Help a first time builder!

[debugSchool]

Hi guys, new member here

I am going to build my first ever PC since I've been running solely on laptops for the past 5 or so years and uni is definitely killing my laptop with at least 12+ hours of workload on my laptop everyday.

My question is, is it worth it to buy the 5820k now as there's new processors coming out for the x99 platform? or is 6700k more than enough?

My typical workload consists of programming ( I'm a comp sci student for the next 3 years ), video editting and photo editing quite frequently as I am working part time as a part of creative team, gaming on weekends and other things.

I am probably going to get a 1080 - do you guys reckon that the $599 version would be better than the founder's edition? And i'm also planning to probably go to SLI in the future

And I am totally sold on the ultrawide monitors - I have had my eyes on the LG 34UC87M for awhile, do you think this is a good pick for an ultrawide monitor?

My case of choice is the Phanteks Evolv ATX

 

So considering all the long requests I have, could you recommend a build which would be great for this? I am really confused on the CPU and MOBO combo

Thanks in advance

Cheers!

[HPWebcamAble]

Welcome to the forums!

 

A few questions first:

What's your budget? Would you play games on it?

[debugSchool]

Hi, thanks for the reply!

I am looking at around 2.5k AUD or around 1.8k USD? I can take a few hundred dollars

And yes, I will be playing games on it on the weekends, I don't always have the latest AAA titles but I do have older AAA titles (ie the famous Crysis 3, Far Cry 3 and etc) which are quite demanding on the graphics hence the 1080 as I will be running them on WQHD monitor too

[durpflip]

5 hours ago, debugSchool said:

Hi guys, new member here

I am going to build my first ever PC since I've been running solely on laptops for the past 5 or so years and uni is definitely killing my laptop with at least 12+ hours of workload on my laptop everyday.

My question is, is it worth it to buy the 5820k now as there's new processors coming out for the x99 platform? or is 6700k more than enough?

My typical workload consists of programming ( I'm a comp sci student for the next 3 years ), video editting and photo editing quite frequently as I am working part time as a part of creative team, gaming on weekends and other things.

I am probably going to get a 1080 - do you guys reckon that the $599 version would be better than the founder's edition? And i'm also planning to probably go to SLI in the future

And I am totally sold on the ultrawide monitors - I have had my eyes on the LG 34UC87M for awhile, do you think this is a good pick for an ultrawide monitor?

My case of choice is the Phanteks Evolv ATX

 

So considering all the long requests I have, could you recommend a build which would be great for this? I am really confused on the CPU and MOBO combo

Thanks in advance

Cheers!

i prepped you a parts list you might like.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/BCzDCJ

do whatever you want with it.

 

PS - i used crossfire instead because SLI is a bit unreliable. do use SLI 1080s if you really want,though,i'm not gonna stop you.

>i also forgot to mention that the 5820K doesn't actually have a skylake equivalent (e.g. 6820K),but you could also use that and DDR3 sticks instead.

[Clanscorpia]

Give me a sec, I'll get you a sick build

[Clanscorpia]

What colour style do you want? And what case?

[durpflip]

5 hours ago, Clanscorpia said:

What colour style do you want? And what case?

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My case of choice is the Phanteks Evolv ATX

you pretty much tl;dr'ed this didn't you

[Clanscorpia]

Just now, durpflip said:

you pretty much tl;dr'ed this didn't you

Oh.. I missed just that part

[durpflip]

5 hours ago, Clanscorpia said:

Oh.. I missed just that part

it's fine,people make mistakes

[debugSchool]

13 minutes ago, durpflip said:

i prepped you a parts list you might like.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/BCzDCJ

do whatever you want with it.

 

PS - i used crossfire instead because SLI is a bit unreliable. do use SLI 1080s if you really want,though,i'm not gonna stop you.

>i also forgot to mention that the 5820K doesn't actually have a skylake equivalent (e.g. 6820K),but you could also use that and DDR3 sticks instead.

Thanks for taking your time to put the list together!  

May I ask your reason behind choosing the 6700k over the 5820k? I am aware that the extra cores and threads will benefit me greatly for apps such as Photoshop, After Effects and Premier Pro which is why I considered it in the first place but lurking around the internet lately, there are die hard fans on both chipsets which got me really confused

[Clanscorpia]

30 minutes ago, debugSchool said:

Hi guys, new member here

I am going to build my first ever PC since I've been running solely on laptops for the past 5 or so years and uni is definitely killing my laptop with at least 12+ hours of workload on my laptop everyday.

My question is, is it worth it to buy the 5820k now as there's new processors coming out for the x99 platform? or is 6700k more than enough?

My typical workload consists of programming ( I'm a comp sci student for the next 3 years ), video editting and photo editing quite frequently as I am working part time as a part of creative team, gaming on weekends and other things.

I am probably going to get a 1080 - do you guys reckon that the $599 version would be better than the founder's edition? And i'm also planning to probably go to SLI in the future

And I am totally sold on the ultrawide monitors - I have had my eyes on the LG 34UC87M for awhile, do you think this is a good pick for an ultrawide monitor?

My case of choice is the Phanteks Evolv ATX

 

So considering all the long requests I have, could you recommend a build which would be great for this? I am really confused on the CPU and MOBO combo

Thanks in advance

Cheers!

Is the ultrawide in the PC budget?

[debugSchool]

28 minutes ago, HPWebcamAble said:

Welcome to the forums!

 

A few questions first:

What's your budget? Would you play games on it?

 

18 minutes ago, debugSchool said:

Hi, thanks for the reply!

I am looking at around 2.5k AUD or around 1.8k USD? I can take a few hundred dollars

And yes, I will be playing games on it on the weekends, I don't always have the latest AAA titles but I do have older AAA titles (ie the famous Crysis 3, Far Cry 3 and etc) which are quite demanding on the graphics hence the 1080 as I will be running them on WQHD monitor too

totally forgot to tag  you in the reply, sorry! 

[debugSchool]

1 minute ago, Clanscorpia said:

Is the ultrawide in the PC budget?

No, the budget is just solely on the PC - peripherals are out of the equation

[Clanscorpia]

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

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($369.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($88.46 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI X99A SLI PLUS ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($222.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($59.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($84.97 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($117.99 @ Micro Center) 
Case: Phanteks Enthoo EVOLV ATX Mid Tower Case  ($179.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
Other: GTX 1080 ($600.00)
Total: $1814.36
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-17 20:34 EDT-0400

[Clanscorpia]

In AUD:

PCPartPicker part list: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/MmCYP6
Price breakdown by merchant: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/MmCYP6/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($555.00 @ Umart) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($115.00 @ IJK) 
Motherboard: MSI X99A SLI PLUS ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($375.00 @ CPL Online) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($99.00 @ CPL Online) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($124.00 @ Mwave Australia) 
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($174.00 @ IJK) 
Case: Phanteks Enthoo EVOLV ATX Mid Tower Case  ($249.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($155.00 @ CPL Online) 
Other: GTX 1080 ($820.00)
Total: $2666.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-18 10:38 AEST+1000

[debugSchool]

16 minutes ago, Clanscorpia said:

In AUD:

PCPartPicker part list: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/MmCYP6
Price breakdown by merchant: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/MmCYP6/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($555.00 @ Umart) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($115.00 @ IJK) 
Motherboard: MSI X99A SLI PLUS ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($375.00 @ CPL Online) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($99.00 @ CPL Online) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($124.00 @ Mwave Australia) 
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($174.00 @ IJK) 
Case: Phanteks Enthoo EVOLV ATX Mid Tower Case  ($249.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($155.00 @ CPL Online) 
Other: GTX 1080 ($820.00)
Total: $2666.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-18 10:38 AEST+1000

Hi, thanks for taking your time to put it together!

Do you think the X99 combo is that much better compared to the Z170 though to justify the almost 25% extra ?

[HPWebcamAble]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($555.00 @ Umart) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($158.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Motherboard: ASRock X99 Extreme3 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($305.00 @ Umart) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($99.00 @ CPL Online) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($205.00 @ Mwave Australia) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($98.00 @ CPL Online) 
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($169.00 @ CPL Online) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($129.00 @ CPL Online) 
Other: GTX 1080 
Total: $1718.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-18 10:54 AEST+1000

 

55 minutes ago, debugSchool said:

do you guys reckon that the $599 version would be better than the founder's edition

On launch, they'll be the same card. When aftermarket cooler versions come out, the board partners (EVGA, MSI, etc) will stop selling the reference card. Eventually, the 'founders edition' will be the only way to get the reference card (which is sold by Nviida)

[debugSchool]

4 minutes ago, HPWebcamAble said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($555.00 @ Umart) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($158.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Motherboard: ASRock X99 Extreme3 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($305.00 @ Umart) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($99.00 @ CPL Online) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($205.00 @ Mwave Australia) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($98.00 @ CPL Online) 
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($169.00 @ CPL Online) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($129.00 @ CPL Online) 
Other: GTX 1080 
Total: $1718.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-18 10:54 AEST+1000

 

On launch, they'll be the same card. When aftermarket cooler versions come out, the board partners (EVGA, MSI, etc) will stop selling the reference card. Eventually, the 'founders edition' will be the only way to get the reference card (which is sold by Nviida)

Hi, thanks for taking your time to put it together! 

Do you think the X99 combo is that much better compared to the Z170 though to justify the almost 25% extra ?

And regarding the GPU, I feel like blower style card isn't really a must in my condition as I will have plenty of air in the mid tower, so do you reckon I should wait a little more for the board partners version of the 1080?

[Clanscorpia]

2 minutes ago, debugSchool said:

Hi, thanks for taking your time to put it together! 

Do you think the X99 combo is that much better compared to the Z170 though to justify the almost 25% extra ?

And regarding the GPU, I feel like blower style card isn't really a must in my condition as I will have plenty of air in the mid tower, so do you reckon I should wait a little more for the board partners version of the 1080?

X99 Is better by a ton

[HPWebcamAble]

2 minutes ago, debugSchool said:

Do you think the X99 combo is that much better compared to the Z170 though to justify the almost 25% extra ?

It'll really help with video editing. That's the main reason.

Especially if video editing isn't just a hobby

 

4 minutes ago, debugSchool said:

And regarding the GPU, I feel like blower style card isn't really a must in my condition as I will have plenty of air in the mid tower, so do you reckon I should wait a little more for the board partners version of the 1080?

I would recommend waiting for aftermarket coolers, yes.

[debugSchool]

1 hour ago, HPWebcamAble said:

It'll really help with video editing. That's the main reason.

Especially if video editing isn't just a hobby

 

I would recommend waiting for aftermarket coolers, yes.

Ah alright, thanks!
And do you think there's a better MOBO? I can shave off the storage as I already have 2 500GB SSDs lying around

I might want to add an M.2 drive and I definitely need at least 4 drives inside because of past HDDs that I have for my past video projects.

And also, I might want to get a MOBO with a bluetooth and WiFi built in since my room doesn't have a wired connection and I have some bluetooth speakers set up - any recommendations on that?

Sorry for asking so much!

[HPWebcamAble]

4 minutes ago, debugSchool said:

I can shave off the storage as I already have 2 500GB SSDs lying around

And also, I might want to get a MOBO with a bluetooth and WiFi built in since my room doesn't have a wired connection and I have some bluetooth speakers set up - any recommendations on that?

http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/thZYP6

Added wifi - capable MOBO, removed SSD

 

Did you want additional HDDs? How many?
Do you really want an m.2 SSD? It'll only be helpful when editing high resolution or FPS video (compared to a regular SSD)

 

5 minutes ago, debugSchool said:

Sorry for asking so much!

No problem, I'm happy to help

[debugSchool]

1 minute ago, HPWebcamAble said:

http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/thZYP6

Added wifi - capable MOBO, removed SSD

 

Did you want additional HDDs? How many?
Do you really want an m.2 SSD? It'll only be helpful when editing high resolution or FPS video (compared to a regular SSD)

 

No problem, I'm happy to help

Hmm, I'll probably need another 4TB - what would you recommend to keep archived stuff such as video project? I already used up approximately 8TB in the past two years so 4TB should last me for another year

 

I was thinking of putting my OS and critical programs to my M.2 drive and then use my 850 EVO for all other apps and big games such as Fallout 4 - and then I have another trion (can't remember what model it was) as a scratch drive for my video editing.

Do you think adding M.2 will benefit me? and I have read that it will use up the PCIe lanes of the CPU - is that true?

[HPWebcamAble]

5 minutes ago, debugSchool said:

I'll probably need another 4TB - what would you recommend to keep archived stuff such as video project? I already used up approximately 8TB in the past two years so 4TB should last me for another year

Are the video files important? If so, I'd get 3 3TB drives and put them in RAID 5. If not, get 2 4 TB drives and use them as two drives.

 

6 minutes ago, debugSchool said:

Do you think adding M.2 will benefit me?

Only if you edit high res video files or high FPS files

 

6 minutes ago, debugSchool said:

I have read that it will use up the PCIe lanes of the CPU - is that true?

Can't remember the specifics at this moment but the 5820k has plenty of PCIe lanes to spare!

[debugSchool]

3 minutes ago, HPWebcamAble said:

Are the video files important? If so, I'd get 3 3TB drives and put them in RAID 5. If not, get 2 4 TB drives and use them as two drives.

 

Only if you edit high res video files or high FPS files

 

Can't remember the specifics at this moment but the 5820k has plenty of PCIe lanes to spare!

The files will probably only ever useful for a possible resume but as I am doing computer science at the moment, I probably won't go down the road of doing video editing and photo editing professionally in the future - so not so important

 

I see, I will probably only get an M.2 once the prices have fallen or there's a ridiculous discount haha, thanks!