First build.

[StagFish]

CASE: NZXT Source 340 (black)
CPU: i7-6850K 
Default case fans
CPU COOLER: Asetek 570LXL 240mm
SSD: 512GB SanDisk X400
HDD: 3TB SATA-III 
MEMORY: 32GB (8X4) DDR4/3000MHz (ADATA XPG Z1)
MOTHERBOARD: ASUS X99-A II ATX w/ RGB
OS: Windows 10 Home (64-bit Edition)
POWERSUPPLY: EVGA 850W GQ 80 Plus Gold
VIDEO: EVGA GeForce(R) GTX 1080 Superclocked ACX 3.0 Edition 8GB
WNC: TP-LINK Archer T8E 

MONITOR: ASUS ROG SWIFT PG279Q 

 

Pretty stoked. How did I do for my first build??
 

[Lucaz97]

The specs are awesome! But it would be nice to see the beast in some photos!

[bobman279]

pretty well it doesn't look that bad but did you check if the Asetek 570LXL 240mm is compatible with the case? and wheather your GPU and Power supply has enough clearance.

[StagFish]

Thanks! Sadly still waiting on some of the guts to come in the mail. Ill update with some pics ASAP 

[StagFish]

3 minutes ago, bobman279 said:

pretty well it doesn't look like a badnc but did you check if the Asetek 570LXL 240mm is compatible with the case? and wheather your GPU and Power supply has enough clearance.

Yep! by friend used one on his s340 setup and theirs plenty of room for both

[Zyndo]

Solid build all around. What are you using X99 for?

[bobman279]

5 minutes ago, Zyndo said:

Solid build all around. What are you using X99 for?

ALL THEM CPU PCIE LANES HMMMMMMMMM ALL THEM CORES HMMMMMMMMMM PC MASTER RACE

[StagFish]

Mostly heavy gaming/ eventual video editing. I wanted to future proof and had saved enough to afford the difference 

[TheRandomness]

4 minutes ago, bobman279 said:

ALL THEM CPU PCIE LANES HMMMMMMMMM ALL THEM CORES HMMMMMMMMMM PC MASTER RACE

Please don't shitpost

1 minute ago, StagFish said:

Mostly heavy gaming/ eventual video editing. I wanted to future proof and had saved enough to afford the difference 

You went a little overkill on the PSU. A 750W would be able to run SLI 1080s easily with loads of room to spare.

[StagFish]

Yeah I doubled what I was getting from PSU calculators to be on the safe side/ forgot to check here fist like a dumb-dumb

[Dark]

16 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

Please don't shitpost

You went a little overkill on the PSU. A 750W would be able to run SLI 1080s easily with loads of room to spare.

I never understood why people balk at higher wattage PSU's.

 

The 850 will put him in a more efficient part of the curve, despite only being a few percentage points.

 

The 1080's will pull roughly ~250w/ea under load.  So 500w for cards alone.  ~70w for the CPU.  ~60w for everything else.  So 630w theoretical system load on a 750w PSU.  Completely doable but the 850w would almost certainly pull less from the wall.

 

 

Not suggesting that he should go out and buy a 1200w+ PSU but he should take in to account his estimate wattage under load and find a suitable PSU where that wattage fits in the better part of it's efficiency curve.

[Dark]

Even at ~380w he'd still be better off with the 850w PSU he listed.

[StagFish]

9 hours ago, Dark said:

Even at ~380w he'd still be better off with the 850w PSU he listed.

Thanks Dark I was really on the fence when it came to the PSU choice and almost went with 1000 for future proofing. This info is reassuring