Samsung 850 Evo's, what do you think? 

 

- And 2 GTX 1080 SLI when they come out, so if it's 600$ for one around 1200$ for 2, or to leave a margin of error 1400$. Seeing the recent videos on SLI not being such a great improvement

  anymore I want to ask you if you consider it a plus or not such a great investment.

 

- So what I have until now is around 2350$ , which leaves me with 650$ for the rest, is it enough for good quality and performance?

- Can you think of any good power / cooling configs with this setup? I'm really not up to date with was is good right now , or what will be needed for 2 GTX 1080's.

 

Thank you.

[DioOmicida]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/HX6txr

CPU: Intel Core i7-5930K 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($554.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H110i GT 113.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($105.10 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X99-SLI ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($227.88 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($129.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($148.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($46.98 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: GTX 1080 (2-Way SLI)  ($594.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: GTX 1080  (2-Way SLI)  ($594.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case  ($136.99 @ B&H) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1300 G2 1300W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($185.49 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $2726.29

[Mr.Meerkat]

If you can wait, going onto the x99 and broadwell-e platform may be worthy as you're not just playing games  (and you have the budget for it so...why not eh?).

 

A 1000W PSU will do perfectly for the dual 1080s . Anything from Seasonic and XFX is good (except XFX's XT series), superflower is good, corsair's PSUs that are above the RM series are good (i.e. RMi, HXi, AX ect.) are good, EVGA's g2, p2, t2, b2 are all good but get at lease a gold rated PSU as this is a $3k machine, not a $1k machine .

 

For CPU cooling, if AIO then probably the NZXT x61 if your case allows it else if air then a noctua D15 will be good  (remember, the x61 requires you to have a case with a 280mm rad mounting place and the D15 needs like 165mm of clearance at lease  

[Streetguru]

39 minutes ago, Togran said:

 

Do you already have a 4k display? Or other high end display set up? because if not I'd suggest 3 1440p 144hz IPS free-sync displays

 

of course the 390, or any GPU set up really can't push fps at that resolution or refresh rate, so you'd either run some games on one 1440p display, or run them at 1280x720p*3

 

at least until the 1080 ti and Vega GPUs are out

 

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

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($369.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.49 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock X99 Extreme4/3.1 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($219.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($57.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Mushkin ECO3 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($46.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 390 8GB PCS+ Video Card  ($304.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT BF ATX Mid Tower Case  ($31.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($84.99 @ NCIX US)
Monitor: Acer XF270HU 144Hz 27.0" Monitor  ($549.99 @ Amazon)
Monitor: Acer XF270HU 144Hz 27.0" Monitor  ($549.99 @ Amazon)
Monitor: Acer XF270HU 144Hz 27.0" Monitor  ($549.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $2861.26
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-17 12:02 EDT-0400

[Guest]

1 hour ago, DioOmicida said:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/HX6txr

CPU: Intel Core i7-5930K 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($554.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H110i GT 113.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($105.10 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X99-SLI ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($227.88 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($129.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($148.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($46.98 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: GTX 1080 (2-Way SLI)  ($594.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: GTX 1080  (2-Way SLI)  ($594.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case  ($136.99 @ B&H) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1300 G2 1300W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($185.49 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $2726.29

Overkill on the psu (850w would be enough for SLI), and no reason to get the i7 5930k over the i7 5820K.

[DioOmicida]

2 hours ago, lee32uk said:

Overkill on the psu (850w would be enough for SLI), and no reason to get the i7 5930k over the i7 5820K.

He said he wanted a powerful system. The PSU is way overkill for two GPUs but one: It doesn't hurt it to have a larger PSU then you need and two: He would have the ability to expand to use the full 40 lanes the 30k has over the 28 lanes the 20k can use. If he has the budget, might as well use it.

[Guest]

19 minutes ago, DioOmicida said:

He said he wanted a powerful system. The PSU is way overkill for two GPUs but one: It doesn't hurt it to have a larger PSU then you need and two: He would have the ability to expand to use the full 40 lanes the 30k has over the 28 lanes the 20k can use. If he has the budget, might as well use it.

 

The GTX 1080 uses less power than the GTX 980 ti. Buying a 1300W psu is just wasting money.

 

Also Nvidia only officially supports 2 way SLI with the GTX 1080. 

[Togran]

-  Ok so this is my update build after your feedback , http://pcpartpicker.com/p/RzcJzy , i am still comparing motherboards between the one i currently have or  http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-x99extreme431 . 

- And of course 2 gtx 1080's.

- I do like the posibility of expansion in the future ,  eg: ram.

What are your thoughts? 

 

 

PS: I was also considering a http://www.xoticpc.com/sager-np9870s-clevo-p870dmg-p-8798.html featured in a ltt video.

[Guest]

9 minutes ago, Togran said:

-  Ok so this is my update build after your feedback , http://pcpartpicker.com/p/RzcJzy , i am still comparing motherboards between the one i currently have or  http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-x99extreme431 . 

- And of course 2 gtx 1080's.

- I do like the posibility of expansion in the future ,  eg: ram.

What are your thoughts? 

 

 

PS: I was also considering a http://www.xoticpc.com/sager-np9870s-clevo-p870dmg-p-8798.html featured in a ltt video.

You don't need the i7 5930K. Save some money and go for the i7 5820K.

 

I would go with 4 x 8GB for the ram to make use of the quad channel memory controller. Most ATX x99 boards have 8 ram slots so you can still add more in the future.

 

You would be fine with the 850W version of the Corsair RMx for GTX 1080 SLI.

 

 

[Captain_WD]

On 17.05.2016 г. at 6:22 PM, Togran said:

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Hey Togran

 

That's a good plan that you have plus a pretty decent feedback from the guys.

One note regarding the storage from me: Since this will be a gaming PC as well as an editing workstation you may want to separate the storage place where you will be storing your games and other non-critical data from the place you will be holding your done projects. Since neither of them require a performance HDD it may be a better idea to go for a couple of WD Blue drives instead of a single WD Black. Gaming doesn't really rely on the storage's performance for anything else but the loading times and WD Blue can handle that even on the heaviest games. your current projects will most probably be stored on the SSD as well as the editing software so the HDD that will be holding the finished projects also doesn't need to be a performance one. 

Another thing to consider may be a backup solution for the projects as having them on a single storage space isn't really a good idea if you don't want to risk losing them.

 

Feel free to ask if there are any questions!

 

Captain_WD.

[Togran]

-  True the it-5820K is very similar in specs, OK so how about this http://pcpartpicker.com/p/gQh6nQ

-  Also I really don't want the nightmare in the screenshots happening anymore , true that i am working on a laptop atm, and haven't used a pc in a while so dont really know what to aspect. Also I think the windows10 is bottlenecking my disk a little.

[Captain_WD]

16 hours ago, Togran said:

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I'd try checking the resource monitor and see what is using your drive so much. I doubt that the OS can be a bottleneck to the HDD. 
Another thing that you could do is run a benchmark to see what actual performance is your drive giving you and run some diagnostic tools to see if the drive is performing properly and if it's healthy and safely storing your data.

Post back if you need any help with this!

Captain_WD.