First build

[Raulfin]

I'm mainly looking to see if anyone can spot anything that can be changed out for something a bit cheaper but with an approximately equal performance rating, or something much better for a slightly higher cost. Without the peripherals (keyboard/mouse, headphones, headset, UPS) the build cost is about $2600 USD right now, $2200 without the monitor, would like to try to shave a bit off that. I am set on using that case, but pretty much everything else is up for tweaking. The listed GPU is a price placeholder, am leaning to the gtx 1080/1070 or amd rx 480 depending on which would be better. It's not very well color matched yet, was planning to do red/black, but am thinking about trying to do red/black/blue to go for a purple hue, something a bit different.

 

Main use will be gaming, video tutorials, mod development, and entry level game dev (Game Maker Studio) and bad MSPaint art. Gaming target is 1440p @60+ fps. Mad Max, Skyrim, Fallout 4, Wasteland 2, Rocket League, XCOM 2, Space Engineers, Witcher, World of Tanks/Warships type games in high/ultra to max settings.

I plan to use the M.2 (M) ssd as a boot disk (Win10 Pro and Ubuntu) and for 'system'-y stuff. The HDDs, in raid 5, are primary storage until I can replace them with SSDs later on.

Using air cooling for the cpu instead of water as I don't currently plan to do much, if any, OC.

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($369.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC12DX 68.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($44.99 @ NCIX US) or Zalman CNPS9900MAX-B CPU Cooler ($48)
Motherboard: Asus X99-A/USB 3.1 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($193.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($144.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Kingston Predator 240GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($139.99 @ Adorama)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($63.22 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($63.22 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($63.22 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($63.22 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB STRIX Video Card  ($629.99 @ NCIX US) (just a price placeholder)
Case: Azza CSAZ-XT1 B ATX Full Tower Case  ($109.98 @ Newegg) specs on Azza
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 850W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($114.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit  ($129.95 @ B&H)
Monitor: Asus PB278Q 27.0" 60Hz Monitor  ($385.99 @ Amazon)
Headphones: Asus STRIX PRO  Headset  ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
UPS: CyberPower BRG1500AVRLCD UPS  ($169.95 @ Amazon)
Other: ASUS 12x Internal Blu-ray Burner BW-12B1ST/BLK/G ($75.99)
Other: Devastator II LED Gaming Keyboard and Mouse Combo Bundle with Red LED Edition by Cooler Master ($29.99)
Total: $2873.64
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-07 01:21 EDT-0400

[tehodox]

i am not very experienced with computer builds but one thing i do now if youre not going to over clock your cpu you dont need the i7 5820k

The K  mean the cpu has an uncloked multipiler, meaniing you can overclock the cpu in the bios by increasing cpu multipiler.

so you can swich that to another but do some more research regarding that.

also if you are going to switch the hdd in the future maybe you shouldnt buy so much storage and if you need more buy a new hdd. but you may need it i dont know what you will do with the rig. but it sounds kind of overkill with 4x 2 Tb hdd.

 

[Antony Leung]

31 minutes ago, Raulfin said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($369.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC12DX 68.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($44.99 @ NCIX US) or Zalman CNPS9900MAX-B CPU Cooler ($48)
Motherboard: Asus X99-A/USB 3.1 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($193.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($144.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Kingston Predator 240GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($139.99 @ Adorama)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($63.22 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($63.22 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($63.22 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($63.22 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB STRIX Video Card  ($629.99 @ NCIX US)

Do you notice you have so many 2TB or is intentional.

 

Also do you mind change for Skylake? or wanna stay in using socket LGA 2011-3 

[tehodox]

you can get a much better monitor for that money. here is a good monitor with 1 ms response time good couloring and such:

http://pcpartpicker.com/product/JkCwrH/benq-monitor-xl2720z

[IgnorantBastrd]

I put this build together kinda quick so there is a chance I might have missed something.

 

To start off, I think you would be able to save money and get the same (or near enough) performance out of Skylake rather than the 5820K build.  This build would definitely be better if you were to overclock, and while Im not saying you need to go balls to the wall with OCing, I think you should definitely give it a consideration.  You would save money on the CPU and Motherboard alone by going for Skylake, and using XMP enabled RAM helps to get more performance out of a "lower" clock set of RAM for a little bit cheaper than a regular set of "higher" clock RAM.

 

 I think you should consider going for a regular 2.5" SSD like the Kingston HyperX Fury since you can save damn near half the cost and the performance is still up there.  I left your raid 5 setup alone since I don't know much about mod development and the storage requirements of what you do.  

As far as graphics card go, I really think you should wait for at least the 1070 to release if not just go all out on a 1080.  I was able to save you a little bit on the case but that's entirely personal preference so you can do whatever you want for that.  The power supply you had selected is really the best possible choice IMO.  

 

Lastly for your peripherals, If you're going for such a high end card like a 980ti and up, there's really no point in getting a 60Hz monitor so I picked out a good 144Hz monitor.  I've owned the Devastator 2 bundle from CoolerMaster and while the keyboard is fine except for the wobbly keycaps, the mouse is absolutely atrocious.  Like literally it's uncomfortable to use, I'd highly recommend picking something else up.  As for the headset I think you'd be better off with a set of Hyper X Clouds.  I might be biased since I own a pair, but they're cheaper than the Strix headset (they're on sale right now on Amazon for 65$) and honestly they're quite amazing.  

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($338.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H60 54.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($137.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($114.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Kingston HyperX Fury 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($73.99 @ Adorama) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($63.22 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($63.22 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($63.22 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($63.22 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB STRIX Video Card  ($629.99 @ NCIX US) 
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($87.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 850W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($114.99 @ Amazon) 
Optical Drive: LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer  ($45.85 @ OutletPC) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit  ($129.95 @ B&H) 
Monitor: Asus VG248QE 24.0" 144Hz Monitor  ($248.00 @ Amazon) 
Keyboard: Cooler Master Devastator II Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse  ($29.99 @ Micro Center) 
Headphones: Kingston HyperX Cloud  Headset  ($74.99 @ Amazon) 
UPS: CyberPower BRG1500AVRLCD UPS  ($169.95 @ Amazon) 
Total: $2510.52
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-07 02:37 EDT-0400

Edited June 7, 2016 by IgnorantBastrd
Better set of ram. Formatting.

[Streetguru]

42 minutes ago, Raulfin said:

 

You're probably better off from a gaming perspective buying an RX 480 at the end of the month and using the money saved to upgrade to this 1440p 144hz IPS free-sync display

It's $530, 8gb 480 will be $250 most likely

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/sqp323/acer-monitor-xf270hu

In any case there's no reason to buy a 980ti anymore

And if you're going to buy windows don't buy an OEM key because it only works once basically

 

and buy a few 4TB HGST drives instead of those, not a good idea to buy a bunch of lower quality drives over a few higher quality ones

[Streetguru]

11 minutes ago, tehodox said:

 

Pretty sure there's no Xeon equivalent to the 5820K

 

 

9 minutes ago, Antony Leung said:

 

Wouldn't want to go skylake with that budget

[Raulfin]

@tehodox

I don't plan to OC initially, but may depending on performance and needs later. I prolly could have worded it better in op.

 

@Antony Leung

Putting them in a raid 5, so it will "only" be 6TB total capacity. More than I'll likely need, but with game/mod/video development I'd rather have more than needed than not enough.

[ChrisCross]

26 minutes ago, Raulfin said:

 

do you need those 6 cores? and if yes take a look into the 6800k. also if your not heavy 4k editing 16gb ram is enough. if you dont need the extra cores or ram i would go with this:

 get windows from kenguin

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/v7JFf8
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/v7JFf8/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($297.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($28.99 @ NCIX US) 
Motherboard: ASRock H170A-X1/3.1 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($79.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: GeIL EVO POTENZA 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($49.98 @ Newegg) 
Storage: OCZ TRION 150 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($109.98 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital Red 6TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($234.99 @ NCIX US) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($64.95 @ Directron) 
Power Supply: Antec Green 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($61.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Monitor: LG 29UM67 29.0" 60Hz Monitor  ($338.90 @ Amazon) 
Monitor: LG 23MP57HQ-P 23.0" 60Hz Monitor  ($105.98 @ Newegg) 
Monitor: LG 23MP57HQ-P 23.0" 60Hz Monitor  ($105.98 @ Newegg) 
Keyboard: Rosewill RGB80 Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 
Mouse: Razer DeathAdder Chroma Wired Optical Mouse  ($49.99 @ Amazon) 
Headphones: Audio-Technica M50x  Headphones  ($119.99 @ Micro Center) 
Other: rx 480 ($199.00)
Total: $1898.68
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-07 02:31 EDT-0400

 

 

the other monitors are optional but i like that setup. you can go with a 1070 1440p or a 1080 and 3440*1440 too. if you want more comfortable headphones go for the custom one pros.

[Streetguru]

3 minutes ago, Raulfin said:

 

RAID isn't a back up solution, don't try to use it as one, buy an external hard drive for your back ups, and simplify your drive set up, all you're doing is giving yourself more points of failure

also go for something from here probably instead of a headset

 

 

4 minutes ago, ChrisCross said:

 

Doesn't the 6800K cost a fair amount more? it's probably not worth it until the price drops, there's no reason to go skylake with a budget that size

[ChrisCross]

2 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

 

i agree that gaming headsets are trash.

it probably will go down in price soon and personally i would still choose it because its just faster and produces less heat.

[Raulfin]

5 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

RAID isn't a back up solution, don't try to use it as one, buy an external hard drive for your back ups, and simplify your drive set up, all you're doing is giving yourself more points of failure

not planning to use the raid for back up, the hdds will later become a backup when I can change the raid over to ssds

[Streetguru]

1 minute ago, Raulfin said:

not planning to use the raid for back up, the hdds will later become a backup when I can change the raid over to ssds

But why raid in the first place? It's fairly pointless

[Raulfin]

2 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

But why raid in the first place? It's fairly pointless

mainly the read speed gain and tiny amount of drive failure protection from the parity. I have no practical experience with raid currently and getting that now will be helpful later.

[Streetguru]

1 minute ago, Raulfin said:

mainly the read speed gain and tiny amount of drive failure protection from the parity. I have no practical experience with raid currently and getting that now will be helpful later.

You probably don't need the extra speed, and you wouldn't have to worry about drive failure if you just buy a few higher quality drives instead, also you're going to want a hardware RAID controller over software RAID, since you won't be using ZFS, and those can get expensive

RAID is basically dead at this point man

 

[Antony Leung]

Ok here's my recomendation:

 

What i did is just change the PSU for more cheap but still good one and also the gtx980ti as today there's no reason to not but a GTX 1080, also do you know about upscaling?

Spoiler

 

Well also i change the M.2 for more faster and larger driver for the games and programs you love and need to load in almost 0.4 sec. Changed to AIO water cooler solution for better temps. as you say may you wil overclock so, is better to not have thermal limitant in you overclock. change for more cheaper 32GB ram but is also good as you have (as i say) for less price. Change the OVERKILL case you have for one is funtional and DAMM GOOD. added THERMAL COMPOUND which in your build you dont have and also is the BEST THERMAL paste on the market and is very handy for overclock. 

17 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

RAID isn't a back up solution, don't try to use it as one, buy an external hard drive for your back ups, and simplify your drive set up

As She/He said is better have a external storage than using RAID mode for storage. So i added a cheap and good one HDD external storage. And also put a more cheaper UPS for the appropriated amount you need in this case 600W.

 

LIST HERE:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($369.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H115i 104.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 
Thermal Compound: Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut 11.1g Thermal Paste  ($29.00) 
Motherboard: Asus X99-A/USB 3.1 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($193.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($114.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung 950 PRO 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($317.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($63.22 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Founders Edition Video Card  ($699.99 @ NCIX US) 
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 650W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($85.98 @ Newegg) 
Monitor: Acer XB241H bmipr 24.0" 144Hz Monitor  ($382.53 @ Amazon) 
Headphones: Asus STRIX PRO  Headset  ($79.99 @ NCIX US) 
External Storage: Seagate Backup Plus Slim 2TB External Hard Drive  ($88.80 @ Amazon) 
UPS: CyberPower CP1000PFCLCD UPS  ($139.94 @ OutletPC) 
Other: Devastator II LED Gaming Keyboard and Mouse Combo Bundle with Red LED Edition by Cooler Master ($29.99)
Total: $2796.37
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-07 02:58 EDT-0400

[Antony Leung]

To: @Raulfin

I forgot mention the windowns:

 

I recommend buy the retail version. because this is the version thats not tied to anything and you can install in any PC without a problem.

Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01019T6O0

This is more safer than oem keys. it should always work.

 

For retail. is the version i call it "the one time use" because is tied to the motherboad and re use it is very difficult 

Link. http://www.kinguin.net/category/22175/windows-10-home-oem-key/

WARNING: i link you to a site that have different providers of cheap keys, if you buy from them make sure to but the protection (2$) from kinguin because sometimes DOES NOT WORK.

 

But if you dont want windows go to ubuntu. and their distros.

[Raulfin]

@Streetguru

Was planning to use just the software raid and not have to deal with a hardware controller. Will watch the video and do a bit more research, the raid is starting to seem a bit more trouble than it's worth to a real backup solution.

 

@Antony Leung

Didn't know they had added the 1080 to partpicker already, didn't see it last time I checked.

The case is a bit much, but I fell in love with it. I have several pets and the size/weight of it will add some protection from my dog messing with it.

 

[Raulfin]

6 minutes ago, Antony Leung said:

To: @Raulfin

I forgot mention the windowns:

 

I recommend buy the retail version. because this is the version thats not tied to anything and you can install in any PC without a problem.

Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01019T6O0

This is more safer than oem keys. it should always work.

 

For retail. is the version i call it "the one time use" because is tied to the motherboad and re use it is very difficult 

Link. http://www.kinguin.net/category/22175/windows-10-home-oem-key/

WARNING: i link you to a site that have different providers of cheap keys, if you buy from them make sure to but the protection (2$) from kinguin because sometimes DOES NOT WORK.

 

But if you dont want windows go to ubuntu. and their distros.

Had Win10 pro mainly to avoid forced updates, I'm very against that part of win10 home and hate that I have to pay a premium for that choice. Plan to have ubuntu also.