Finaly Upgrading need feedback

[Ankan]

Reason for upgrading:

Pretty Simple, My current Rig is about 9 years old and while i still can play games in medium working with AutoDesk Inventor that ive had to do a lot recently is a total horror.

 

Current System:

• CPU
  • Intel E8500
• Motherboard
  • Asus P5E3 Deluxe
• RAM
  • 4GB Corsair Domminator 1600Mhz
• GPU
  • Asus Geforce 8800GTX
• Case
  • Antech P182
• Storage
  • 2x WD Raptor 10k (total 500 GB in Raid 0)
  • Intel 320 SSD 160 GB
  • WD Black 1TB
• PSU
  • Corsair HX850
• Display(s)
  • 2x Samsung SyncMaster 2443BW
• Cooling
  Thermalight Venomous X
• Keyboard
  • Ducky Cherry MX Blue
  • Funk KB-460
• Mouse
  • Mad Catz R.A.T 7
• Sound
  • Built in
• Operating System
  • Windows 10

Budget:

About 1400 US dollars.

 

Location:

Sweden

 

Aim:

The idea is to have a hybrid Gaming / Workstation with decent power, not to overclock but just to be stable.

 

Monitors at my disposal:

1 x Dell Monitor

3x Apple Cinema Display's

 

My Peripherals:

* Keyboard - Ducky Cherry MX Blue / Funk KB460

* Mouse - Mad Catz R.A.T 7

* Headphones - Logitech G430

 

The idea:

 

I have been looking around a bit and threw togheter this kit i liked and would like feedback on how it looks, even if you find it all to be crap any feedback is welcome.

Im still a bit GPU unsure so i left it out.

I was have the PSU in my current build, so will transplant that same for the WD 1TB drive

And if you dont like the case im sorry to say its the one thing ive already bought ;P

 

* Here is the PcPartList link: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/7JvTBP

 

 

 

[vong]

7 minutes ago, Ankan said:

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If you don't plan to overclock then just get the regular 6700, a cheaper motherboard and an air cooler otherwise you're wasting money.

[Funtron5000]

You may want to think about the I/O on the motherboard. Will you need USB Type-C or some Thunderbolt 3 ports? If so, maybe there's a board with more of that.

[Ankan]

Just now, vong said:

If you don't plan to overclock then just get the regular 6700, a cheaper motherboard and an air cooler otherwise you're wasting money.

You might be right, the reason for the overdimention is for long lasting rig, like the one ive been running the past 9 years. didnt overclock until like 2 years ago when it started to feel a bit slow.

[Ankan]

Just now, Funtron5000 said:

You may want to think about the I/O on the motherboard. Will you need USB Type-C or some Thunderbolt 3 ports? If so, maybe there's a board with more of that.

Exactly, im currently a frequent user of I/O Hubs for acessability. And at my current state i don't use any of those ports, I like Asus motherboards as mine has lasted pretty long in my opinion, and this one had a 5 year warrenty and was promoted for its long lasting use.

[Funtron5000]

1 minute ago, Ankan said:

You might be right, the reason for the overdimention is for long lasting rig, like the one ive been running the past 9 years. didnt overclock until like 2 years ago when it started to feel a bit slow.

I don't think you'll need to overbuild quite that much. Your old system was a pure dual-core, no hyper-threading. Content creation can benefit from more cores/threads. That's something the i7 will have regardless. And Sabertooth mobo's are just over-the-top.

[Ankan]

Just now, Funtron5000 said:

I don't think you'll need to overbuild quite that much. Your old system was a pure dual-core, no hyper-threading. Content creation can benefit from more cores/threads. That's something the i7 will have regardless. And Sabertooth mobo's are just over-the-top.

My initial tought was the i5 6600K and a Asus Z170 - A ( or pro ) .... but after reading endless comments about the Asus motherboards and people having problems with both the Z170 - A and the - Pro i was a bit discouraged, the Z97 lineup got all kinds of awards and i saw them in multiple builds with good results. might be time to revisit it again.

 

Do you have any porefered Motherboard that you could recomend me? i know the Asus Z170 Pro Gaming is pretty populair as well as the MSI gaming one.

[Funtron5000]

19 minutes ago, Ankan said:

My initial tought was the i5 6600K and a Asus Z170 - A ( or pro ) .... but after reading endless comments about the Asus motherboards and people having problems with both the Z170 - A and the - Pro i was a bit discouraged, the Z97 lineup got all kinds of awards and i saw them in multiple builds with good results. might be time to revisit it again.

 

Do you have any porefered Motherboard that you could recomend me? i know the Asus Z170 Pro Gaming is pretty populair as well as the MSI gaming one.

Well, I use a Z87-Pro. And that's just fine. It allows overclocking and has VRM heatsinks and all. But, if you want the latest, you'll need a 110+ series chipset. H170+ for certain features. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGA_1151#Skylake_chipsets Personally, I just don't like ASrock. I lean toward ASUS or MSi for Mobo's. Z97 won't do Skylake or DDR4. And for content creation, DDR4 may help you out. So, I would recommend the 170/Skylake platform for you. If you legitimately don't want to overclock, then probably not Z170.

 

But check I/O, check warranty's, check reviews.